Both Cohen and Reggie were surprised at Keegan’s unusual actions. They never expected a cold person like Keegan to do something so tender.
Sherry blushed and said, “Thanks, Mr. Fox!” She was pregnant and could not drink sodas.
Sherry didn’t seem to notice the expression of the other two and lowered her head to drink the water. She was busy with her work the entire morning and had yet to drink any water. She enjoyed the glass of warm water.
Cohen looked sheepishly at Keegan and Keegan immediately came to his senses and explained, “Dad, it’s not what you think!”
“What do you think I’m thinking?” Cohen laughed and didn’t think that his adopted son would be so concerned about his secretary. How interesting. Had this kid finally found someone he liked?
Sherry looked so pure and though she already had a son, she still looked so young. It was natural for anyone to like her. Furthermore, Sherry did her work seriously. If Keegan was really in love with her, then Cohen would certainly support him!
“Keegan, I’ll support you no matter what!”
“Dad…” Keegan was embarrassed and kept quiet.
Reggie pursed his lips and looked towards Sherry and noticed that she didn’t react and just drank the water quietly. She didn’t participate in their conversations and he was surprised that this lady was so quiet!
At this moment, a family of three came up in the see-through style lift. A well-dressed lady said to the waiter, “Tell your boss that Ashley Jones is here. Ask him to come out!”
Sherry was drinking the water quietly as she heard Ashley. She quickly turned around and saw the person who she really didn’t want to meet, Sierra Anderson.
Cough, cough… She choked on the water and coughed.
“Why are you so careless?” Cohen gave Sherry a paper napkin.
Reggie raised his eyebrows and looked in the direction of where Sherry was looking. The Jones family of three was brought to a table three tables from them. Leon was called out by the server.
When Ashley saw Leon, she immediately laughed happily and yelled, “Leon! I brought my parents to your restaurant for a look!”
Leon smiled, “Great!” Thereafter he greeted Payne and Sierra, “Mr. and Mrs. Jones, how do you do!”
Sierra smiled and nodded, “Mr. Hickman, our Ashley keeps talking about you. You, youngsters, should spend some time together. Don’t keep working and forget about taking a break, especially you. Why don’t you go with Ashley for some horseback riding this weekend? Our ranch just took delivery of a new batch of horses.”
“Yeah, Leon, come to our ranch!” Ashley added jovially like a lively princess.
Leon simply smiled.
Sherry lowered her head and maintained her silence.
Keegan and Reggie noticed Sherry’s strange behavior and asked, “Sherry, are you alright?”
“I’m fine, I just choked due to my carelessness!” Sherry’s face turned red from the coughing and apologized, “I’m sorry I interrupted your meal!”
At this moment, Ashley’s gaze turned over and saw Sherry and immediately yelled, “Ah! Leon! Sherry is here. The last time we went for Karaoke, she was dragged away by William. We’ve not seen each other for a long time! Sherry! Sherry!”
Ashley began to walk over as she said.
Sherry didn’t expect Ashley to recognize her from her back view. She wanted to keep her head low but Ashley already walked over.
“How do you do?” She greeted the men and then looked at Sherry, “Ms. Murray, it’s been a while.”
Sherry stood up and calmly said, “How are you?”
Sierra’s face turned pale and looked down pretending not to see them. But her eyes looked over to see what they’re talking about.
“Ms. Murray, we’ll go for Karaoke again and this time you must not run away! I would like to listen to you sing that song Flower on the Sea!”
“Flower on the Sea?” Cohen’s eyes lit up and his hand shivered. He looked up at Sherry who stood up and his expression turned profound.
Sherry didn’t expect this song to shock Cohen this much.
She really didn’t know and quickly excused herself from the three men, “Mr. Sutton, Reggie, Keegan, please excuse me. I’ll have a chat with my friend for a minute.”
“Ashley, come back. This is a western restaurant, don’t raise your voice here.” Payne also walked over and nodded at Sherry.
Sherry nodded in return, “Ms. Jones, go ahead with your meal. Leon is waiting for you!”
“Then when can we go to the karaoke together?” Ashley asked again.
“Some other day!” Sherry couldn’t reject and could only push it off.
“Okay then! Ms. Murray, don’t forget about it!” Ashley emphasized before leaving.
Sherry looked at Sierra who continued to droop her head. Sherry felt unsettled, took a deep breath, and walked to the restroom.
She didn’t expect to meet her here and tried to bring Ashley and Leon together. Sherry felt amused. She knew that Sierra was influential but when she saw her in person, she felt that Sierra was rather pitiful. Why was she her mother?
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...