A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 136

With a cigarette between his fingers, he took one puff and then another.

He stood there all night, waiting.

He wanted to go inside and explain however he didn’t know what to say. He was angry that he was always unconsciously hurting Sherry, angry about his own carelessness and angry that he was also causing her such pain. Why did he secretly make up his mind to give her happiness, yet be failing to give her the happiness he said he would give her?

She really must be upset!

Outside the alley.

Celia let out a quiet sigh, when she left last night she had seen William’s car however chose to ignore him. When she came this morning and noticed he was still here, she saw the back of him, frowned and then walked over.

“William, you’ve been here the whole night? Standing here like some door guard?”

As he suddenly turned around and saw Celia he immediately felt awkward, and for the first time he was so embarrassed that he didn’t know what to say.

Celia was startled, a little surprised. “You really have been here the whole night?”

William made a noise as if to confirm this and then took another puff of his cigarette.

“William, why haven’t you gone inside? Since you have something you want to say, then what is stopping you from going inside?” Celia’s gaze fell onto William’s face.

He looked stiff, and remained silent.

“When will this having two lovers at the same time come to end?” Celia continued to ask, “Today I just want to ask you, Sherry or Lucy, who have you decided to choose?”

William took another puff of the cigarette; he had been thinking all night long however he still didn’t know what to do. The way that things were right now, really must be hurting Sherry so much!

As he thought of how Sherry smiled yesterday, he only felt a knife plunging deeper into his heart, so painful that he couldn’t breathe anymore. He knew that he really needed to make a decision.

“I just want Sherry!” His tone was firm and resolute. “And this decision has not been changed just because it’s you who is asking!”

“Then let go of Lucille, whether she is alive or dead has nothing to do with you!” Celia’s personality was a lot different to Sherry’s, for she would never let herself suffer such pain, nor would she let her friend suffer. “Sherry is not alone and without support, you didn’t want to bully her, however she had to endure much although it was painful for her. I don’t know what happened between you two but yesterday Sherry was feeling so helpless.”

William’s body trembled, his heart cut like a knife. "I know!"

“You know you have hurt her? Don’t you know that right now she is even unable to be angry? Her body…”

“What’s wrong with her body?” William immediately began to feel anxious.

After Celia said this she suddenly thought about last night how Sherry begged her not to tell anyone about her pregnancy. Celia swallowed back her words and eased her tone as she then said, “She’s fine, it’s just she’s so frail that being angry would not be good for her body!”

William breathed a sigh of relief; he really thought that something was wrong with Sherry!

Celia looked at William and saw how depressed and at a loss he was. She really couldn’t believe that this man was the president of the Rowland Group, a man who in the past was so all powerful. When she saw him like this she didn’t know how to condemn him, “William, tell me, what do you want for Sherry?”

“I want her to be happy!” William said.

“I don’t know how you want to make her happy but this so called happiness made her tell me yesterday that she wants to cry but is unable to, when she feels like crying no tears come out. Have you experienced this kind feeling before? If you know that you always want to cry but are unable to then this kind of happiness that you are supposed to be giving her is quite terrifying isn’t it?

“I said I will do it! I definitely will find a solution. I’m sorry, I need to go!” William suddenly opened the car door, got inside and started the car.

Celia stared at William’s car as he left, muttering to herself, ‘This really is an ill-fated relationship, standing here all night; even if he said he didn’t love Sherry I wouldn’t believe it! However if he loves her then he mustn’t make her so sad!’

As she turned her head, Celia then saw Sherry.

She was carrying her bag and had just walked out. When she saw the back of William’s car, Sherry frowned and then asked rather surprised, “Celia, was that William’s car?”

Celia sighed, “Yes, William has been here all night, just stood here all night long!”

Celia pouted as Sherry looked at the ground. There were many discarded cigarettes, her gaze then fell upon in total three cigarette boxes. What was he doing here all evening? Just smoking?

Sherry’s face turned pale, for all night she hadn’t received a phone call from him. She was feeling so disappointed last night, but once she saw all these cigarettes on the floor she suddenly smiled.

“Sherry, what are you smiling about?”

“He loves me!” Sherry smiled as she said this, all the feelings of pain and disappointments that she had felt during the night suddenly disappeared; it seemed this was enough to make her feel better.

“Of course, even I could see he loves you! But aren’t you a little too easily satisfied? Make him suffer a little, ignore him, let him sort out everything with Lucille first, and until he has done this then keep on ignoring him!” Celia rolled her eyes, “What happened with you two? But in any case no matter what he is not allowed to have two lovers at once, you must remember this! Did you hear me?”

Sherry shook her head, “It’s ok, but perhaps I shouldn’t be so petty!”

“I don’t understand what you’re talking about!” Celia frowned.

“Was he really here all night?”

Celia was a little helpless, “Last night when I left his car was here, then this morning I tried my luck to see if he was still here and it turned out he was. After speaking a while he said that he wanted to make you happy! Seeing him at such a loss, I really didn’t know how I should get justice for you, since this man really seemed to be a fool when it came to emotions! Seeing him look so silly, I suddenly realized that what he was saying must have been true.”

“What?”

“When in love men and woman are both fools, I now realized that this phrase really is true! Now as I see you and William, you are both such big fools!”

Sherry was dumbfounded, “Perhaps!”

As she lowered her head again and saw all the cigarette stubs, it told her the thoughts that he had never said. Sherry sighed, if he didn’t love her, wasn’t at such a loss, then how was it possible that he was here smoking, yet didn’t dare to knock on the door! However if he had knocked, would she have gone to see him?