“So, you admit that Sherry is my daughter?”
“No, no!” She shouted anxiously. “I don't know her!”
“That confirms it! How have you been these years?” Cohen Sutton lowered his voice. “I didn't expect you to marry Payne Jones, but he is quite a great catch, since he can provide you with a comfortable life!”
His tone carried a complex emotion, as if it was mixed with a hint of sarcasm. “I've got the answer I wanted, so thank you again, for helping me give birth to Sherry! Take care of yourself, Mrs. Jones, I won't disturb your life anymore! Goodbye!”
Sierra froze, and only reacted when the door of the ward had been closed. She hurriedly chased after him, trying to stop him from disturbing Sherry. However, when she opened the door, Cohen was nowhere to be seen.
She stood by the door dumbfounded, her heart was already in turmoil. She muttered, “Why did you come back? Why?”
Sherry saw Cohen early in the morning. Although she only did not see him for a day, Cohen looked a lot older than before. He looked a bit strange, but she was unable to state what was strange about him.
“Sherry, come to my office for a moment!” As soon as he came to the company, Cohen said this to Sherry.
She entered his office.
“President, what can I do for you?”
Cohen raised his head from behind his desk, his gaze towards her was kind and gentle. “Sherry, there’s actually nothing much. I just realized that I have gotten old, and I just want to chat with someone!"
“You are not old at all!” Sherry laughed. “President is considered still in your prime, how can you be considered old?”
“Sherry, does your boyfriend treat you well?” Cohen suddenly opened his mouth and asked. “Uh! It seems a bit presumptuous for me to ask this, but you can take me as just an elder caring for his juniors! You're such a kind and lovely girl, I just hope you're happy and joyful!”
Sherry froze and smiled calmly. “Ok! Actually, he's really quite nice to me!”
If he really hadn't slept all night last night and smoked three boxes of cigarettes in front of her house, she thought, William actually treated her quite well.
It's just that they still needed more time and experience to strengthen their bond, and as for their future, she really did not know what will happen.
“You looked quite confused,” Cohen saw a flash of bitterness from Sherry’s eyes, “Did something happened?”
Sherry suddenly remembered about Susan, Susan seemed to be in love with Leon, but Susan seemed to be in a relationship with Cohen. She was a little confused. She wanted to speak up, but decided against it as she had no idea how to ask him about it.
Other than that, how could the president know Sierra, and it was obvious that Sierra fainted as soon as she saw Cohen. She had the impression that Sierra was someone who would not shed tears easily, let alone faint.
“What do you want to say?” Cohen could see that she wanted to talk but she stopped herself.
Sherry looked at Cohen concerned expression, “President, how did you and Sierra get to know each other?”
Cohen’s hand shook as he clasped his hand together. “Sherry, why don’t you acknowledge her as your mother?”
Sherry bit her lips as she was asked about it, “It's she who disowned me!”
She felt bitter when she said that out loud. This was because the year when her father died, Sierra suddenly abandoned both she and her little brother. She then married into the Jones family and no longer cared about them. She once cried and begged Sierra to give her some money to cure Luke’s illness. However, Sierra only gave her thirty thousand yuan. She had no choice but to sell their old house but was still unable to pay for Luke’s medical fees. When she went to beg Sierra again, she said never find her again, she could not help them!
A woman who did not even care about her own son and daughter, it was better off not acknowledging this kind of mother!
“She disowned you?” Cohen frowned. “Is she really that kind of person?”
“My mother died a long time ago; she was already dead eight years ago!” Sherry said bitterly, “I can only act like she's dead!”
“How have you been living all these years?” Cohen’s hand trembled even more, seeing Sherry’s attitude towards Sierra, his felt a throbbing pain in his heart, “Are you happy?”
Sherry was slightly surprised, because Cohen seemed to be picking his words very carefully. She felt a little confused, why did the president look at her in such a strange way. He was like looking at a stray kitten, his eyes full of pity.
“President, don't look at me with such a pitying gaze, actually I think I'm very lucky! I am not a street urchin, and I have a father and a brother who love me. Although my brother died because of congenital heart disease, we had depended on each other for years. I already think that my life is quite enriching as I have people who love me as I love them!”
Cohen felt his heart cracked. “You are really an optimistic child!”
“President, you sound just like my father!” Sherry smiled as she gazed away from him. She really missed her father, hopefully he is happy living at heaven! “But my father has passed away for many years!”
Cohen nervously stood up all of a sudden, his emotions were getting unstable. “Sherry, I am actually...”
He wanted to say he was really her father! However, he could not get the words out of his mouth!
At the end, Cohen still did not say anything. He just told Sherry that he would invite her and Daniel to his home during the weekend, and Sherry also accepted his invite.
When her shift ended, Sherry walked out of the office.
At the same moment, she saw Keegan. He looked at her from afar but he did stop to say hello. He then pretended to not see her and went into the elevator.
“Kee...” Sherry froze, not knowing what was wrong with Keegan. Her smile remained on her face as she looked in the direction of the elevator suspiciously.
What's wrong with Keegan? He did not even come to say hello?
Sherry was dumbfounded for a brief moment.
By the time she got out of the building, she heard her colleagues clamoring from afar, “Wow! What a handsome man!”
"The president of the Rowland Group! He’s the president of Rowland Group!”
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...