Ice and Fire novel Chapter 117

After she heard her, Sally couldn't find her words anymore. She saw that there were so many people around, and because she was afraid of losing face, she hastily said, "Jackson chose this dress for me."

Jackson? When the name Jackson was mentioned, there were more clamours of comments coming from the crowd. Cherry felt a sharp pain striking her heart, but she still put on a cold expression. It was so cold and austere that no one would have ever guessed what she was thinking about.

"Oh, I see!" said Cherry. She then glanced seriously at Jackson, and believed that he was very thoughtful towards Sally. While they had been together, he used to have little time to go shopping with her, but now it seemed that he had time, and mood, to choose a dress for Sally. It seemed that Sally meant much to him.

Suddenly, a voice sounded from the crowd, "Sally, even if the dress was bought by Jackson, it doesn't look good at all on you. You're insulting the clothes, because you don't deserve them on you!"

Another voice echoed, "You're right! Only his lawful wife deserves it. All other women are nothing!"

Sally was very irritated and cast sharp glances to the several rich girls that were commenting. There had been a time when they had used to highly regard her, but now they were ridiculing Sally right in front of her.

Eventually, Sally vented all of her hatred towards Cherry.

She suddenly withdrew her hand from Jackson's arm, walked closer to Cherry, and in a furious tone, said, "Cherry Shen, you and me are doomed to be sworn enemies!"

Saying that, she slapped Cherry's face hard, and the slap was so loud that everyone present at the party were astonished.

Cherry got slapped for nothing. She felt her face burning like fire, and because she hadn't expected that from Sally, she almost fell down on her knees because of the blow.

Selina immediately supported Cherry, and when she saw the marks on Cherry's face, she became very irritated. She shouted at Sally, "Are you insane?"

'How dare she slap Cherry? She must have a death wish!' she thought, and after that she immediately slapped Sally's face even harder. Even if Sally was with Jackson, Cherry was Jackson's wife, and her only sister-in-law.

Sally furiously stared at Selina and intended to slap her back, but she didn't dare to do so. She knew just how powerful Selina's family actually was, and she couldn't risk to offend anyone in the army residential quarters. Although at first glance it seemed that the Lu family was not that powerful, her family actually held the true power in the city.

Selina and Sally looked at each other, with their eyes full of hatred. No one wanted to be outdone.

Cherry slowly raised her head and her eyes happened to meet with Jackson's. Her heart started to ache, because he looked as if he had nothing to do with what was happening there. His eyes were looking at her as if she was a joke, and he must have thought that she deserved the slap.

Cherry sneered in her heart. Wasn't he taking revenge on her now? But she was still naive in thinking and hoping that he could save her.

Cherry couldn't bear it anymore, and tears fell down her cheeks like pouring rain.