Ice and Fire novel Chapter 155

Cherry felt a bit hopeless for a while. She intended to resist him, but then the elevator bell pinged, and when Cherry looked back, she found that Selina and Caroline had returned from their meeting.

Cherry immediately walked up to them and greeted Selina.

Noticing that Cherry looked peaceful, and that Jackson was comfortably sitting on the sofa, Selina suspected that Cherry must have cleared up the mess with Jackson. She didn't have to worry about them anymore; for the moment, at least.

"Well, how did your conversation go?" teased Selina.

Cherry got shy because Caroline was also standing there too, and she promptly touched Selina's arm, signalling her not to talk about the matter anymore.

However, Selina chose to ignore her, and continued, "Earlier I caught a smell of explosives, and thought that someone was going to bring the building to crumbles. Who would have thought that it would be so quiet and peaceful now?"

"Selina, these recent days were too easy for you, right?" said Jackson abruptly and in a cold tone.

Both Cherry and Caroline then turned silent all of a sudden, and just stared at Jackson.

Selina's smile faded. She lowered her head and answered, "Okay."

Afterwards, Selina looked at the time and found that it was off-duty time. She said to Caroline, who was standing beside her, "Caroline, work's over. You can leave first."

"Okay, " said Caroline. She exchanged glances with Cherry and then left the office.

Selina then instantly held Cherry's arm, and said, "Sister, would you like to have dinner with us?"

Cherry was taken aback by her request. It had never occurred to her that Selina would ask something like that, and she immediately replied, "Eh, I... I'd rather not. You two go ahead without me."

"Oh, sister, come on, you've made peace with my brother! Don't be an outsider, okay?" said Selina, realizing that Cherry was evading the invitation. "Just have a simple meal with us. It's easy."

Then, just as Selina finished her words, which hadn't been answered yet by Cherry, the door of the elevator opened and Derek walked out of it.

"Brother!" cried Selina, happy when she saw Derek there.

Selina walked up to him soon and held his arm. "Do you have any appointments tonight? Would you like to have dinner with us? Our brother and sister will also come with us."

Derek was very happy when he heard Selina's words. He looked at Jackson first and then turned his eyes to Cherry, and said, "Of course, I'm desperate to go out with you guys! We can even go and sing some songs after dinner! Let's?celebrate tonight by going out and having a great time!"

"That's right! Let's drink and sing together. It'll be so funny!" said Selina with a child's naiveté, snuggled up against Derek.