Ice and Fire novel Chapter 182

Cherry then drove to the hotel and went to the room where she had already met Jackson for the last couple of times.

When she arrived in front of the door, Cherry first took a deep breath and then knocked on it.

Jackson opened the door, and he was unsurprised to see her standing there. He turned around and silently walked into the room.

Cherry didn't say a word and diligently followed him inside.

When she saw Jackson casually sitting on the sofa, Cherry asked him, "Why did you ask me to come here?"

Looking at Cherry, Jackson ignored her question, and said, "I'll give you two options: to move back with me in the apartment, or to let Joe live with me."

"No!" immediately said Cherry. She couldn't come back to the apartment, and neither could she let Jackson take Joe away from her.

Jackson wasn't surprised at all, because he had expected Cherry's response. He looked at her, and said, "Well? Do you want a third option?"

"I won't move back with you to the apartment, and neither Joe!" said Cherry.

"You don't want to come back there?" asked Jackson. After he thought for a while, he said, "Then come to the villa. It's renovated, and it's more than enough for three people to live inside it."

"No!" refused Cherry again. "Joe and I won't move back! Don't even think about it!"

Cherry had clearly expressed her intention. How could she possibly move back when her son's future fate was so unclear inside the Chu Clan? Thinking of Sally, she thought that her fate was also undecided.

When he saw that Cherry was so stubborn, Jackson stood up from the couch and came closer to her. He looked at her, and asked, "Cherry, do you really want to die?"

Cherry wasn't afraid of him, and instead she looked into his eyes, and said, "I'll never move back, and neither will Joe!"

Jackson then suddenly pinched Cherry's chin, and fiercely said, "Cherry, I don't want to blame you for what happened five years ago, but note that I've already been more than kind to you already. Don't try to push me!"

Cherry struggled to look at him, and said, "Jackson, I have no plans to move back now."

Cherry's mind was a total mess, since nothing had happened as she expected. She hadn't been psychologically prepared for this, and she didn't have anything planned out for the future. She had to take into account a whole lot of things when she thought of her son's fate, because she couldn't afford to let him suffer not even for a split second.

"Cherry, don't forget, you're my wife, and sooner or later you'll have to come back to the Chu Family, " said Jackson in an almost crucial, imperative manner. He thought, 'This damn woman, doesn't she know who she is? Do I really have to remind her?'

"But I don't plan to do that now, " said Cherry reluctantly. As she gazed deep into Jackson's eyes, she continued, "I know that I'm your wife, and yes, I will go back to you, but not now. Some day maybe..."

"What if I ask you to come back now?" Jackson looked back into Cherry's eyes, and thought in his mind, "I let you stay away from me for so much time, but I can't keep doing that... Besides, our child is already five years old, and I didn't even had the chance to see him grow up and know him. Cherry, you made me lose all these things by running away from me. Do you think that I can still tolerate you living away from me?'

Cherry became slightly frightened when she looked into Jackson's eyes. It was clear that there was no room for change in his decisions.