"What did you say?" Jackson was getting irked.
"Darling, darling, " cried Cherry as soon as she thought Jackson would attack her. She was too frightened to annoy this domineering man.
"Be a good girl, baby, serve me with your body tonight."
"Go slowly!"
"Okay, I will be tender."
The next morning, rays of sunlight poured into the room. Cherry went to get up, but found herself entangled tightly, in Jackson's arms. The bed was a total wreck.
"Darling, what time is it?" Cherry's tone was sleepy.
Feeling Cherry moving in his arms, Jackson clutched her tighter and said, "I don't know. You don't need to know, because you aren't driving Joe to school anyway. Lay with me and sleep some more."
"I can't go back to sleep now, " said Cherry.
Jackson opened his eyes and looked at Cherry. Seeing her when he was just waking up, filled him with happiness.
Jackson glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "It's past ten o'clock. Joe is at school already."
Cherry looked at Jackson and asked, "What excuse did you give Selina to explain my resignation?"
"I just said it was unsafe for you to work at the company, and if you were home, you could be protected, " Jackson calmly told her.
"Jackson, you, " Cherry was so furious and she was speechless too. She couldn't believe he would tell Selina that, and didn't know how she could face Selina in the future.
"What's wrong?" Jackson continued, "You can stay with grandpa for now, and I will come home to stay with you when I'm free. That's good, right?"
"But? I want to go to work! I want to have a job!" exclaimed Cherry. She wasn't willing to lose her job.
"How much did you earn there? I will pay you five times the amount you were being paid. So, listen to me and stay home, okay?" said Jackson. He wasn't going to let Cherry go to work because he was afraid that she would meet Mond again.
"I have money. But money isn't what I want." asked Cherry.
"Then behave and stay home, okay?" It was Jackson's turn to ingratiate himself to Cherry.
Focusing sight on Jackson's face, Cherry was happy in her heart. Though this man was so commanding outside, he would humble himself to make her happy when she got mad.
Cherry suddenly burst out laughing. Staring at Jackson she conceded, "Okay, I will stay home and I won't go anywhere."
Hearing Cherry promise delighted Jackson, "Baby, that's good. I will give you everything that you want. After all, you are my woman and I must dote on you.
"That's enough chit-chat. Get up quickly. Otherwise grandpa will call us lazy again, " said Cherry.
"That's okay. Let's sleep away the afternoon." said Jackson.
"Don't you have things to do today?" asked Cherry.
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