Ice and Fire novel Chapter 40

However, Cherry was surprised by Jackson's response.

"Cherry Shen, " Jackson shouted, his angry eyes staring at Cherry, "If you sue her, it won't end well for you!"

At that moment, Cherry's heart broke.

Cherry walked back a few steps. Was this the real Jackson? He would risk everything for the one he cared and loved. Was it for relieving Sally He's guilt that Jackson had shielded Cherry from the knife?

Jackson looked at Cherry. He wanted to tell her that he did love her, but he didn't want Sally He to get hurt. Sally He had lost her parents and had a hard time all these years. What Jackson wanted was to stop her from more hardship.

Cherry stood there, stunned. She couldn't believe what had just happened. Just a few hours ago, this was the man who had protected her. Now, it was also the same man who had hurt her to protect another woman.

A fleeting thought occurred to Sally He when she saw this scene. She ran towards Jackson, held his hand and pretended that they were intimate. She was delighted deep in her heart. She thought, 'Jackson still loves me. He must still love me in his heart.'

As for Jackson, he kept staring at Cherry. He wanted to tell her that he hadn't meant those words.

After a while, Cherry felt that her legs were numb. She did not look at Jackson. She thought everything had ended and the man in front of her indeed did not belong to her.

Cherry slowly walked out of the ward.

Wandering around on the streets, Cherry did not want to go back home, which was now a mess because of Sally He. Would it make any sense even if Jackson came back?

But where should Cherry go? Where could she go? She couldn't go back to the Shen house. Where else could she go?

Ultimately, Cherry could rely only on one person.

Cherry did not utter a word after she reached Emily's house. She just curled up on the sofa, hands tightly holding her legs.

Holding a bowl of porridge, Emily looked at Cherry with worry, "Cherry, come and have some porridge."

Cherry kept silent and shook her head.

Emily knew her well, and watching Cherry so depressed, she did not want to force her.

"Cherry, you don't need to do this, do you?" Emily sighed and continued, "Before you married Jackson, you must have realized that he surely loved someone else deep in his heart."

Cherry didn't say anything.

"Alas, I was worried that you wouldn't love anyone else after you broke up with John. I did not expect you would fall in love with Jackson, " Emily said. Why was Cherry's life so hard?

"Emily, I'm very tired. I'm really very tired, " Cherry said, finally. Tears rolled down her face the moment she started speaking.

Emily felt her heart ache when she looked at Cherry's tears. She wiped away her tears and tried to comfort her, "Cherry, come on. Don't cry, don't cry."