Ice and Fire novel Chapter 74

While she was in the car, Cherry thought for a while, and then said, "Stephen, could you please do me a favor?"

He was confused, and thought to himself, 'What could she want from me?'

"What?" asked Stephen.

"Keep my pregnancy a secret, " said Cherry, "Don't tell the others, not even Jackson."

Stephen was very surprised, and as he looked at Cherry and kept driving, his face stiffened. He asked, "Why do you want to hide this from him? Do you..."

But before he had the chance to finish his words, he was stopped by Cherry.

"Stephen, please don't ask me why. If you take me as your friend, then I hope that you will help me hide this from him. I don't want a third person, or any other person, to know that I'm with child, " said Cherry firmly.

Stephen, after a short silence, replied, "I get it."

Stephen didn't think too much of it, because as long as Cherry wanted to do something, he knew that she certainly had some kind of plan. If she didn't want to say it to him, then he wouldn't insist on it. He never wanted to force her to do anything; instead, he wanted to dote upon on her and do exactly as she wished him to.

Cherry forced a smile. She said, "Thank you."

Stephen didn't care about her thanks, and instead asked, "Cherry, do you want to have an abortion?"

When he mentioned this, Cherry turned her head and looked out the window. Complex thoughts then arose in her mind, and she said, "I haven't decided on it yet."

"But it's a baby, it still a life..." Stephen didn't have the heart to let Cherry get an abortion, and even if she did have one, she had no idea of how painful it would be.

Cherry stopped him, and said, "Stephen, could you please leave me alone?" The last thing that she wanted to do was to discuss about this child. A baby was indeed a gift from the heavens, but she was not ready to accept it quite yet. She found herself suddenly pregnant, and wondered what should she do? What the hell should she do next?

Stephen looked at Cherry, obeyed her wish and stopped talking.

After Stephen drove her to the front of the gate and parked the car, Cherry was ready to get out of it, but when she looked out the window, she found that the lights in the house were on. Her heart quivered, and she thought to herself, 'Has Jackson come back already?'

Cherry then saw that Jackson was actually standing at the gate, with an icy-cold and aggressive look on his face.

Stephen also looked through Cherry's window and saw Jackson. His eyes met with his, and Stephen was neither worried, nor afraid, because he didn't think that he had done anything wrong.

Jackson glared at the two sitting in the car and had mixed feelings about the whole scene, because instead of finding her at home, Jackson found his wife sitting in another man's car.

Cherry also wasn't nervous, and simply said, "Stephen, remember your promise! Don't let other people know about what we talked about!"

Stephen stared at Jackson, who was sitting not that far away from them, and said firmly, "Okay, I will."

Cherry calmed down after she heard Stephen's promise again, and opened the car's door and got out.

Stephen then drove away.

After she saw Stephen leave, Cherry turned around and started to walk towards her home, but when she passed Jackson, he suddenly caught her arm.

Jackson furiously asked, "Where were you?"