Ice and Fire novel Chapter 99

Sally rushed into the bedroom after she did not find anyone in the parlour.

She stopped short when she saw Cherry, who hadn't aged after five years.

Sally hadn't expected to see Cherry and she broke out a shout, "Cherr…Cherry Shen?"

Only then did she notice that Cherry and Jackson had had sex, looking at the messy bed, and she felt her heart break. Jackson hadn't wanted to touch Sally at all in the last five years, and yet he made love with Cherry at the first instant she had come back.

Jackson was a bit confused to see that Sally had found out that he was here.

Cherry's heart broke even a little more when she saw Sally's furious expression and realised that Sally had been Jackson's companion for the last five years.

Sally cried and said, "Jackson, how could you do this to me?"

Jackson merely ignored her and instead, hugged Cherry closer and put a quilt over them.

Sally understood that Jackson was protecting Cherry.

Cherry, on the other hand, did not resist Jackson's actions and instead, stayed within Jackson's warm hug and kept silent seeing Sally there.

Sally continued, now directing her anger at Cherry, "Cherry Shen, you…"

Before Sally could finish her words, Jackson furiously interrupted, screaming, "Get out of here!"

Sally did not dare to say anymore, because she could see clearly that Jackson was mad at her and she could not afford to provoke him more. If she ever tried, it would not take any effort to turn Jackson to be on Cherry's side.

Sally looked at Cherry with hatred and thought, 'Now that you have come back, get ready to face my attack. I will destroy you, Cherry Shen, because Jackson is mine! He will continue to be mine.'

She turned around and left quietly.

Cherry heard the door shut and then pushed Jackson away, pulling the quilt on herself.

Jackson did not stop her this time and instead, got out of bed and walked into the bathroom.

As Jackson went into the bathroom, Cherry quickly got up and tried to put on her clothes in an attempt to leave quickly. But Jackson returned before she left, perhaps because he knew that she would definitely try to run away. Cherry had run away once, five years ago. Could he possibly risk letting her do that again? The answer for that question was clear without a doubt.

He walked towards Cherry, picked her up and walked back to the bathroom.

Cherry wanted to get rid of him now and exclaimed, "Jackson Chu, what are you doing? Put me down!"

Jackson could barely control his angry voice and said, "don't move, or I will really do something."

After half an hour, Jackson finally took Cherry out of the bathroom, having bathed her well, laid her down on the bed and began to put on his clothes.

Cherry also put on her clothes and decided that she had to leave the disgusting place as soon as possible.

Jackson finished dressing up and moved to leave. He then happened to see a piece of paper on the floor. He picked up the paper.

After he saw what was on the paper, Jackson's anger returned. He stared at Cherry for a moment and finally asked, "Do you work for the JS Group?"

Jackson couldn't believe what he saw on the paper. It was an order of the JS Group.

Cherry, who had now finished wearing her clothes said, "That's none of your business!"

Jackson smiled only slightly and said, "Fine."

His tone somehow frightened Cherry and she was forced to ask, "What are you going to do?"

Jackson stared straight into Cherry's eyes and immediately replied, "I want to torture you, Cherry Shen. You will not be able to get rid of me for the rest of your life. So it's best if you don't even think of running away!"

Jackson then dropped the order, turned around and left.

Cherry had now understood that Jackson hated her and would have taken his revenge on her, if he got to know that she was back. And now that he did, would he just leave her alone? It was not very hard to guess the answer for that. Instead of thinking about what he would do to her, Cherry was worried that he might take Joe away and she was determined to prevent him from doing that, no matter what.

Jackson walked out of the elevator and went towards the reception downstairs instead of leaving the hotel right away.

The two staff members present at the reception desk watched Jackson walk towards them and respectfully greeted him, "Good morning, Mr. Chu."

Jackson looked at them with wrath and ask with oozing anger, "Who gave Sally my room card?"

One of the staff member turned to the girl beside her.

Jackson continued, "Let her continue to stay in the JS Group. I want to know how much talent she has."

Jackson spoke the word 'talent' with a lot of weight on it. It seemed to Selina that he was emphasizing a little too much on that word.

Selina still didn't get his meaning and said, "Of course I will have a good talent continue in the JS Group, or what else will I work on for the development of the JS Group?"

Jackson didn't reply to her question and instead, looked outside the window. His eyes revealed a mix of love and hatred and he himself didn't know which one of the two prevailed, love or hatred.

Selina didn't hang on to the topic any further and instead, began thinking about something else. She said, "By the way, Jackson, do you know Wilson Yuwen?"

Jackson turned his attention towards Selina when he heard the name Wilson Yuwen and he said, "Go on."

Jackson thought to himself, 'How could I forget that name? He was the favorite 'Yuwen brother' for Cherry. Cherry was so kind towards him that it even made me jealous! How can I forget him? Even though I haven't met him at all, I already knew him enough through Cherry.'

Selina, unaware about any of this, continued, "He came back home and has started a new company, which is on list. But..."

Selina paused for a second, thinking, and then continued, "but some of my friends told me that he is also pitching to get the Future Project."

Jackson did not say a word until Selina finished speaking.

Silence reigned for a while and then Jackson suddenly roared, 'He dares to compete with me for the Future Project, he is so confident, isn't he? But I will beat him!"

Selina heard Jackson's threat and felt that he might not know Wilson well. She said, "Jackson, don't look down upon Wilson. I have investigated him and according to the report, he is very capable. I was told that he has received a degree of MBA from a premium university and had successfully started 36 companies in one year. So we should not underestimate him."

Jackson heard Selina's opinion of Wilson and thought, 'Is he really that capable?'

Jackson suddenly came to the realization that both Wilson and Cherry had come back. Did that mean that they had come back together? And could this mean that Wilson and Cherry were in a relationship?

Had Cherry been with Wilson for the last five years? After all, Wilson was Cherry's step-brother and their union would not incestuous even if it were a romantic relationship. Thinking about this made him restless, much so that Jackson did not want to think about it anymore and would rather find out that his guess is bullshit, although it would seem like quiet a reasonable guess.

Despite everything, Jackson could not help thinking about Wilson and Cherry being in a relationship and his imagination irritated him. His eyes were drowned in anger and he stood up, speaking cruelly, "Wilson Yuwen...I will destroy him!"

Selina stared at him silently and was scared by Jackson's furious countenance, something she had never witnessed before. Even though she had known that Jackson hated Stephen, she had not seen him to be so furious even with him!