Ice and Fire novel Chapter 167

"What?" Derek also started to get worried when he heard what Jackson said. He quickly asked, "How much does she know?"

"I don't know either. She wouldn't tell me, " replied Jackson.

"What a crazy bitch Sally is! Does she want to die?" cursed Derek.

But Jackson paid no attention to his words, and said, "Just do as I said. Remember, don't tell Selina about it. I'm sure that you can think of an excuse to persuade her."

"Okay, got it!"

When Cherry got up in the morning and left the bedroom, she saw that Jackson was sitting on the sofa. She immediately felt sorry for him in her heart, and thought, 'Has he been sitting there the whole night?'

Before she opened her mouth to say something, she heard the doorbell ring. After she thought for a moment, she guessed that it must be Derek and Selina.

After she walked towards the door and opened it, she saw Selina and Derek standing outside.

"Good morning, Cherry!" happily said Selina.

Cherry tried to smile, and said, "Please, come in."

After they went inside, Derek saw that Jackson was sitting on the sofa; he was aware of what had happened, but he pretended to know nothing about it.

"Did you sleep well, Jackson?" asked Derek smiling, as he usually did.

Jackson didn't answer him, and instead looked out the window.

Selina didn't care about the two men. She walked up to Cherry, and as she held her arms, she said, "Cherry, unfortunately I think that our trip will end tomorrow. These two said they need to deal with something at the army base, so we need to return back home tomorrow. I've already changed our plane tickets."

Cherry glanced at Jackson and knew exactly what that "something" was. She hadn't thought that Jackson would think of such an excuse to deceive Selina to get back and see Sally, but Selina seemed to be unaware of the real truth.

Cherry pretended to be calm, and said, "Oh well, there's nothing we can do about it now. You know that military orders can never be disobeyed, and their problems are more important than our trip."

After Selina heard Cherry's words, she complained, "We should've had a really good trip this time, but now we have to go back before we even had the chance to enjoy it. It's really annoying me! What's worse, I also have to attend a meeting today to settle some business affairs."

When she heard Selina complaining like that, an idea suddenly sprung into Cherry's mind. She knew that Jackson and Derek couldn't accompany Selina to the meeting, but she was her secretary.

She consoled Selina, and said, "Don't worry about it, I'll go with you."

When Selina heard Cherry, she took a quick glance at Jackson, and then said, "There's no need for you to do that. I was just complaining about it, but I can go by myself. We have only one day left of our trip, and I think you should spend the time with Jackson."

"It's okay, come on, let me go with you, " insisted Cherry. She would have rather followed Selina to her boring meeting than to stay with Jackson.

Selina didn't say anything and instead looked at Jackson on the sofa, implying that it was up to him.

But Jackson didn't utter a word, and when Derek noticed that the atmosphere was growing tenser by the moment, he glanced at everyone in the room, and said, "Selina, since Cherry wants to accompany you, you can just go with her. We'll go golfing and wait for you."

"Really?" asked Selina. She was very surprised that Jackson allowed Cherry to leave him and go with her.

Derek nodded, and said, "Just go with her."

Selina looked at Jackson again and saw that he was still keeping his silence; this was usually a sign of his consent.

Selina looked at the files in her hand, and happily said to Cherry, "Thank you, Cherry! Everything is finished!"

Cherry also felt happy, and said, "Isn't this what we came here for? Selina, you're always excellent in your job!"

"So are you, Cherry. I can see great potential in you, and I believe that if you become the director of the JS Group, you'll handle your job pretty well." Selina always believed in her ability to spot talent, and she had always spoken highly of Cherry's competence in dealing with tasks.

"Don't talk nonsense! Do you really think that I'll steal your job?" quickly replied Cherry.

"It doesn't matter whether you or me is in charge of the JS Group, " said Selina, unconcerned. She then suddenly thought of something, and continued, "I'm already hungry. Let's go and have lunch."

When Cherry heard her words she also suddenly became aware of her own hunger. She said, "Okay, I'm also hungry."

"Let's go then! Where do you want to eat?" asked Selina.

They then found a restaurant and had a wonderful lunch together. They were both in a good mood, and thought that it would be better for them to hang out in the city rather than to return to the hotel and stay indoors.

After they finished lunch, they strolled on the streets and had fun for the whole afternoon. When they got hungry again in the evening, they found a snack street, and enjoyed some of its delicious street food. They really had a good time together.

They didn't return to the hotel until ten in the evening.

Cherry then went into her room and saw that Jackson hadn't returned yet. After a while, Selina came over and also said the same thing about Derek. Cherry wondered where they had gone to. If they had gone golfing, they should have returned by that time.

After Selina left the room, Cherry started to feel a little worried about Jackson, but she didn't give it too much thought. She had a hot bath and then went to bed.

Jackson returned when it was half past eleven, and when he entered the bedroom, he found that Cherry was sound asleep in bed. He gradually calmed down when he saw her sleeping, because whenever she was near him, his heart was always at peace.