A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 124 Neither Love Nor Hate

Both Cohen and Reggie were surprised at Keegan’s unusual actions. They never expected a cold person like Keegan to do something so tender.

Sherry blushed and said, “Thanks, Mr. Fox!” She was pregnant and could not drink sodas. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Sherry didn’t seem to notice the expression of the other two and lowered her head to drink the water. She was busy with her work the entire morning and had yet to drink any water. She enjoyed the glass of warm water.

Cohen looked sheepishly at Keegan and Keegan immediately came to his senses and explained, “Dad, it’s not what you think!”

“What do you think I’m thinking?” Cohen laughed and didn’t think that his adopted son would be so concerned about his secretary. How interesting. Had this kid finally found someone he liked?

Sherry looked so pure and though she already had a son, she still looked so young. It was natural for anyone to like her. Furthermore, Sherry did her work seriously. If Keegan was really in love with her, then Cohen would certainly support him!

“Keegan, I’ll support you no matter what!”

“Dad…” Keegan was embarrassed and kept quiet.

Reggie pursed his lips and looked towards Sherry and noticed that she didn’t react and just drank the water quietly. She didn’t participate in their conversations and he was surprised that this lady was so quiet!

At this moment, a family of three came up in the see-through style lift. A well-dressed lady said to the waiter, “Tell your boss that Ashley Jones is here. Ask him to come out!”

Sherry was drinking the water quietly as she heard Ashley. She quickly turned around and saw the person who she really didn’t want to meet, Sierra Anderson.

Cough, cough… She choked on the water and coughed.

“Why are you so careless?” Cohen gave Sherry a paper napkin.

Reggie raised his eyebrows and looked in the direction of where Sherry was looking. The Jones family of three was brought to a table three tables from them. Leon was called out by the server.

When Ashley saw Leon, she immediately laughed happily and yelled, “Leon! I brought my parents to your restaurant for a look!”

Leon smiled, “Great!” Thereafter he greeted Payne and Sierra, “Mr. and Mrs. Jones, how do you do!”

Sierra smiled and nodded, “Mr. Hickman, our Ashley keeps talking about you. You, youngsters, should spend some time together. Don’t keep working and forget about taking a break, especially you. Why don’t you go with Ashley for some horseback riding this weekend? Our ranch just took delivery of a new batch of horses.”

“Yeah, Leon, come to our ranch!” Ashley added jovially like a lively princess.

Leon simply smiled.

Sherry lowered her head and maintained her silence.

Keegan and Reggie noticed Sherry’s strange behavior and asked, “Sherry, are you alright?”

“I’m fine, I just choked due to my carelessness!” Sherry’s face turned red from the coughing and apologized, “I’m sorry I interrupted your meal!”

At this moment, Ashley’s gaze turned over and saw Sherry and immediately yelled, “Ah! Leon! Sherry is here. The last time we went for Karaoke, she was dragged away by William. We’ve not seen each other for a long time! Sherry! Sherry!”

Ashley began to walk over as she said.

Sherry didn’t expect Ashley to recognize her from her back view. She wanted to keep her head low but Ashley already walked over.

“How do you do?” She greeted the men and then looked at Sherry, “Ms. Murray, it’s been a while.”

Sherry stood up and calmly said, “How are you?”

Sierra’s face turned pale and looked down pretending not to see them. But her eyes looked over to see what they’re talking about.

“Ms. Murray, we’ll go for Karaoke again and this time you must not run away! I would like to listen to you sing that song Flower on the Sea!”

“Flower on the Sea?” Cohen’s eyes lit up and his hand shivered. He looked up at Sherry who stood up and his expression turned profound.

Sherry didn’t expect this song to shock Cohen this much.

She really didn’t know and quickly excused herself from the three men, “Mr. Sutton, Reggie, Keegan, please excuse me. I’ll have a chat with my friend for a minute.”

“Ashley, come back. This is a western restaurant, don’t raise your voice here.” Payne also walked over and nodded at Sherry.

Sherry nodded in return, “Ms. Jones, go ahead with your meal. Leon is waiting for you!”

“Then when can we go to the karaoke together?” Ashley asked again.

“Some other day!” Sherry couldn’t reject and could only push it off.

“Okay then! Ms. Murray, don’t forget about it!” Ashley emphasized before leaving.

Sherry looked at Sierra who continued to droop her head. Sherry felt unsettled, took a deep breath, and walked to the restroom.

She didn’t expect to meet her here and tried to bring Ashley and Leon together. Sherry felt amused. She knew that Sierra was influential but when she saw her in person, she felt that Sierra was rather pitiful. Why was she her mother?

After a while, she heard footsteps and turned around. She saw Sierra about ten meters away and walking towards her. She knew that Sierra would come and had anticipated it.

“Don’t get close to Ashley, she is a very naive child!” Sherry was amused with what Sierra said. So that was what she came over to tell her!

“I know that you blame me but I had no choice. Things are like this now. Sherry, please try to understand me!”

The air felt stifling and Sherry stared at her calmly with full of disdain. Did Sierra imply that Sherry had a motive to know Ashley?

“Why do you think that everyone is as scheming as you? Hold back your filthy thoughts and don’t see everyone through your lens. I don’t know you and we won’t see each other from now on. Don’t ever look for me!”

“Sherry, I’m the person who gave birth to you. Will you be happy if you hate me?” Sierra’s expression froze and spoke with a wheeze.

“You are mistaken. I have no love nor hate towards you. We are strangers!” Sherry scoffed, “I’ll make myself clear. My parents are dead. I do not have a mother. If I can do it all over, I’d rather become an animal than be a daughter of a woman who thirsts for fame. I’m done talking. You may leave!”

“Promise me that you’ll stay away from Ashley! Don’t tell her about our relationship and I’ll leave!” Sierra’s face was as pale as a sheet of paper and implored.

Sherry scoffed and raised her eyebrows, “Since when did you see me approach her?”

“I… As long as you don’t admit to our relationship!” Sierra heaved a sigh of relief but was still worried.

Sherry shivered when she heard this, “We are strangers! Do not ever look for me. Otherwise, I won’t guarantee what I will say next! You should be the one who disappears from my view!”

Sierra was stunned and her face went pale. Her expression darkened and both stayed silent. Sherry didn’t look at her but felt very remorseful about having such a mother.

Sierra said, “Regardless, you’ve already taken away William. If it wasn’t for you, perhaps that marriage would be successful… Now that Ashley has some feelings for Leon, even if you hate me, please don’t mess this up for her.”

At this point, Sherry’s cellphone rang and it was a call, not a message.

She glanced at Sierra and said, “Your thinking is always so filthy. Do you think that I’m like you? Always depending on a man?”

Sierra looked at Sherry’s phone which was still ringing and calmly said, “Take care of yourself. I know that you have a child. I’m not a good mother but I hope that you are a good mother.”

Sierra smiled bitterly and left!

Sherry closed her eyes and saw that William was calling. She suddenly felt like crying and felt that she missed him.

“William…”

“What’s wrong?” William heard some displeasure in her voice and was concerned, “What’s wrong, Sherry? Why do you sound so moody?”

Sherry walked to the window in the restroom and stood by the window. Her voice remained moody, “Nothing, William, I’m fine. How is Ms. Mclean?”

“Sherry, what’s wrong? Where are you? I’ll look for you!” William was worried.

“No!” She quickly rejected and continued, “You should look after Ms. Mclean!”

“She’s asleep! I already hired a private nurse. It looked like she doesn’t reject the nurse anymore. Jesse Wood said that she can be saved! Sherry, I called you because of this news. The sooner she recovers, the sooner we’ll be together!”

Sherry felt some hope within her but became even more melancholy. Could she really recover? Even if she recovered, could Lucille leave William?

“Sherry, did you hear what I said? Where are you? I’ll look for you!” William felt that it was tormenting every moment that he wasn’t with her.

“I have to work in the afternoon. Rest if you have the time or go and see your dad!” She said. She didn’t say anything about Sammy as she thought that Old Master Rowland had told William.

“No! I’ll look for you in the afternoon. Tonight we’ll go to No. 15 Villa. Wait at the office for me. I’ll pick you after work! It’s raining today!”

“No need. I’ll take a bus there! I’ll hang up now, they are waiting for me.” Sherry felt re-energized after speaking with William.

“No! Promise me that you’ll wait for me to pick you up and I’ll hang up. Otherwise, I’ll look for you at the office now!” William insisted.

Sherry could only nod, “Okay, pick me up after work!”

“That’s great!” William immediately rejoiced and then said affectionately, “Honey, don’t tire yourself! Wait for me! My heart will ache if you are too hard on yourself!”

Sherry was stunned and her face turned red immediately, “William, are you the William that I know? It’s so embarrassing!”

What he said was so affectionate and although she reacted that way, she felt very happy inside her. What he said managed to drive away a lot of her gloom.

“Bye!”

She was stunned when she returned to the restaurant.

She noticed that Cohen and Sierra were standing in the restaurant looking very surprised.

Payne’s face had turned blue with anger while Ashley looked stunned. Keegan and Reggie also looked dazed and didn’t know what happened.

“Sierra… is that really you?” Cohen’s voice was quivering.

Sierra lowered her head and bit her lips. Her face was pale as her body shivered, “Mister, I’m sorry, you’re mistaken!”