A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 136 A Sleepless Night

With a cigarette between his fingers, he took one puff and then another.

He stood there all night, waiting.

He wanted to go inside and explain however he didn’t know what to say. He was angry that he was always unconsciously hurting Sherry, angry about his own carelessness and angry that he was also causing her such pain. Why did he secretly make up his mind to give her happiness, yet be failing to give her the happiness he said he would give her?

She really must be upset!

Outside the alley.

Celia let out a quiet sigh, when she left last night she had seen William’s car however chose to ignore him. When she came this morning and noticed he was still here, she saw the back of him, frowned and then walked over.

“William, you’ve been here the whole night? Standing here like some door guard?”

As he suddenly turned around and saw Celia he immediately felt awkward, and for the first time he was so embarrassed that he didn’t know what to say.

Celia was startled, a little surprised. “You really have been here the whole night?”

William made a noise as if to confirm this and then took another puff of his cigarette.

“William, why haven’t you gone inside? Since you have something you want to say, then what is stopping you from going inside?” Celia’s gaze fell onto William’s face.

He looked stiff, and remained silent.

“When will this having two lovers at the same time come to end?” Celia continued to ask, “Today I just want to ask you, Sherry or Lucy, who have you decided to choose?”

William took another puff of the cigarette; he had been thinking all night long however he still didn’t know what to do. The way that things were right now, really must be hurting Sherry so much!

As he thought of how Sherry smiled yesterday, he only felt a knife plunging deeper into his heart, so painful that he couldn’t breathe anymore. He knew that he really needed to make a decision.

“I just want Sherry!” His tone was firm and resolute. “And this decision has not been changed just because it’s you who is asking!”

“Then let go of Lucille, whether she is alive or dead has nothing to do with you!” Celia’s personality was a lot different to Sherry’s, for she would never let herself suffer such pain, nor would she let her friend suffer. “Sherry is not alone and without support, you didn’t want to bully her, however she had to endure much although it was painful for her. I don’t know what happened between you two but yesterday Sherry was feeling so helpless.”

William’s body trembled, his heart cut like a knife. "I know!"

“You know you have hurt her? Don’t you know that right now she is even unable to be angry? Her body…”

“What’s wrong with her body?” William immediately began to feel anxious.

After Celia said this she suddenly thought about last night how Sherry begged her not to tell anyone about her pregnancy. Celia swallowed back her words and eased her tone as she then said, “She’s fine, it’s just she’s so frail that being angry would not be good for her body!”

William breathed a sigh of relief; he really thought that something was wrong with Sherry!

Celia looked at William and saw how depressed and at a loss he was. She really couldn’t believe that this man was the president of the Rowland Group, a man who in the past was so all powerful. When she saw him like this she didn’t know how to condemn him, “William, tell me, what do you want for Sherry?”

“I want her to be happy!” William said.

“I don’t know how you want to make her happy but this so called happiness made her tell me yesterday that she wants to cry but is unable to, when she feels like crying no tears come out. Have you experienced this kind feeling before? If you know that you always want to cry but are unable to then this kind of happiness that you are supposed to be giving her is quite terrifying isn’t it?

“I said I will do it! I definitely will find a solution. I’m sorry, I need to go!” William suddenly opened the car door, got inside and started the car.

Celia stared at William’s car as he left, muttering to herself, ‘This really is an ill-fated relationship, standing here all night; even if he said he didn’t love Sherry I wouldn’t believe it! However if he loves her then he mustn’t make her so sad!’

As she turned her head, Celia then saw Sherry.

She was carrying her bag and had just walked out. When she saw the back of William’s car, Sherry frowned and then asked rather surprised, “Celia, was that William’s car?”

Celia sighed, “Yes, William has been here all night, just stood here all night long!”

Celia pouted as Sherry looked at the ground. There were many discarded cigarettes, her gaze then fell upon in total three cigarette boxes. What was he doing here all evening? Just smoking?

Sherry’s face turned pale, for all night she hadn’t received a phone call from him. She was feeling so disappointed last night, but once she saw all these cigarettes on the floor she suddenly smiled.

“Sherry, what are you smiling about?”

“He loves me!” Sherry smiled as she said this, all the feelings of pain and disappointments that she had felt during the night suddenly disappeared; it seemed this was enough to make her feel better.

“Of course, even I could see he loves you! But aren’t you a little too easily satisfied? Make him suffer a little, ignore him, let him sort out everything with Lucille first, and until he has done this then keep on ignoring him!” Celia rolled her eyes, “What happened with you two? But in any case no matter what he is not allowed to have two lovers at once, you must remember this! Did you hear me?”

Sherry shook her head, “It’s ok, but perhaps I shouldn’t be so petty!”

“I don’t understand what you’re talking about!” Celia frowned.

“Was he really here all night?”

Celia was a little helpless, “Last night when I left his car was here, then this morning I tried my luck to see if he was still here and it turned out he was. After speaking a while he said that he wanted to make you happy! Seeing him at such a loss, I really didn’t know how I should get justice for you, since this man really seemed to be a fool when it came to emotions! Seeing him look so silly, I suddenly realized that what he was saying must have been true.”

“What?”

“When in love men and woman are both fools, I now realized that this phrase really is true! Now as I see you and William, you are both such big fools!”

Sherry was dumbfounded, “Perhaps!”

As she lowered her head again and saw all the cigarette stubs, it told her the thoughts that he had never said. Sherry sighed, if he didn’t love her, wasn’t at such a loss, then how was it possible that he was here smoking, yet didn’t dare to knock on the door! However if he had knocked, would she have gone to see him?

Perhaps she would have not!

Last night in that kind of situation, she needed peace and quiet to think about many things. This helped her to calm down and as if she could finally see clearly. The past was the past, and no matter what the choice was, she would deliver it to William! However she needs to support him secretly! This was a mind of a woman!

At the Rowland Group.

“Will, what do you need from me so early in the morning?” Liam asked as soon as he walked in, “you didn’t sleep last night?”

William said, “I’ve decided to give the apartment at MH residence to Lucille, and from now on I won’t be going there anymore!”

Liam was a little surprised, pondered for a moment and then nodded his head, “Well, I respect your decision!”

William signed a document and then lowered his head and said, “I need you to go get the lawyer, help me change the name of the ownership to Lucille, which is just something to give her some compensation, then deliver it to Darcy! Also, contact the hotel and tell them I will be getting married!”

“Married?” Liam was speechless, “You want to get married! With Sherry?”

“If not Sherry then who?” William raised his eyebrows, why would he doubt his decision to be with Sherry?

“Alright, got it. I will inform the old master straight away!” Liam smiled but was also a little shocked. “Will, I really never expected that you would make such a swift and firm decision. However Sherry really is great, so I congratulate you!”

“Liam, please do something else for me!” William thought for a moment.

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“Help me to look after Lucy, make her feel better as quickly as possible! For the sake of Sherry, I never want to see Lucille ever again!”

Liam nodded his head assured, “I know! Don’t worry!”

William kept on signing all the necessary documents, and after he finished he returned to the Rowlands' old residence, as soon as he walked through the door he said to John, “I want to get married, the sooner the better!”

John was slightly astonished and then surprised, “With whom?”

“Sherry!” William firmly emphasized her name.

John immediately relaxed and clearly was giving his approval, “Alright! I have no objection! Let’s schedule the wedding for next week, I will have someone organize it and let Mrs. Howe sort out the new house!”

“I want to get married at No. 15 Villa!” William said earnestly.

“Why there?” John was a little unhappy, for he still wanted to see his grandson every day.

“If you want the children then they can live in the old house, but Sherry is living with me!” William said rather domineering and with a lack of sympathy.

“Aren’t you both being a little selfish?” John frowned, “Why can’t my daughter in law live in the same house as me? Are you afraid I will eat your wife?”

“I just want some private space; could it be you don’t want to have any more granddaughters?” William raised his eyebrows.

“Alright! For the sake of your happiness I will let you do as you wish.” John lowered his face, “But you must hurry up and give me another grandson!”

“Father, I need to leave now! I still don’t even know if Sherry wants to get married with me or not!” William sighed, feeling quite nervous.

“You also have any trouble to get a woman?” John said coldly.

“Sherry needs to feel the love from me, she doesn’t care about money. She never touched any of the 7.5 million that I gave her before, she has been saving up, determined to finish her studies. You can only be with a woman like this through her feelings.” Once William finished what he said he immediately left the residence.

In the hospital’s patient ward.

Payne had accompanied Sierra all evening and didn’t go back until dawn.

However Cohen Sutton took this opportunity to come to the ward.

“Sierra!” When the two words came out his mouth, it felt a little unfamiliar. How many years had it been since he had called her by this name? Cohen felt as if he was travelling through time, his eyes looked deep.

When Sierra saw Cohen she suddenly started to panic, “You, what are you doing here?”

Cohen gaze fell onto her nervous face, it was still the same face, even after twenty four years. He was surprised because he never expected that she would still look the same after twenty four years.

“Sierra, are you hiding something from me?” Cohen looked at her, his gaze locked onto her panicked and face which was clearly at a loss.

“Cohen Sutton, get out of here! I’m not hiding anything from you; I cleared up everything with you twenty four years ago!” Sierra said rather agitatedly, “Don’t come and disturb me here ever again!”

However Cohen didn’t listen to what she was saying and instead asked quietly “Is Sherry not my daughter?”

Sierra felt suffocated and had no time to react. After she heard his words her face suddenly went pale, she averted her gaze and said rather quickly. “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

“Is it that you don’t dare to admit it or you don’t want to admit it?” He asked rather sharply.

“Get out of here!” She pointed towards the door. “Get out!”

“Sierra, regardless of everything I still appreciate what you’ve done, thank you for raising Sherry for me, she really is a precious woman!”

“Cohen Sutton, stop bothering me! She is doing very well right now, so don’t go and disturb her peaceful life!”

“What are you worried about?” Cohen raised his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes.

“Nothing!” Sierra then suddenly just realized what she had said.