Ice and Fire novel Chapter 321

"That can't be the reason why she left the residential compound, because she could have been taken care of there, " said Cherry, after she pondered for a while.

"If she had stayed, she would have died, " answered Mond, staring at Cherry with a dead cold stare in his eyes.

Cherry was utterly shocked by his words, and she couldn't believe what he had just said. What on Earth had happened if Sally would've died because of it?

"Why? Why would she have died?" asked Cherry.

Mond didn't answer Cherry; he instead looked away, and said, "That's why Jackson, your husband, had done everything to save her, even if it had cost him destroying the entire Chu Family."

After she heard that, Cherry felt that her heart started to twitch with pain. She thought that he must have deeply loved her years ago, and that she had meant a lot to him. He was even willing to lose his entire Family for her. How deeply they loved each other, and how reckless he was! That was Jackson, doing things without ever thinking of the consequences that followed his actions!

Mond continued to say, "Do you know, Cherry, that Jackson had risked everything to protect Sally, even after Andrew threatened to disown him as his grandson and cut him out of his Family? You know that the Chu Family could have been completely destroyed if the army ever found out about the truth.

Cherry didn't hear a word out of what Mond said because she was overwhelmed by the pain inside her heart, and because she was lost in her thoughts about the things that happened between Jackson and Sally. How could Jackson ever dare to go against his Grandpa's orders. In her eyes, Andrew was the most honorable and respected person in the Family, and from how she saw, Jackson was very polite in front of him ever since she had gotten married into the Chu family. What had made him summon all of his courage to go against his Grandpa's will? Was it because Sally was the only one that he truly loved?

Mond could clearly see the expression change on Cherry's face. He knew that she had to be thinking about what had happened between Jackson and Sally, and from what he saw, he also knew that Cherry indeed really loved Jackson.

After some time, Cherry came around with her thoughts and looked at Mond. She asked him, "They really loved each other, didn't they?"

"You tell me, " said Mond. He wanted to hurt Cherry, because he couldn't bear the fact that the woman loved Jackson. He had always been alone, and he wondered what made Jackson worthy to be loved by someone?

Cherry blankly stared at Mond and didn't say a word more.

When he saw that his words had effect on Cherry, Mond continued to trouble her even more, and said, "They were indeed deeply in love, you can be sure about it! You can go and ask Stephen about all of that, but maybe you shouldn't ask Derek, because he would surely never tell you about any of that."