Ice and Fire novel Chapter 117

After she heard her, Sally couldn't find her words anymore. She saw that there were so many people around, and because she was afraid of losing face, she hastily said, "Jackson chose this dress for me."

Jackson? When the name Jackson was mentioned, there were more clamours of comments coming from the crowd. Cherry felt a sharp pain striking her heart, but she still put on a cold expression. It was so cold and austere that no one would have ever guessed what she was thinking about.

"Oh, I see!" said Cherry. She then glanced seriously at Jackson, and believed that he was very thoughtful towards Sally. While they had been together, he used to have little time to go shopping with her, but now it seemed that he had time, and mood, to choose a dress for Sally. It seemed that Sally meant much to him.

Suddenly, a voice sounded from the crowd, "Sally, even if the dress was bought by Jackson, it doesn't look good at all on you. You're insulting the clothes, because you don't deserve them on you!"

Another voice echoed, "You're right! Only his lawful wife deserves it. All other women are nothing!"

Sally was very irritated and cast sharp glances to the several rich girls that were commenting. There had been a time when they had used to highly regard her, but now they were ridiculing Sally right in front of her.

Eventually, Sally vented all of her hatred towards Cherry.

She suddenly withdrew her hand from Jackson's arm, walked closer to Cherry, and in a furious tone, said, "Cherry Shen, you and me are doomed to be sworn enemies!"

Saying that, she slapped Cherry's face hard, and the slap was so loud that everyone present at the party were astonished.

Cherry got slapped for nothing. She felt her face burning like fire, and because she hadn't expected that from Sally, she almost fell down on her knees because of the blow.

Selina immediately supported Cherry, and when she saw the marks on Cherry's face, she became very irritated. She shouted at Sally, "Are you insane?"

'How dare she slap Cherry? She must have a death wish!' she thought, and after that she immediately slapped Sally's face even harder. Even if Sally was with Jackson, Cherry was Jackson's wife, and her only sister-in-law.

Sally furiously stared at Selina and intended to slap her back, but she didn't dare to do so. She knew just how powerful Selina's family actually was, and she couldn't risk to offend anyone in the army residential quarters. Although at first glance it seemed that the Lu family was not that powerful, her family actually held the true power in the city.

Selina and Sally looked at each other, with their eyes full of hatred. No one wanted to be outdone.

Cherry slowly raised her head and her eyes happened to meet with Jackson's. Her heart started to ache, because he looked as if he had nothing to do with what was happening there. His eyes were looking at her as if she was a joke, and he must have thought that she deserved the slap.

Cherry sneered in her heart. Wasn't he taking revenge on her now? But she was still naive in thinking and hoping that he could save her.

Cherry couldn't bear it anymore, and tears fell down her cheeks like pouring rain.

Jackson could clearly see her tears streaming down her face almost ruining her makeup. Judging from her eyes, he could tell how delicate and heartbroken she actually was. She wanted someone to protect her.

At that time, Derek heard about the commotion and rushed over.

He stood beside Jackson and looked at the four people. He didn't know exactly what was going on, and asked, " What happened?"

Selina took no notice of Derek, and still stared at the scheming Sally. She was afraid that she would do something else again to hurt Cherry.

Jackson kept an eye on Cherry, and as he looked at her tears, he felt his heart ache.

Seeing that Derek was also there, Cherry hastily lowered her head to cover the red marks on her face with her hair.

But Derek noticed her, and guessed that she must have been slapped by Sally, because no one else would have ever dared to treat her like that.

Derek looked into Sally's eyes, and in a hostile tone, asked, "Sally, did you do this?"

Sally erupted at that moment, and shouted at Derek, "Why does everyone want to help her? Yes, it's true, I slapped her. But your sister also slapped me."

Hearing this, Derek noticed that Sally's face was also red and partially swollen up. He then turned to look at Selina and saw that she was very furious, and soon understood what had happened. Selina must have slapped Sally for Cherry. He knew his sister very well, indeed.

"Selina, you..." But before Derek finished, he was interrupted by Selina.

"You shut up!" shouted Selina at her brother. She also didn't know why she was so courageous today. She stared at Derek, and said, "Will you stand up for her? You know that the only person who should stand beside Jackson is Cherry, not her."

As she said so, Selina pointed at Sally.

At that moment, everyone turned their eyes to Sally.

Stephen and Wilson also saw what happened in the crowd. They wanted to walk up to Cherry to help her, but because there were so many people there around them, they couldn't pass through them; the only thing that they could do was to witness the spectacle, just like the others around them.

After some time, Selina glared at Sally, and in a furious tone, said, "I won't attend such a party! It's contaminated by someone."

As she said that, she grabbed Cherry's hand, and turned away.