Ice and Fire

Cherry then drove to the hotel and went to the room where she had already met Jackson for the last couple of times.

When she arrived in front of the door, Cherry first took a deep breath and then knocked on it.

Jackson opened the door, and he was unsurprised to see her standing there. He turned around and silently walked into the room.

Cherry didn't say a word and diligently followed him inside.

When she saw Jackson casually sitting on the sofa, Cherry asked him, "Why did you ask me to come here?"

Looking at Cherry, Jackson ignored her question, and said, "I'll give you two options: to move back with me in the apartment, or to let Joe live with me."

"No!" immediately said Cherry. She couldn't come back to the apartment, and neither could she let Jackson take Joe away from her.

Jackson wasn't surprised at all, because he had expected Cherry's response. He looked at her, and said, "Well? Do you want a third option?"

"I won't move back with you to the apartment, and neither Joe!" said Cherry.

"You don't want to come back there?" asked Jackson. After he thought for a while, he said, "Then come to the villa. It's renovated, and it's more than enough for three people to live inside it."

"No!" refused Cherry again. "Joe and I won't move back! Don't even think about it!"

possibly move back when her son's future fate was so unclear inside the Chu Clan? Thinking of Sally, she thought that her fate was also

and came closer to her. He

his eyes, and said,

for what happened five years

to look at him, and said, "Jackson, I have no plans to move back

a total mess, since nothing had happened as she expected. She hadn't been psychologically prepared for this, and she didn't have anything planned out for the future. She had to

back to the Chu Family, " said Jackson in an almost crucial, imperative manner. He

continued, "I know that I'm your wife, and yes, I will go back to you, but not

back into Cherry's eyes, and thought in his mind, "I let you stay away from me for so much time, but I can't keep doing that... Besides, our child is already five years old, and I didn't even had the chance to see him grow up and know him. Cherry, you made me lose all these

It was clear that there was no room for

want to come back now!"

had allowed her to do everything she wanted,

didn't dare to speak any longer.

to the floor-to-ceiling window. He looked at the scenery outside it, and said,

because neither one of the two options were favorable. She didn't want to move back to the Chu Family, and

I will implement the second one by force, " said Jackson precisely. Actually, he hoped that Cherry would choose the first option he offered her, because he wanted her to come back home and be at his side. Deep down inside he was happy because he had found out that he had a son, and thought that he could forget what had happened in the

and as she looked at his face, said, "Don't

she said this,

a murderous