Ice and Fire novel Chapter 248

Early in the morning, Cherry drove her son to school, and didn't leave for work until she saw him walking into the building.

She then arrived at the JS Group, and as soon as she walked into her office, the internal phone rang.

Cherry politely answered it, "Hello."

"Cherry, it's me, " said Selina from the other side of the line.

"Selina?" asked Cherry surprised. She hadn't expected to receive a call from her in the very first moments of the day.

"Yes, it's me. I didn't think you arrived yet, " said Selina smiling.

"I've arrived just a few moments ago. What happened? Is there something that you need to tell me?" curiously asked Cherry.

"Yes, come to my office, please, I do want to talk to you about something."

"Okay, I'm coming right now, " replied Cherry.

And after she hung up, she walked straight to Selina's office.

In the office, Selina and Cherry discussed something about business on the sofa.

"Cherry, there will be an important party next week, and maybe you'll have to attend it with me, " said Selina as she looked at Cherry.

"I'm going with you?" Cherry was a little surprised. Why her? If the party was all about businessmen making contacts with each other for their own benefit, she didn't like it, because she had never enjoyed that kind of atmosphere ever. She had always avoided such occasions whenever it was possible.

"Yes, " said Selina as she nodded to her. She then continued, "I think that Jackson and my brother will also be at the party, because there will also be a lot of businessmen, politicians and military officials there. To put it more bluntly, it will be a party of the upper class of the city."

"Then I think I shouldn't go, because I'll feel very uncomfortable with such events, " declined Cherry. She would rather stay at home and play with Joe instead of having nothing to do and feel extremely awkward at the party.

As she looked at Cherry, Selina let out a resigned sigh. She knew that Cherry was unwilling to attend the party, but there was no way that she could turn it down, because she was Jackson Chu's wife. In a word, she was not only Cherry Shen now, but also Mrs. Chu.

"Cherry, " said Selina in a soft and persuasive voice as she looked at her, "I know that you don't want to go to this kind of parties, but this time, I'm afraid that you have to. You're Jackson's wife, and he's definitely coming, and I don't suppose that you wish he goes there with another woman. You know, there are some occasions that you can't avoid, no matter how much you want to do that."

After she heard her, Cherry pondered for a moment, and had to admit that Selina did have a point. Even if Selina hadn't pointed it out for her, she would have still done that by herself eventually.

Selina then continued, "Besides, some of my friends have joked that they really want to meet you now that you're back with Jackson again. And now you're also the new Sales Director of the JS Group, remember, and people are very curious about you. Do you still think you can turn me down now?"

Cherry then fell silent. It seemed that all Selina said to her was correct, and it was impossible for her to refuse the invitation anymore.

"Does Jackson know about it yet?" asked Cherry.

"I think he'll find out about it today. I already called my brother and informed him about it. There are two invitation letters, one for you and Jackson, and one for me and my brother, " said Selina.

Cherry nodded, and said, "I'll talk about it with Jackson after I get back home in the evening."

"Okay, " nodded Selina, and continued to say, "Actually, Cherry, I was also wondering about something."

"About what?" said Cherry, as she suddenly turned to look at Selina with a serious look on her face.

Selina looked into Cherry's eyes, and said, "I think that the chairman of the ZM Group may also turn up at the party."

"Really?" said Cherry. She was a little surprised, because if it was true and he actually showed up at the party, then she also wanted to meet him too.

Selina nodded and then looked away from her. She said, "He's definitely coming to the party. The ZM Group has caught everyone's attention in the business world, so there's no way in hell that he won't attend such an important event."

After she pondered for a while, Cherry thought that now she had some pretty good reasons to attend the party.

After she left Selina's office, Cherry went back to her own office and got absorbed in her work again.

All day long, Cherry was so concentrated on her work that she completely lost track of time. It wasn't until her phone rang that she finally stopped.

Cherry took it out and saw that it was Jackson.

She answered, "Hi, Jackson."

"Are you still working?" he asked.

Cherry looked at her wristwatch, and said, "Yes. Oh, I didn't realize that it's already time to leave work. I was so busy in these files that I lost track of time."

After he heard her, Jackson gave a little smile and gently said, "Baby, don't work yourself so hard. There will always be work, you can't finish it all in one go."

"Okay, " replied Cherry, and then asked, "Where are you now?"

"I went to pick up Joe from school and now we're on our way home, " said Jackson.

When Cherry heard that her husband and son were together, a smile crept up on her lips. She asked, "Weren't you busy today? Why did you go to school and pick up Joe?"

"I was free in the afternoon, so I told Bill not to bother himself because I'm going to personally pick my son from school, " gently said Jackson.

"Okay, then I'll tidy up my desk and also be on my way home soon. See you at home later, " happily said Cherry. She felt that she owned everything in the world when she had her husband and her son close to her.

"Okay, drive carefully on your way home, " said Jackson, a little concerned.

"I will."

After she hung up, she quickly sorted her files and hastily walked out of the office.

As soon as she got home Cherry saw that Jackson and Joe were playing video games together in the living room. Both of their characters were fighting extremely hard and ruthlessly against each other to win the game.

"I'm home!" cried out Cherry.

"Mommy, I don't have time to talk to you right now! My Daddy's the boss and I need to kill him! He keeps beating me, " said Joe, as he stared at the screen all the time, unwilling to turn to look at Cherry, not even for a second.

Holding the game controller in his hands and with his eyes fixed on the television screen, Jackson also didn't reply to Cherry. He instead said to his son, who was sitting right next to him, "Hey, little man, just try to beat me! Let's wait and see who'll be the winner!"

Cherry then walked up to them and saw that all of their focus was on the game in front of them. On the screen, two characters were fiercely fighting against each other, just like a cat and a dog.

When Joe saw that his character was near death, he quickly turned to Cherry, and said, "Mommy, Daddy is bullying me! Daddy is bullying me!"

Joe put on a sad face and asked for Cherry's help.

Cherry knew that Joe was bound to lose the game, because Jackson was very good at it, but in her heart she wanted her son be the winner. How could Jackson not allow his son to win?