Ice and Fire novel Chapter 346

"Don't worry, I know, I'll get up early tomorrow." replied Joe.

Looking at her son's sincere face, Cherry nodded and left.

When Cherry entered the bedroom, Jackson was sitting on the bed and reading a book. She closed the door, and walked towards Jackson. "Is Joe sleeping?"

Asked Jackson, putting his book on the bedside table and looked at Cherry.

"No, not yet, he's still playing with his tablet, " replied Cherry.

Jackson took Cherry's hand, lightly squeezed it and said, "Let him have some fun, it's weekend. Don't push him too hard; he is still a child and there is no need to burden him."

"I know, Joe is a good boy, I don't need to push him." agreed Cherry. Joe was her life, her source of happiness and she was very proud of him. This was the reason why Cherry was trying her best to teach him how to be a good person, to be a good man.

Jackson suddenly pulled Cherry into his arms, he looked at her and said, "Honey, can you spare some care for me too and not give all of it to our son?" "What? What do you mean?" Cherry asked, she was confused by Jackson's question. 'Isn't it normal for a mother to give all her care to her son, why should I leave some for Jackson?' Cherry thought.

Jackson was already an adult, he didn't need caring for, and he didn't need her full time attention. "You care so much for our son. Why don't you care about me?

You do know that Joe would not exist without me." Jackson stated as a matter of fact. He was starting to lose his patience and started to think, 'Why can't this stupid woman figure it out yet, it's such a simple question!'

Cherry finally got the meaning of Jackson's words, he was jealous of his son!

Cherry then smiled at this realization and said, "You're not a child any more, but Joe is still a little kid who need to be taken care of."

When Jackson heard Cherry's response, he was irritated, because she was still defending their son. "Cherry! You are my wife!" Jackson said in an annoyed voice.

"But I'm also Joe's mother! He's my son!" said Cherry slightly irritated as well.

Jackson remained silent, he was at a loss for words, but could only stare at this beautiful woman, his wife, lying in his arms. He always wanted to possess her and own her for himself. He felt that she was his only love at the very first sight. Driven by desire, he couldn't help but have deflowered her. And later on, he met her again and married her. They fell in love with each other and then they had Joe. He had always placed her at the most important position in his heart. The woman he married was his queen. She was everything to him.

Cherry noticed Jackson's silence, she gently pushed him away and said, "Well, I'm going to take a shower."

And after that, she left Jackson's arms.

Lying in bed, Jackson and Cherry both couldn't fall asleep. Jackson placed his arm around Cherry's waist and pulled her closer to him, he looked at Cherry and asked, "Honey, are you still angry with Lucia, with what she did?

Hearing Jackson speak of Lucia, Cherry thought for a moment and calmly replied, "I'd be too exhausted if I remained angry with her?" Cherry didn't want to explain, she didn't need to explain what she meant by those words, because Jackson understood. He knew her past, her situation with John. Before she knew and married Jackson, Lucia had already hated her. She hated her because she was the second daughter who was rejected by the Shen Family. If Jean was the Pearl, she would be the Cinderella who stayed in the kitchen. How could Lucia, who had always been honored and high, like her? She was the cause of Lucia's loss of rank in the family. Since she had married Jackson, she was protected by him from her, Cherry's position in the Chu Family was now higher than that of Lucia. This was not an acceptable matter to Lucia, losing her rank to a reject was a big shame for her, so how shouldn't she be mad at Cherry?

Cherry had accepted that fact that in life there would always be someone who was bound to disagree or hate you for what ever reason that may be. It could never be avoided. So, what's the use of blaming people for their hate? It's a waste of time and energy.

Jackson thought for a moment and said, "You know what kind of person Lucia is, actually, she is a miserable person. Although she has been living a life of comfort since childhood, no one in the family, none of our relatives loved her except for Grandpa. He loved her and spoiled her, which unfortunately turned her into an arrogant person."

Jackson remained quiet, lost in his thoughts. Despite of how Lucia's hatred aimed towards Cherry, Jackson still respected her as an elder sister. However, if she ever dared to hurt his wife and his son, he would never leave her off the hook. Cherry nodded, signifying that she understood what Jackson was trying to say to her. She looked at him and said, "Well, I know." She paused for a moment and then continued, "We'll meet a lot of people in our life time. Some people are good to us, while some aren't, but we don't need to hate those who had hurt us for the rest of our life, right?

We need to think more about those who are kind to us, think more about our own lives. We are the major characters in this play, we don't need to remember those who has hurt us, and turn the spot light to them, right?" Jackson didn't answer her, he remembered someone from the past, this person and what he did was something that he could never forget. He had hurt him, and those pains that person experienced had changed his life. But no one could ever predict what would happen next. Destiny had her own plans.

He only made that decision because of the circumstances that he was facing. He had to make difficult choices, choices not everyone agreed on; he had to choose the one with the least damage. With that, Jackson said silently to himself, 'Mond, I'm sorry!'