When they arrived downstairs, Chester's car was already parked in front of the building, and Beisy was
waiting by the back seat, the door already opened for Sherry. Once Sherry was seated inside, Beisy
walked around to the front seat and sat on the passenger seat.
"Hello, Mr. Gu," greeted Sherry.
Chester smiled and nodded at her before he started the car. Once the car was cruising steadily, he
glanced at her through the rear-view mirror and said,
"Hello to you too. How did your work go this morning?"
"It went great, and my colleagues are nice and enthusiastic. I also managed to look through the
contract and the materials," Sherry said with a happy smile, as she was quite satisfied with how her
day went.
He nodded at her answer. He was a sharp contrast to Sherry's stiff posture because while she was
sitting properly with her back ramrod straight, Chester was sitting lazily on his seat. Her figure was on
vivid display by the stark white suit that she wore.
"If you encounter any problem, don't be afraid to ask Beisy."
From her seat in front, Beisy was listening quietly to their conversation, and she was a little surprised to
hear how much her boss seemed to care about Sherry. Since she was well aware of what kind of
person her boss was, it was a big surprise to see him treat Sherry this way, and in front of her too!
"Thank you," Sherry answered shyly.
Before long, the car stopped in front of a grand hotel, and Sherry couldn't help but admire the view. She
was a little bit confused because it was supposed to be a simple lunch, so was this high-end place
really necessary?
The way he did things was starkly different from what she was used to.
They entered the hotel, where an usher led them to their reserved room, and when the door was
pushed open, Sherry stopped in her tracks, stunned.
In the room, several waitresses in cheongsam were serving tea with pleasant smiles on their faces, and
the round table in the middle of the room was already occupied by at least a dozen other people!
The men were all well-dressed in suits and accessories, while the women were painted with heavy
make-up and dressed in decent dresses. Their clothes and postures screamed elegance and luxury.
Sherry looked around the room awkwardly, but she found the last person she wanted to see.
Just a few feet from her sat Jeremy, his simple white shirt fitted over his wide shoulders, and his eyes
trained in her intensely.
He seemed to have drunk a little wine, as she noticed that his face was slightly red. His hair looked a
little longer, but it just made him look more handsome.
'Why was he here?' Sherry's mind was running in circles, distressed and she was hoping to be
anywhere but there.
It was not a simple lunch, as she had originally thought. She couldn't believe that Chester had taken
her here to have lunch with his business partners!
"You are always late, Chester! You'd better drink!" An old man stood up and walked up to Chester, a
glass of wine in his hand.
"Sorry, I'm late." Despite his words, there was no trace of apology in Chester's voice.
"Hey, who is this beautiful lady?" At this statement, the rest of the guests shifted their attention to
Sherry, and in an instant, they seemed to have forgotten all about Chester's tardiness.
Sherry's beauty made her stand out from the others, and her professional image impressed the others
and attracted a lot of attention.
Chester moved away from the old man, who had rushed over with a glass of wine, and introduced her,
saying, "This is Sherry Xu, an employee of my company's planning department."
She cast a subtle glance at Jeremy, but she quickly looked away before anybody noticed. She put on
her trademark smile and greeted them cheerfully.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Sherry Xu."
Jeremy kept looking at Sherry, but she was ignoring him as if he were invisible. After all, nobody here
knew what happened between her and Jeremy, and he never made their relationship public. So, they
had to pretend that they didn't know each other.
"Come on, sit down. Stop staring at Miss Xu, or you'll embarrass her!" A woman joked lightly, and then
she turned to Sherry and said, "I'm sorry, it's rare for Chester to bring a girlfriend here, so we are all
very excited."
But she noticed that Sherry appeared even more embarrassed about what she said, while Chester
looked like he didn't mind. She hurriedly corrected herself and smiled to placate Sherry. "Oh, I'm sorry.
A female friend then."
They settled down, and Chester sat in the empty seat next to Jeremy, while Sherry sat beside him, all
the while ignoring Jeremy's presence, even though he was seated very close to them.
In Jeremy's mind, he was convinced that she had already hooked up with Chester, and that was why
she couldn't send him the file.
"Long time no see, Mr. Ou," Chester greeted as soon as he sat down.
Jeremy nodded his head and cast a casual glance at Sherry by his side. Likewise, she nodded her
head at him and said, "Hello, Mr. Ou."
'This woman is really good at pretending!' he thought with no small amount of irritation.
"Miss Xu is a big shot in the advertising industry, but she left three years ago. How did you persuade
her to come back to this industry again?" Jeremy asked, faking curiosity as if he didn't know the real
reason behind it.
Chester glanced at Sherry and said, "Miss Xu is such a capable woman, and it will be a waste if she
stops working. But luckily, she was able to get her resume to my company."
'It seems like she had already prepared the resume for the interview.'
A cold smile spread across Jeremy's face at this thought. 'Sherry, you just cannot be satisfied, can
you? I want to strangle you right now,' he thought deviously.
"Chester, you'll have to drink first!" insisted the old man again, and he was still standing by Chester's
side, holding the wine like an offering.
Chester refused it with a smile, so the old man had no choice but to drink it himself, then he turned his
attention to Sherry and said, "Miss Xu, I haven't seen you before. Did you just come to SZ Advertising
Company to work?"
Sherry wasn't sure if he was implying anything else, so she just nodded and said, "Yes, it's my first day
today."
"Wow! Come on, cheers!" The old man filled the glass in front of Sherry and offered it to her, but she
leaned away from him and shook her head. "I'm sorry, but I don't drink."
"Come on! Don't embarrass me please," the old man begged.
Since Chester had already refused him, it would look bad if Sherry turned him down as well.
So after a few seconds of silence, with Sherry looking more and more uncomfortable every second,
Chester took the glass from the old man's hand and said, "Sherry can't drink. Let me drink it for her,
okay?"
After saying that, he raised the glass and drank it in one gulp.
'Sherry? So, they are already calling each other so informally?' Jeremy's face darkened when he heard
how affectionately Chester addressed her, and he had thought that they just met each other.
"Well, it seems that Mr. Gu cares for this woman. Let's toast her again to see if Mr. Gu will drink for
her." After that, everyone raised their glasses.
They were all friends in that room, so they were just teasing Chester good-naturedly. Anyway, all of
them had to work in the afternoon, so they should not drink so much, and when Chester frowned at
them deeply, one of them stopped and said, "All right. We are irritating Mr. Gu now, and if we force
them to drink, Miss Xu will feel guilty, and Mr. Gu will feel sorry for her."
They were all smart people, so they easily realized that this person was right. Thus, they changed their
topic at once.
"Mr. Gu has already brought his female friend here, so Mr. Ou, when are you going to bring your female
friend?" The people around them jeered and whistled, teasing Jeremy, but Sherry's brain seemed to
have stopped.
'A female friend?' Her thoughts were racing, and she couldn't help but think of Jessie.
'Why wasn't Jessie pestering Jeremy? Didn't Jessie always cling to him like an octopus?' All eyes were
on Jeremy, but he only smiled and said,
"Women always get in the way, so it's not fun to play with them nowadays."
"Ha-ha, Mr. Ou, you are a smooth talker!" someone teased.
When she heard this, Sherry fought down the urge to roll her eyes heavenward. She couldn't cope with
this kind of occasion at the moment, and her face felt a bit stiff and oily too, so she got up and went to
the washroom to refresh herself.
Meanwhile, Jeremy was secretly observing her from the corner of his eyes, so he saw the instant that
she got up and left. He hurriedly drank a mouthful of wine and also stood up, heading to the washroom
as well.
Without their knowledge, Chester was watching them suspiciously with narrowed eyes.
In the bathroom, Sherry was touching up her makeup, and when she was done, she took her time
walking out of the bathroom, as she was not looking forward to rejoining the others outside.
As soon as she stepped outside, she was met by the sight of a tall man who was leaning against the
wall like a sculpture.
Sherry stood frozen in the doorway. "Jeremy..."
"Oh, so you do remember me. I thought you had forgotten me, your dear husband, while you were
busy playing with Chester." He sneered and stepped closer to her, intentionally looming over her
intimidatingly.
The dress showed her figure very well, and the makeup on her face enhanced her features, and all
these things together made her look simple, and yet, elegant.
"I didn't expect to meet you here. I thought it was just a normal lunch," Sherry hurried to explain, her
voice hesitant and low.
And even though she was telling the truth, she could not help but feel afraid and guilty.
"Since you have already seen me, why did you pretend to not know me?" Jeremy asked as he leaned
back against the wall in a lazy way.
'You are also pretending not to know me at all. So why can't I pretend not to know you as well?' Sherry
thought but she was too afraid to say it out loud. Of all the people in that room, not one of them knew
about their relationship.
"I'm asking you! When did you send a resume? Why didn't you tell me? Why did you choose SZ
Advertising Company?" His tone was unhappy, and Sherry knew him well enough to know that this was
a prelude to his anger.
So, she went past him to return to their table.
However, Jeremy reached out and grabbed her shoulders with his hands and asked, "Why didn't you
tell me?"
Sherry wanted to push his hand away, but he was holding her so tightly that she would be surprised if
her shoulders would not develop bruises. "What are you doing?! Can't you be more careful in public?"
"Now that you mentioned it, this is a public place, and still you were shamelessly making eyes at
Chester. Do you take me for a joke?" He hissed at her and grabbed her face with his bruising grip.
"No!" She struggled to free herself, but she could only follow his steps until she was forced into a
corner.
Jeremy's alluring masculine scent filled her nose, while his muscled body pressed her hard against the
wall.
He hid her from curious eyes with his right hand against the wall, and his other hand comfortably sat on
her waist. He rubbed the tip of his nose with hers and said in a calming voice, "Resign!"
Sherry was struck dumb, amazed by his audacity to ask her to resign on the very first day of her work!
"No way!" She gritted her teeth stubbornly.
"What?" Jeremy asked although it was obvious that he had heard what she said, as his hand on her
waist tightened painfully. She repeated, her voice shaking, "I said I won't resign. Go away. Don't touch
me--"
She couldn't finish her words because he had pulled her close and devoured all the words from her
mouth.
"Please, stop it." His hand on her waist started to run gently through her side, caressing her gently until
Sherry's knees shook weakly. She panted as somehow, she found it hard to breathe.
"If you resign now, I'll let you go." His voice was deep and sexy, as he whispered into her ears.
"No way! I won't resign!" Sherry shouted back angrily. He was such a child!
"Are you sure?"
"Yes!" Sherry immediately replied.
But her braveness disappeared when he stepped closer, and her throat tightened in fear. She frowned
and said, "You promised me that you wouldn't touch me if I didn't agree!"
She looked so cute when she was wronged, that Jeremy couldn't help but kiss her. He whispered to
her darkly, "Don't use my indulgence as a bargaining chip for you. You are my wife. You belong to me!"
He put his finger on her lips, chest, and heart. "And these things, they are mine, and mine alone."
Indeed, no one could take her away from him!
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