Sherry went for a stroll in the garden outside the hospital and then headed over to the ward Jeremy
was staying in.
She had no idea whether Jessie would be there or not. And in case Jessie was indeed still there, she
would have to talk with Jeremy.
When she swung the door open, she stumbled upon Jeremy sitting on the bed and fiddling with his
phone.
Despite the fact that he was wearing a loose-fitting hospital gown, Jeremy still looked rather arrogant
and strong.
The second Sherry pushed the door open, she heard his cold voice. "Didn't I tell you to get out?"
Letting out a deep sigh, Sherry calmly said, "Since you want me to get out, I guess I'll just leave."
Hearing this, Jeremy suddenly raised his head to check who it was. When he found out that it was
Sherry, his tone immediately shifted and he said, "Sherry! Don't go! Come back!"
Sherry was still standing at the door and curtly replied, "Didn't you just ask me to leave? I'll do as you
say and leave right away."
Left at such a loss for words, he was about to jump out of bed and embrace her, but he suddenly
remembered that he was supposed to be "seriously injured" right now. So, all he could do was feign his
disability and lie in bed, whining, "I thought it was Jessie who came back again. I wasn't asking you to
leave. Come over and sit next to me."
After keeping silent for a moment, Sherry did as he asked and walked toward him.
"Where have you been? What took you so long to get here?" he asked, wearing a frown on his face.
"There's something I have to tell you," Sherry said, completely ignoring his words and changing the
subject. "I have requested for an extended leave of absence, and I've almost fully recovered already.
It's time for me to come back to work."
With his eyebrows deeply knit, Jeremy repeated, "You are planning to go back to work?"
"Yes, you can rest assured that I will hire a good nursing aide to take care of you, and I'll be visiting you
at the hospital after work," Sherry went on and added, worried that he might not agree with it.
"No, I don't agree." Sure enough, he didn't agree and flat out refused.
Hearing his response, Sherry calmly told him, "Don't get me wrong. It's not that I don't want to take care
of you. I just think that you don't have to be looked after all the time anymore. And even if anything
comes up, you can just call the nurse to assist you."
"No, I can't let you do that. Why do you still care so much about your stupid job anyway? Are you
saying that it's more important than me?"
'Stupid job?' Sherry let out a soft chuckle and pondered to herself, 'In his mind, his business is
important. But he thinks that my job is insignificant?'
This should hardly be surprising given how he had always been so overbearing and selfish. It wouldn't
make sense to expect a selfish man such as him to be tolerant and generous.
"Yes, my job is more important than you," Sherry blurted out.
This caused his face to darken in an instant, making him look so gloomy.
Seeing the look on his face, Sherry tried to remain calm, acting as though she didn't notice it at all.
That being said, he held back his anger and said in a calm tone, "Do you really have to do this?
Why do you have to say such a thing? How could you be so heartless?"
"Well, you should go have a good rest. I'm leaving now." Upon saying those words, Sherry turned
around and left right away.
"Sherry, come back!" Jeremy suddenly pulled the quilt off of him and tried to stop her from leaving.
Before Sherry could turn to look, she heard Jeremy let out an audible hiss.
When she looked back, she found that he got up from his bed and ended up touching his wound by
accident. The pain was so unbearable that he fell back to the bed. With a distorted face, he cried out in
pain.
Sherry was startled when she heard this, so she rushed over and asked, "What's wrong? Is it hurting
again? I'll call the doctor right away!"
Just as she was about to run out of the ward, she suddenly felt a tight grip on her wrist, and she got
pulled back by Jeremy.
"Don't go..." Jeremy beseeched in a low voice.
Seeing the pained expression he had on his face, Sherry didn't have the heart to refuse. Keeping her
voice low, she told him, "Let's just talk about this later. You need to be checked by a doctor first!"
Then, she shook off his hand and hurriedly ran out of the ward.
Jeremy had to be taken into the operating room again. Feeling so anxious and miserable, Sherry sat
outside waiting for him.
After a long while, the light inside the operating room was turned off. Seeing this, Sherry immediately
sprung up from her seat and waited outside the door.
As soon as the doctor walked out of the door, Sherry anxiously asked, "Doctor, how is he? Did his
wound open again?"
With a look of disappointment, the doctor cast her a blameful glance. "Since you're aware that he is
injured, try not to stimulate him too much. Now that his wound got opened again, there is a possibility of
leaving a sequela."
This almost made Sherry's heart leap out of her chest. For her, the doctor's words were nothing more
than a huge and terrible news.
'Please... I hope it doesn't leave any sequela...'
When Jeremy was transferred into the ward again, Sherry stayed by his side the entire time until he
finally regained consciousness.
Truth be told, Jeremy's injury wasn't serious whatsoever. Wanting for Sherry to stay with him and take
care of him, he decided to put on an act to deceive her.
"Are you awake?" Seeing this, Sherry reminded him, "Try not to move around too much. The doctor
said that if you're careless, there might be sequelae."
Upon hearing her say those words, Jeremy actually felt a little embarrassed and couldn't say anything.
Although he had asked the doctor to tell Sherry that he condition was serious, it seemed that the doctor
went a bit overboard.
His voice was quite low and sounded weak. Apart from that, his handsome face had been devoid of
color at that moment. "Don't leave me. Don't divorce me, okay?"
This caught Sherry off guard, and she didn't give him any response.
He was feeling so on edge as he stared intently at her, afraid of letting any of her actions and
expressions slip his gaze.
"I understand that you want to go back to work. You've got your own life. As long as you don't push
through with the divorce, I promise I won't get in the way of your work,"
he said, sounding like a very reasonable person.
In the end, Sherry simply nodded her head and said, "Okay, you gave me your word that you won't
interfere with my work."
He was a patient right now. What else could she possibly do but to give in to his request?
Could she really cause him the sequela?
"Yes," Jeremy curtly replied, pulling a long face.
"Then, I'll go to work for now. You should get some rest. I'll come back after I get off work," Sherry told
him.
With a firm grip on her hand, he smiled and said, "I hope you can get off work earlier."
Without saying anything, Sherry simply nodded her head, albeit hesitantly. Then, she turned around
and walked out of the ward.
The guilt that was building up in her chest finally died down a little bit. As she gently closed the door of
the ward, Sherry heaved a heavy sigh.
After taking an extended leave of absence, she finally came to the company again.
After putting on the business suit, Sherry proudly entered the company building. As soon as she
stepped foot inside the office of the advertising department, she heard the people around her
whispering.
It took quite some time before she realized why they were acting that way. As it turned out, a new
colleague would be coming today.
Since she was new here and wasn't really familiar with any of her colleagues, she couldn't join in on
their conversation.
That being said, once she took a seat on her desk, she noticed a person in the seat next to hers.
Sherry was about to greet her, but before she could do so, this new colleague of hers suddenly turned
around and beat her to it.
"Miss Xu, it's nice to meet you. It's a pleasure to be your colleague."
Hearing this sweet and soft voice, Sherry was taken aback.
"Linda?" Sherry called her name in surprise.
This new colleague, who was wearing a business suit along with a smile that was as bright as a flower,
happened to be none other than her best friend, Linda!
"Linda, what are you doing here?" Sherry asked in surprise as she put down her bag.
"I'm here for work!" Linda exclaimed, shrugging her shoulders.
"Work? You're going to be working here?" Sherry echoed, finding it hard to believe.
"That's right! It's quite a big surprise, isn't it? Aren't you glad?" Linda excitedly told Sherry.
"Oh, my God! Instead of feeling surprised, I was actually shocked, okay!" Sherry said in a playful tone.
To which, Linda snorted, "That's the surprise I wanted to give you. It has been a while since the last
time we talked. What have you been up to these days? I was waiting for you, but you didn't even come
to see me!"
Taking a seat, Sherry casually grabbed a file from the drawer while listening to her. She pondered
about everything that happened recently.
"But you also didn't come to visit me, did you?" Sherry asked.
The corners of Linda's lips trembled slightly, and she didn't know how to respond.
"Well, forget what I said just now," Linda said, trying to sweep it under the rug.
As she read the document, Sherry held the pen in her hand and asked, "Why did you suddenly come
here to work? When did you become such a big shot that you can work for the SZ Advertising
Company?"
Letting out a soft chuckle, Linda leaned over to glance at Sherry saying, "You are working here as well.
Are you saying that this company let you work here but I can't?
Rolling her eyes, Sherry replied, "What are you talking about?"
Letting out a deep sigh, Linda looked at the ceiling and said sincerely and kindly, "I was feeling bored,
so I quit my last job. And now, I have come here just to accompany you."
When she heard this, Sherry smiled and said, "Accompany me? Oh, come on! Stop pulling my leg!"
"What do you we have fun tonight? It has been a while, and we've got some catching up to do," Linda
suggested all of a sudden.
"I would love that," answered Sherry, who didn't seem to be paying much attention as she was
preoccupied with work.
When they got off work, Linda brought Sherry to the bar she went to before.
Sherry seemed to be a little awkward. Although she had already walked toward the door, she suddenly
stopped in her tracks. Seeing this, Linda looked at her helplessly and said, "Don't worry. It's not like
Jeffery is here every day. There's nothing for you to be scared about."
Of course, Sherry was aware of that. After all, Jeffery was still in the hospital right now! It was just that
she didn't want to come here and felt a bit uneasy. "That's not it."
"Then what are you so afraid of?" Linda looked at her, feeling so confused.
"Never mind. I'm afraid of you. Let's go inside." With that, Sherry pushed her and the two of them
entered the bar.
At this time, there were only a handful of people inside the bar.
After picking a table on a quiet corner of the bar, they sat down and ordered two bottles of wine. The
two of them enjoyed the wine while chatting.
"Linda, I have a favor to ask you. I hope that you won't tell any of our colleagues that I was actually
married." Sherry felt rather anxious about this matter, so she opted to remind Linda of it.
However, Linda simply rolled her eyes and said, "Come on, I'm not a tattletale! Do you seriously think
I'm going to betray my best friend?"
It should go without saying that Sherry trusted her. But there were times that people forget some things.
With that in mind, she had to remind Linda. After all, she was a very straightforward person. If Linda's
tongue ever slipped, it would be quite troublesome for her.
"By the way, have you been in touch with Jeffery?" Linda casually asked.
Hearing this, Sherry felt a bit tense. She tried to pull herself together and answered, "Come on! I've
only met him once. There's no way for me to get in touch with him."
"What about Jeremy? How are you getting along with him? Do you argue with each other a lot?" Linda
quickly changed the subject.
Sherry didn't want to talk about Jeremy at all, so she just took a sip of the wine without humoring her
with a response.
A lot of things had happened in the past couple of days. The feelings she had for Jeremy were much
like a roller coaster ride. She didn't want to casually talk about anything that had to with Jeremy, mostly
because she didn't want to let anyone find out about the ridiculous situation they were currently in.
Given how Sherry didn't answer her question, Linda just assumed that Sherry had been wronged and
got into an argument with Jeremy again.
Then, Linda said in a disgruntled tone, "Jeremy is so bad!" Shaking her head, Linda took a sip of the
wine and cursed at Jeremy.
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