Chapter 55


    When having dinner, before the dishes werepletely served, Sherry was already drunk. Dizzily, she


    asked, “Chan, when will your school open?”


    “Next week.”


    “Ah...” Sherry burped. “I didn’t expect that you’re already going to high school. I still remember when I


    first met you, you are this short, not even reaching my shoulder yet. In a blink, you’ve reached the age


    that you could be a father.”


    Channing couldn’t find his tongue for a moment.


    Ste scratched her hair. Sherry was way too drunk.


    She sang and danced by herself from time to time.


    Channing couldn’t help but ask, “Are you sure she’s OK?”


    “At least she should find a way to vent it.”


    Sherry had always been optimistic, and she seldom took things to heart. When she was unhappy, she


    could go for a drink and recover on the second day. Seeing her like this, Ste knew that she was


    seriously hurt this time.


    When Sherry finallyy prone on the desk motionlessly, Ste helped her up and asked in a low voice,


    “Sherry, let’s go home.”


    Sherry looked at her with tearful eyes. “Boohoo... I don’t have a home now. That scumbag cheated on


    me. Ste, I don’t have a home now.”


    Ste hugged her andforted her.


    After Sherry wept and cked out, Ste and Channing sent her back home.


    Channing put Sherry on her bed and asked, “Are you girls always like this after experiencing the


    disappointment in love?”


    Ste answered, “Sort of. We need to vent our emotions.”


    “Why didn’t you shed tears then?”


    Ste was taken aback. “What?”


    Channing looked at her. “You shouldn’t always hold back your emotions like this. It’s not good for your


    baby.”


    “Chan, I’m fine...”


    “I can tell that something’s bothering you. Has rence Conrad made trouble for you recently?”


    Ste shook her head slightly. She smiled and asked, “What kind of trouble could he make for me?”


    She was just bothered...


    Liam’s words kept reechoing in her mind.


    She had to admit that he was correct - the marriage in secret was the same as leading a life as a


    mistress.


    Both were in the dark.


    However, a mistress would receive money, but all she had got was only a bully.


    Ste felt a bit annoyed - she had be so moody after being pregnant.


    She said, “Chan, it’s gettingte. Why don’t you go home now? I’ll stay here to take care of her.”


    It seemed that Channing still wanted to say something, but Sherry bounced up from the bed, ran to the


    bathroom, and vomited.


    Heaving a sigh, he said, “Okay, I’m taking off now. Call me if you need anything.”


    Ste apanied Sherry for a whole night. Liam came back at the midnight, but since the password


    of the lock had been changed by Sherry, he couldn’t open the door. He could only knock on the door


    outside. Immediately, Sherry wanted to rush out with a kitchen knife in her hands. Ste tried her best


    to stop her.


    In the second half of the night, Sherry went to bed. Ste suddenly had a reaction to pregnancy. She


    puked several times in a row, feeling so terrible.


    She was sitting on the sofa, lost in thought. After a while, she thought of the ringleader who made her


    suffer so much. She suddenly became bold. Holding Sherry’sndline, she dialed a number.


    After a few beeps, the call was connected.


    Ste immediately spoke, “Mr. Conrad, are you still awake?”


    On the phone, she heard the man’s deep and hoarse voice. “Ehn?”


    “I want to share a joke with you - once upon a time, a toothpick was walking on the street. He walked


    and walked. Then he saw a hedgehog. He...”


    “Ste,” the man interrupted her in a hoarse tone, “Can’t you fall asleep?”


    “Thanks to you, Mr. Conrad. You’ve exposed the scumbag’s true colors. My friend got drunk and has


    been vomiting for a whole night. I have to take care of her.”


    rence was choked up.


    When Ste thought that he was about to hang up the phone, she heard him asking in a t tone,


    “Aren’t you going to continue with your joke?”


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    Being interrupted, Ste forgot what she was telling him. She asked, “Mr. Conrad, would you like to


    share any joke with me?”


    “I don’t have any.”


    “A bedtime story?”


    She wanted the wretched man to coax his uneasy baby in her belly.


    He repeated his answer. “I don’t have any.”


    From his voice, Ste could tell that he had almost sobered up at this moment. That meant she had


    achieved her goals.


    She yawned. “Forget it. I’m sleepy. Good night, Mr. Conrad.”


    After finishing her words, she directly hung up the phone without giving rence any chance to


    respond.


    To avoid that the wretched man would call her back for revenge, Ste deliberately put the phone aside


    instead of putting back. Then she huddled up on the sofa, falling asleep peacefully.


    On the second day, when Ste got up, Sherry was still sleeping. Ste made the hangover soup and


    put it into the vacuum cup. Then she prepared the breakfast and left Sherry a note before going to work


    in SG Jewelry Magazine.


    Just right after Ste asked for leave on behalf of Sherry, she heard the coworkers discussing - Mr.


    Conrad from Conrad Group hade over.


    Ste wondered if the wretched man had be pettier. She had just called him at the midnight and


    woken him up. How could he leave all his business behind ande over to me him in such an


    early morning?


    When she was about to sneak away, Stanford’s assistant walked to her. “Excuse me, Miss Sharon. Mr.


    Leif asked you go to the meeting room.”


    Ste pressed her temples, forced to pay the price for being so willful.


    In the meeting room…


    rence was sitting in the chair. He looked aloof and calm, his face expressionless.


    Stanford was sitting next to him, believing that he was in a dilemma now.


    It would be fine if he didn’t know Ste’s rtionship with Mr. Conrad, but Stanford had known it. It was


    obvious that the couple was in a fight, Mr. Conrad brought it to business aboveboard. However, Ste


    wasn’t willing topromise at all. Now they were still in the war.


    Stanford had a hunch thatter this meeting room would be a smoky battlefield.


    Soon, the door of the meeting room was knocked.


    Ste pushed the door open and ignored the other man in the room purposely. “Excuse me, Mr. Leif.


    Did you want to see me?”


    Stanford coughed and officially introduced, “Sharon, this is Mr. Conrad from Conrad Group.”


    Ste looked over at the man. “Good morning, Mr. Conrad.”


    rence cast her a nce without speaking.


    Ste knew that the wretched man was putting on airs.


    “Sharon, this is the thing - before that show, Conrad Group had provided SG with a quota to support.


    Mr. Conrad came here for this matter.”


    After a few seconds, Ste said, “Mr. Conrad, thanks for your kindness. I didn’t think I was that


    outstanding in the show. Please leave this opportunity to some other candidate who hasrger potential


    and is more excellent.”


    rence said tly, “You know you are incapable. Why don’t you want to raise your ability?”


    Ste was speechless.


    She didn’t mean that she was fucking incapable.


    rence added, “In that show, besides Winnie Truman, nobody else is qualified to get this quota based


    on their performance, including you. I didn’t want to choose an incapable person that’s only better than


    others. But I haven’t to keep my promise. Understand?”