Chapter 565 A Happy Family (Part One)


    Stephen almost burst intoughter as Cherry''s unending string of questions continued over the phone,


    finally, he shouted,"Cherry! Can you please stop asking me so many questions!"


    "No, I am not done yet." Cherry''s reply was curt and straight.


    Defeated by Cherry''s constant interrogations, Stephen finally said,"I will tell you everything, but right


    now don''t give me that arrogant attitude."


    "Alright, I''m all ears. I''m going to put you on speaker phone now, so even Jackson can be party to this


    conversation, alright?" Cherry said, immediately putting the phone on speaker mode without waiting for


    Stephen''s answer.


    Stephen did not care about this as he too felt that he had nothing to hide from Jackson.


    Stephen cleared his voice on the other end of the line and started talking in a serious voice,"Well, so


    she is a colleague of mine. She is from China, but graduated here and then took up a job in the same


    city, that is where we met. She speaks fluent Chinese, so it is easy for us tomunicate with each


    other too. We have been dating for a while now, we go to cafes or grab a cup of tea sometimes and go


    watch movies together. Over a period of time, we fell in love."


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    Taking a pause for breath, he continued,"She is happy, carefree and innocent. I also think she is very


    pretty, almost the same height as you, Cherry, but not as thin as you. I feel she is the most beautiful girl


    I''ve met."


    As he kept talking, Stephen''s excitement grew and he began to boast about his beloved girlfriend. He


    could not wait for her to meet Cherry and Jackson.


    "Oh I get it, so you managed to swindle the girl into liking you, because she is naive and innocent?''


    Jackson intervened, smilingly.


    "Oh shut up Jackson! She loves me and I love her. I have done no such thing. You''ll see how much she


    loves me when you meet her." Stephen said loudly and hastily. How could Jackson think of him as a


    person who would do that! He had to rify it.


    "Oh Jackson, go away and let me talk. Your questions are not so sensible as mine," said Cherry to


    Jackson, seizing the opportunity to ask some more questions.


    "Cherry, you''re no better. Please have mercy on my darling girlfriend and put a break on those


    questions please. I feel you''re going to scare her away by bombarding her like you did to me," said


    Stephen helplessly. All he could think about was his beloved.


    "Ooh, darling and all? Well, I better hang up before you get nauseatingly cheesy about this girlfriend of


    yours, I don''t want to hear all this," said Cherry and abruptly hung up. She was extremely happy for


    Stephen and knew that he would call again to talk about her.


    "I''m d to see that there are so many happy events around us, aren''t you Cherry?" said Jackson


    "Of course, you''re spot on! But i think I''ll be much happier once this baby is born", said Cherry, her


    eyes twinkling with happiness.


    Jackson lovingly caressed Cherry''s hair as he gazed at her happy, smiling face. Her happiness made


    him happy too!


    Joe came back from school and pushed the door ajar. Walking in, he was surprised to find the living


    room empty. He wondered where his Mom and Dad had gone and why the house was empty and quiet.


    Just as he was about to call out to them, he saw his parents sitting in the balcony, his mother was


    snuggling in his Daddy''s chest.


    A feeling of warmth gushed over the little boy as he saw the happiness of his parents'' faces. They were


    such a happy and loving family, he thought.


    Just then, Lily came downstairs with a feather duster in her hand.


    She noticed Joe standing alone in the living room and inquired,"Little master! Why are you standing


    alone like this?" She was curious as well as concerned about him.


    "Just like that. I was actually watching Mommy and Daddy," said Joe, a cute smile stered on his


    face.


    Lily looked out at the balcony and was also touched by the happiness and warmth the couple were


    exuding.


    "Aunt Lily, I''m going upstairs to freshen up. I''ll do my homework then. Please call me when dinner is


    ready," said Joe. He wanted to hurry up and finish his homework so that he could pay full attention to


    his piano lessons and sleep early. He had reached primary school already and was wise and intelligent


    beyond his years. But still, he was ambitious and studious. He wanted to be a genius!


    "Okay, I will do that. But don''t you want to inform your parents that you''re already home?" asked Lily.


    She felt that they would want to know that Joe''s home.


    "No, it isn''t important. Let them have their moment right now, I don''t want to disturb them," said Joe and


    walked upstairs with his big schoolbag.


    Lily smiled as she watched Joe run upstairs,"What a thoughtful and adorable boy," she thought.


    But she decided to tell Jackson and Cherry that Joe hade home. Because she didn''t want them to


    worry.


    So she walked up to the balcony and politely said,"Sir, Madam!"


    Cherry turned to look at her and asked,"Yes, Lily. What''s the matter?" She realised that it must be


    something important, otherwise Lily would nevere and disturb them like this.


    "I came to say that Joe is home. He went upstairs to do his homework because he said he did not want


    to disturb you both," Lily said. She knew that Joe was very important to Cherry and she would have


    been very worried about him, had she not known that he was home.