Chapter 42 Change Dancing Partners

The party, which had been bustling just seconds ago, suddenly turned silent the moment Chester and Sherry showed up.

They made their way through the crowd with everyone's attention focused on them.

All of a sudden, people began to whisper, admiring the woman who was accompanying Chester.

She was wearing a simple white dress. Without even saying a word, she managed to easily draw everyone's attention toward her.

On the other side of the table, Jeremy was holding a glass of red wine. As he took a sip of it, his eyes lightly swept over Sherry.

For so long, he had known how beautiful she really was, but she had been hiding it the entire time. For that reason, he almost forgot that she was once the most brilliant among all of these women around him.

As he looked at them, Jeremy thought that Sherry should have been in his arms, not Chester's.

Moreover, what was she wearing? Her back was almost exposed. Was she aware that all of the men here were ogling her right now?

"It's that woman again!" Jessie exclaimed, gritting her teeth.

As she said those words, Jessie looked at Sherry in disgust and thought to herself, 'What the heck? Sherry has altered that red dress. I thought she would be making a fool of herself. Damn it!"

Just as Jeremy was about to walk up to Sherry, someone beside him called him, "Jeremy."

When he turned to check who it was, Jeremy saw that it was a business partner, someone older than him and a good friend of his father. Given that he couldn't just ignore him, all he could do was look at Sherry from a distance and he decided not to approach her.

Since earlier that morning, Steve had been waiting for Sherry and just passing time. Just when he thought that Sherry would break her promise and not show up, she suddenly appeared.

While Chester was busy greeting other people, Sherry was left standing under the light. Taking this opportunity, Steve went over and called out to her, "Miss Xu."

As soon as she heard his voice, Sherry instantly knew who it without having to look. So, she helplessly put on a smile and turned her head to look at Steve who was walking toward her. "Mr. Song, happy birthday to you,"

Sherry greeted him, wearing a vibrant smile on her face. Although she felt rather uneasy when she was around him, she didn't really dislike him. At the very least, she felt like it was much easier to face him than to face her husband, Jeremy.

"Thank you. I haven't seen you in so long, so I was starting to think you wouldn't come. To be honest, I wasn't expecting you to show up again. I'm so glad that you made it," Steve said with a smile.

Looking her up and down, he couldn't help but praise her sincerely, "You look so stunning and so different right now. So much so that I almost didn't recognize you."

To which, Sherry replied, "Thank you." In fact, she was used to receiving compliments like this before.

"Those women have become run-of-the-mill the second you came in. Miss Xu, I swear that I'm only telling the truth." Taking a step forward, Steve moved a little closer toward her.

Seeing this, Sherry calmly took a step back and answered lightly, "Is that so? Thank you for your praise."

Although her reply was a little perfunctory, Steve didn't seem to be embarrassed at all. When he was about to say something, a crowd of people flocked toward him, holding a glass of wine in their hands. "Happy birthday," they said in unison.

Steve expressed his gratitude to them one by one, intending to continue his conversation with Sherry. Unfortunately for him, Sherry quietly retreated to one side, trying not to get noticed by the other people.

The more people gathered around him, the more difficult it was for him to leave them. He could see that Sherry was getting farther a

my grabbed a hold of Jessie's hand and pulled her into the dance floor as well.

Taken by surprise, Jessie felt a little nervous. Clinging tightly onto Jeremy, she realized that he seemed to be apathetic toward her these past couple of days, leaving her at such a loss as to what she should do. Just now, she was actually about to ask him to take her to dance floor, yet he beat her to it.

Although he saw how Jessie was leaning closer to him, Jeremy didn't pay her any attention at all. He didn't reciprocate her gaze, and instead, he simply jumped into dance floor, trying to get closer to Sherry.

"You dance quite well," Chester remarked, looking down at Sherry.

Sherry's movements were somewhat stiff at first, but after hearing him say those words, she was able to relax. And as a result, her hand, which was resting on his shoulder, finally eased up. "It's been so long since the last time I did something like this. I hope I can dance in tune with the music."

She gave him a playful smile. At this time, there was no one around, and only Chester could have a good look at her expression. "Then, you have to be careful. If you step on your boss' foot, I'm not sure if he will be angry or not," Chester joked.

"Lucky for me. According to the contract, you can't fire me just like that," Sherry replied. In such an occasion, Sherry was not as reserved as she usually was with Chester before. In fact, the atmosphere was very relaxing for her.

From the corner of his eye, Chester caught a glimpse of Jeremy and Jessie, who were getting closer to them little by little. So, he stepped aside with Sherry in his arms and said, "Shall we try some new moves?"

Sherry's eyes widened in surprise. After all, they were now in the simplest and most common steps. Apart from that, there were too many people on the dance floor, which would make it inconvenient for them to try some other moves.

"Wait a minute."

As soon as she said those words, her hand was suddenly grabbed by someone. Before she could even react, she was pulled away with great force by someone. After staggering for a moment, she fell into someone else's arms.

When Chester reached out his hand to hold Sherry's, someone grabbed his hand instead. After that, he found that a different woman had been pulled into his arms.

After taking a closer look, Chester saw a woman wearing heavy make-up. Then, he recognized this woman as the one who was standing right next to Jeremy earlier. If his memory served him right, her name was Jessie.