Chapter 47 You Won't Be Complacent Too Long (Part One)

Everyone was stunned by this sudden turn of events.

Chester was still busy discussing work with Steve when he heard the deafening noise. He looked back and found that the woman who had fallen over looked quite familiar.

"It's Sherry," someone said.

It didn't take long Chester to recognize her but by the time he did, Steve was already running to where Sherry was.

As the waitress was reaching over help Sherry, a figure came.

Jeremy was just talking to Sherry a minute ago at the corridor to the bathroom. How could this have happened?

Jeremy's face darkened when he saw Sherry lying on the floor. He quickly went over to Sherry.

"Damn it!" he said in a low voice as he leaned over to Sherry.

Sherry groaned as the harsh light hit her eyes and the panicked screams of the people around her throbbed in her ears. She tried to stand up on her own but when she lay her hand on the floor for support, she felt a pang of pain.

She hadn't known that the ground was scattered with shards of glass. Thus, her hand started bleeding.

Jeremy walked up to her and hurriedly said, "Don't be afraid, Sherry. I'm here."

Sherry hated it whenever she heard Jeremy's voice. Despite the pain, she forced herself to stand up but to no avail.

Suddenly, she felt a pair of warm hands on her shoulders picking her up off the floor.

The next thing she heard was Jeremy's low voice calling her, "Sherry? Answer me!"

"Stop shouting. I'm not d

Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.

To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.

"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."

She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.

Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.

leave, he decided he would talk to the waitress first. After all, this was urgent.

"I think it's fair that we ask you to leave. If we hold you accountable, you wouldn't even be able to pay the hospital bills!" Steve raised his voice.

It was the waitress' fault anyway.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Song. I swear. Someone bumped into me or I wouldn't have broken those glasses." The waitress was in tears as she begged Steve to believe her.

If this accident got around, no one would hire her anymore.

When Chester saw Jeremy leaving with Sherry, he raised his head and stared at the ceiling in silence. Then after a while, he withdrew his gaze and followed them.

Steve looked at the waitress who looked so desperate.

"Then tell me, who bumped into you?" Steve roared.

He couldn't stand the sight of Sherry's blood spilled everywhere.

The waitress looked around as everyone questioned her with their eyes. She stammered, "I... I don't know. I didn't notice..."