The moment that marked us
Chapter 87

Chapter 87:

He turned and saw a tall figure standing in front of a huge French window, through which sunlight filtered onto him, bringing his handsome face into clear view. He lifted the corner of his mouth, a relaxed but charming smile appearing on his face.

Sherry stood still, stunned, watching him standing by the window, a smile forming at the corner of her lips. She felt her eyes water with tears. Now she understood what it felt like to care about a person badly.

With his eyes fixed on her, William moved closer and hid the loneliness in his eyes. He would not let anyone see his vulnerability.

Her arrival surprised him, but happiness surged in his heart at the sight of her.

He moved his lips as if he was going to speak, but in the end he didn’t, he just looked at her with a calm expression.

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Their gazes met. Sherry felt her heart beat like a captive animal. He slowly approached her and sawed the corner of her face. A little startled, he asked her, “What’s wrong?”

Tears blurred her eyes. She suddenly felt uncomfortable and turned her face away.

She realized her abruptness. It seemed he had gone too far, because their relationship hadn’t gone far enough to worry so much about him. For a moment, she was overcome with embarrassment and stillness.

He reached out his long, slender fingers and lifted her chin, asking again in a husky voice, “Hmm? What’s wrong?”

A tear drop slipped down his face, Sherry watched him and opened her mouth, but said nothing.

William smiled. His eyes shone like a torch. But the tears shining in her glass eyes made his eyes sour with tears as well. Maybe she was just shedding tears for herself? And he was surprised that he was moved by her tears – unbelievable! He must have been enchanted by this little woman.

“Are you all right?” she finally uttered, in a trembling voice.

Suddenly, he clasped her in his arms and rested his head on her shoulder.

His sudden movement made her heart race like a drum.

William guessed she must have heard the news, but he hadn’t expected her to come to see him!

“William, what exactly has happened?”, she spoke in a trembling voice, “Tell me, please!”.

“Are you worried that I can’t keep your life?” he asked her.

Her heart was still pounding and a lump rose in her throat. She didn’t know what to say. Even now he still felt like playing pranks, how annoying it was. “You…….”

He held her by the shoulders and fixed his eyes on her, “I’m fine. I didn’t think you’d care so much about me. I’m very flattered.”

“Hateful!” she thought, he seemed happy to lose his CEO position.

“Sherry!” what a gracious call, “I’m fine with having my position replaced. Now I have a lot of free time for something else, can you imagine?”.

His understatement of the fact brought tears to her eyes again. She asked, “Why?”

“You don’t want me to marry Ashley and replace Samuel a stepmother, do you?” he answered her.

“I…”, she froze.

She turned her body, and through tear-filled eyes, saw his face submerged in a limpid puddle, so blurry and distant.

Seeing her teary eyes, slightly shocked as he was, he sighed, “Is it because you’re afraid I won’t be able to provide for you and the children if I’m not CEO?”

“I don’t care if you’re CEO or not!” she argued quickly, but suddenly felt it wasn’t right for him to say it. She pulled him aside and said, “Don’t you care about you at all?”

“Why should I? I’m very glad you took the job.” William walked over to the couch near him and sat down. He lit a cigarette and started smoking again.

He noticed the cigarette butts piled up, which seemed to have been finished recently. It was obvious that he had been smoking before she arrived, but he pretended not to care.

“Liar!”, she addressed him angrily, took the cigarette from him and stubbed it out in the ashtray, “Why did you smoke so much if you don’t care?”.

He was surprised. Now he looked very much like his wife – wife! He liked this word!

“Do you care that I’m not CEO of the company or that you have no chance of marrying me for life?” he raised his eyebrow and looked at her. That magnificent face made his eyes twinkle.

The moment she was lost in thought, he quickly embraced her in his arms and sought fragrance on her lips. Sherry blushed instantly.

“You…”

“This is a little punishment for you…”. he flashed a flirtatious smile. “There’s no use worrying. You can only be with me in your life, even if I’m not the CEO of the Rowland Group. You can only be my wife, William Rowland’s wife.”

“I’m not going to marry you!” she said, but her heart was beating faster and her cheek was hot as if burning with fire. She struggled to her feet, “Let me go!”

“Who let you put out my cigarette?” he pretended to be irritated, “Well, you have to be punished for this, the punishment is to kiss me for ten minutes, or I won’t let you go!”.

Sherry was annoyed because she was still in a joking mood. Seeing his nonchalant look, she ground her teeth in hatred but didn’t know how to respond.

“Why, are you crazy?” his musical, magnetic voice reached her ears, but she merely glared at him angrily.

Under his mocking gaze, she blushed heavily and her heart pounded violently as she lingered in his arms. “Just let me go!”

“No!” he hugged her waist even tighter, “Kiss me, kiss me, and then I’ll let you go!”

William Rowland, you rascal!” she cried softly in embarrassment.

“Hmm! Knave? Then let me show you what a knave would do!”. as he said, he pulled her by the neck, with her face in extremely close distance. The tips of their noses almost touched, and his warm breath warmed her face little by little.

A hard look shone in his narrowed eyes and settled on her face, to be more exact, on his self-mocking smile.

She gave him a look and said, “Thank you!”.

Suddenly, she forgave everything! She didn’t hate him for taking her son away from her, since it was a deal based on their contract at first. It seemed she was not qualified to blame him.

He had come up with the idea of marrying her and had made plans for their children. That was enough, what more could he ask for?

He was shocked and puzzled, and raised his eyebrows, “Thank you for what?”

“Because you weren’t always a bad person like I thought…” she lowered her head and didn’t dare continue. She had thought he was a bad person without any mercy!

“You bad one!”. with great excitement, he took her hands, which were soft and slender, lying helplessly in his palms. She seemed to struggle a little, but soon yielded, letting him hold her and stare at her. With a somewhat sad, passive tenderness, she sat on his lap and looked at him as well:

“Sherry,” he whispered, “be my wife, will you.”

She froze and gave him a wide-eyed, even unblinking look.

“No!”. he said in a low voice.

“Sherry!”. he said seriously, “I mean it!”.

She opened her eyes wider and gave him a deeper look, frowning slightly.

“Just be my wife!” he demanded again, “How hard is it to say yes?”.

She looked at him, seeing his agitated expression, where there was heaviness, hardness and displeasure in his eyes. “You are such a stubborn woman. Even owning your body, you still act cold to me. You want to piss me off, don’t you.”

“I…”. her heart was beating wildly, along with her voice also trembling, “Are you serious?”.

He crooked his elegant eyebrows, “You’re looking me in the eye!”.

She was confused, but did as he told her and found that his eyes were very deep.

“Sherry, listen clearly this time, I mean it! I mean it! Why don’t you trust me?”. he narrowed his eyes. His little face was as red as it could be, where his eyebrows twisted slightly with an air of nervousness and shyness, and his lips were plump as a peach tempting her to taste. “Shall I bring out my heart for you to see?”

She was stunned. Her eyes filled with light and her quiet heart was quickened by his words, “I believe you! It’s just that I don’t want to be your wife and I don’t want to live a life without dignity. However, for the sake of the child, I’m willing to sacrifice my dignity, as long as it’s good for Samuel and Daniel! But to be honest, I don’t want to be a woman!”.

“And my lover?” she asked.

His words caressed her trembling heart again. She was dazed again and somehow she was even nervous. Her eyes were misty with tears and suddenly they fell uncontrollably, “Didn’t you say that a woman cannot ask a man for love? And you also said you wouldn’t promise me status and love, didn’t you?”.

William saw her crystal tears, and his eyes and heart tightened.

Then Sherry was surprised to see that she was crying in his lap, and immediately pulled away and hurriedly wiped away her tears. She struggled to get up, as she felt uncomfortable.

But he hugged her tightly with his muscular arms and pressed her face to his chest. She felt the sting of his tears.

A faint smell of cigarettes surrounded her. They were so close and she couldn’t think at that moment. She heard his deep, husky voice saying, “Silly girl, you really are a silly girl easy to be stubborn and serious.”

“What do you mean?” she murmured in his embrace, in a sobbing voice, “Why, I’m not silly.”

“Then who is foolish! I’ve stated my idea so clearly, But you still haven’t understood!” she sighed and shook her head, but there was a big smile in her eyes, which surely could not be said to be one of mockery or happiness. “If you don’t want to be my wife, then be my lover!”.

Boom

She was totally shocked and amazed.

He continued his whisper, “A love forever and ever, what do you say?”.

Sherry was surrounded by his hot breath. She felt her ears turn red, or to be exact, her whole body heated red, from her hair to her toes! She buried her little face in his chest and wondered what he meant.

Was it a declaration of love?

A love forever and ever and ever! Wasn’t that something more usual for lovers?

It was the fact that he didn’t want a relationship mixed with love, wasn’t it?

Many questions haunted her mind, and her heart was as messed up as it could be. Did it mean that he was treating her as his mistress?

“William, I’m stupid. I don’t understand,” she replied quietly. If it weren’t that she heard him say it, she would be truly confused. She needed it communicated to her in a direct way, not in such a roundabout way.

“Look at me!” his voice was husky, full of ambiguous emotion.

She looked up with a flushed face, where her cheek was as red as the evening sky with the sunset lit, and her eyes were as bright as the stars in the dark. Holding back her shyness, she stared at him and murmured, “I look at you! So what?”.

Anyway, he couldn’t eat her!

She sounded like the gentle breeze in nature, with the fragrance of flowers in her.

“I’m not kidding! A love forever and ever!”. he supposed it was a declaration of love. Love was the last thing he’d like to say, because he was so hurt. But he needed a girl like Sherry. And Samuel needed his mother too. They could have love little by little if they were together.

Moreover, it had been a long time since he had flirted with any woman except Sherry! And he would never lose interest in her, for he was enchanted by her and addicted to her!

But Sherry glared at him. He thought he wasn’t direct enough. However, her eyes were so focused and serious .

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