Ice and Fire

"John!" eventually cried Cherry. She was also very surprised to see him there.

John was accompanied by his secretary. He gestured to him to leave first, and after the secretary left, he turned to Cherry, and said, "Cherr, what are you doing here?"

"Well, uh..." Cherry wasn't quite sure whether she should tell him about it or not. She thought for a while, and finally said, "I'm here to meet Jackson."

"To see my uncle?" John couldn't believe his ears. He continued to ask her, "Are you together with him again?"

Cherry shook her head, and replied, "No, I just have something that I need to talk with him."

John saw that Cherry looked pretty anxious, and it seemed that she indeed had something urgent with him. Concerned, he asked, "What is it about? Can I help you?"

Cherry quickly refused him, "Oh, no, thanks; it's about my brother."

"Wilson?" John immediately guessed that it had something to do with Wilson; he was the only person that Cherry called brother.

"Yes, " replied Cherry, while nodding her head lightly. She didn't know why, but she regarded John as being a reliable friend, and told him everything frankly. "My brother's company is facing financial difficulty, and I want to ask Jackson to help the company pull through."

"Why did you ask him for help?" John felt a little bit strange. He knew his uncle well, and he knew that he would never do anything without gaining a benefit out of it.

John continued to ask, "Did he tell you what his give-and-take conditions were?"

"No, he just told me to see him here."

John thought it over for a while, and then looked into Cherry's eyes, and said, "Cherry, do you believe in me? If you do, then please don't turn to my uncle for help. Don't worry, I'll figure something out how to help you with your brother and his company."

remembered Stephen's words, and thought that maybe

Cherry decided to believe John, and firmly

for a while and came up with a rough plan in his mind. He said, "I still have some money, and I can lend it to your brother; then, I have some business partners who can also help help him with his business. Everything

Wilson's, then things were going to go a whole lot better than she had expected. In

her face, and

saw Cherry's smile, and delightedly said, "You're always welcome, Cherry!" After that, he remembered something, and asked, "Are you still going to meet with

had promised Jackson that she would go to meet him, and if she didn't keep up to her promise, he would surely be mad at her. Anyway, if she didn't need to ask for his help anymore, there was no harm in just meeting with

don't need to turn to him for help anymore;

see him. If she didn't arrive when he was expecting her, then Jackson was sure to look for her everywhere, and wouldn't stop until he

again told her, "Okay, just go ahead, but remember not to ask my uncle for help! Don't

and replied,

love left between them, he was still as sincere

the appointed room. She then summoned up all of her

when he saw Cherry, he gestured to her from inside the room. He said, "Come

a presidential suite. The luxurious decorations were

the presidential suite?" said Jackson with a smirk on his

immediately collected herself again, and as she looked at

but to stay here all day long, " said Jackson in a teasing

front of him. She thought for a while, and eventually continued,

closer to her, and while he grabbed her waist, he asked, "Then what are you

his eyes; she instead bowed her head, and said, "I just came to tell you about it, and anyway,

tell me why did you leave me five years ago?" Jackson urged her to answer his question, and suddenly realized that the woman had many secrets hidden away from him. In the morning, she had been anxious to ask him for help,

her this question. She was surprised, and looked up