Chapter 165:

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He reached out his long arms and pulled her to him. Sherry moaned, her heart racing as she lay on his broad, strong chest. She felt the sweetness in her heart. Then, he lifted her chin. Their eyes met and they looked at each other…..

Then he lowered his head and Sherry moved closer to him, then they gave each other a gentle, lingering, delicate kiss…. Cohen and Ashley were in the villa at the top of West Hill.

Ashley was putting on her makeup when Cohen grabbed her and pulled her there. “What do you want from me?” Ashley’s eyes filled with anxiety, “Tonight is my engagement party, if you want money, you can ask my father for it, or… Why don’t I tell him and get you something right now?”

Cohen shook his head, “I don’t want money!”.

“Then what do you want?”

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“I want you not to marry Leon!”

“Why?”

“Because he doesn’t love you!” Cohen grimaced, “He never did, if I’m right, then you’re the one who attacked him first, he has no choice but to marry you, right?”

“What are you talking about?” Ashley’s eyes widened, “You’re talking nonsense, Leon likes me, he likes me!”

Towards the end of the sentence, Ashley’s voice lowered, she no longer had the confidence, because she never heard Leon say he loved her, she realized she was always the confrontational end.

“Ashley, do you know your stepmother has a daughter?” said Cohen quietly, his eyes rested on her with a sharp expression, as if he wanted to see through her, to see if she was as cruel as Sierra and Payne.

Ashley looked at his cold face that wore a complicated look, she looked surprised, “What are you talking about, Sierra has a daughter? That’s not possible, why wouldn’t she tell me if it’s true?”

“Is she good to you?” Cohen asked.

“She really loves me, why?”.

Cohen smiled, “That woman is really strange, she never cared for her own children, but she takes care of someone else’s daughter as if she were her own.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, let me go!” Ashley was getting anxious, she could see the sky turning dark outside, she had a hard time getting Leon to agree to this engagement, what would she do if she missed this opportunity?

Cohen’s expression didn’t change, he was still the cold and serious face, his eyes were fixed on Ashley’s anxious expression, and his voice was just as cold, “You could have left, but now you can’t, no one will leave after hurting my daughter. If you want to blame someone, let it be your mother and father, no one asked them to upset my daughter, you will have to stay here now! And after Leon has married someone else, I’ll still keep you another decade!”

“Ah!” Ashley’s face was pale now, and her eyes reddened, “You can’t do that, what have I done wrong, what have we done to make you angry, what have my father and Sierra done? I want to marry Leon, I love him, you can’t do this to me, I want to marry him!”.

“Marry you? Don’t even think about it!” Cohen laughed.

“Why, I don’t care, let go of me, I’m a good girl, why are you doing this, I didn’t do anything to offend you!”

“Why are you yelling? If I hear you scream one more time, I will sell you to Southeast Asia and you can work as a whore there.” said Cohen coldly, his expression was still so cold and icy, spreading fear.

Ashley started to cry, she looked at him and couldn’t believe his words, she could feel trapped under a dome, she was so scared that she didn’t even dare to speak again.

At that moment, her phone rang, it was Susan calling, her cold face seemed to soften a little, and there was a touch of softness in it. He then told his assistant to keep an eye on Ashley while he went out to take the call.

Susan looked everywhere for Cohen, but couldn’t find him, so she called out, “Where are you?”

“What do you need? I’m very busy.” Cohen’s words were blunt.

“I’m at home, can you come back, please, and we can talk?” She said, unaware that the word ‘home’ gave Cohen a strange feeling.

“What do you want to talk about?” Cohen furrowed his eyebrows.

“It won’t work if you kidnap Ashley, I won’t marry Leon, because I don’t love him anymore, I just want to live a quiet and calm life, please don’t try to interfere in my life anymore.”

“I… How do you know I kidnapped Ashley?”

“Cohen, come home, I want to talk to you!” She went on, her voice suddenly very gentle. He paused, it surprised him, she had never spoken to him that way before, her tone made him sink into her, and he said, “Okay, I’ll be right back!”

“Let Ashley go first!” Susan said.

“No!”

“Do it for Sherry, you can’t cause more hate, you don’t know how sad she is today, let Ashley go so they can just live their lives, just like us!”

He was perplexed.

“Let her go!” By the time Cohen returned home an hour had passed.

Susan was waiting for him in the living room, she had mixed emotions thinking about those five years with Cohen, she noticed that there were many touching moments. He was very domineering, but also very gentle, he remembered her birthday, bought her countless gifts, but she never cared. If he hadn’t kidnapped Ashley today and acted like he could figure it all out, she would never have seen all that.

The sound of the door made her stiffen. Cohen wasn’t ready to see her again, he had mixed emotions, he stood in the doorway and didn’t speak. When Susan heard the noises behind her, she turned around, and saw an elongated figure standing in the doorway, looking silently at her….

She gave him a glance, as if she suddenly knew him, but also as if they had been lifelong friends, suddenly her eyes filled with tears. He saw her cry, and was silent.

“Why do you want me to marry Leon?” he said slowly.

She felt aggrieved, because he never asked her before making decisions for her, she didn’t like that he was so domineering, so controlling, but today, she was moved by what he did.

“Don’t you like it?” he didn’t answer, instead he asked her back. His answer was so cruel, but she looked at that horrible man in front of her, she felt moved. The more she felt that, it might change, it might get complicated, but maybe it would get easier. Her tears rolled down her cheeks, Cohen looked at this frail woman, her tears still falling, and worried, “Why are you crying?” Susan turned to give him a look at her back and frowned. “Turn to me, look at me!” ordered Cohen suddenly. Susan’s little body trembled, she didn’t want to turn around. “Susan!” Cohen could no longer contain his anger, he walked towards her and hugged her tiny waist from behind, he clasped her in his arms, “Did you ask me to come and see you cry?”

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“Who told you to be so domineering, who told you to kidnap her and who told you to make me look bad in front of so many people?” so many people watched her as Leon proposed to her, she felt aggrieved just thinking about it, “Why are you so trusting, why do you have to decide about everything?”

Susan struggled in his arms, her hair was in disarray under his gentle caresses, her black hair falling over her face and chest like a waterfall.

Cohen looked at Susan’s expression, and couldn’t help but turn her, to embrace her, his gestures were gentle and soft, afraid Susan would be uncomfortable.

“Don’t cry…” Cohen tried to comfort her. Susan ignored him, she was silently crying, she felt so hurt, no one could understand the feeling inherent in the heart, she felt wronged, mixed with a slightly touched feeling. Cohen quietly raised a hand to wipe the tears from her face, then said quietly, “Don’t cry, if you don’t like me to do this, then tell me… What would you like me to do? As long as you are happy, you can do whatever you want, I owe it to you, I want to give you happiness!”

Susan’s voice was hoarse as she said, “That’s none of your business…”.

Cohen raised his eyebrow, “How so? It’s my obligation to make you happy…”.

When she heard that, the hatred and anger in her heart activated, she looked at him silently, and said, “What obligations do you have? If it weren’t for you, I would be very happy now, I would already have a husband and children, but because of you I lost Leon. I lost him and he will never come back.”

“So what do you want to do?” asked Cohen.

“I want you to let Ashley go, let her marry Leon, let them be happy!” she said.

“And what about you?” he asked.

“I have your son, and you want me to marry someone else? Are you a man?” She shouted at him.

Cohen’s mouth formed into a bitter smile, “If I’m not a man, how could I get you pregnant?”

“Shut up!” she said embarrassed, “Are you going to let her go?”

“There’s no hurry, let’s wait for Sherry to come back, she can decide!”

“Can you promise you won’t hurt her?”

“Don’t worry, I’m already gentle, I won’t be violent for no reason.” He said. She frowned and wiped her tears. He helped her, “Why are you crying, who made you angry?”.

“Is there anyone else besides you, who but you would make me cry so many times?” when he heard that, he hugged her tightly, she struggled but he didn’t let go, slowly, she curled into his arms, hugging him back gently.

Cohen sighed contentedly, he held her so close as if he was trying to press against her chest.

“What do you want me to do to make you stop crying?” she was silent, didn’t speak. “Will you be glad you didn’t marry him? Will you regret it?” Cohen asked softly, he hugged her tightly, “If you don’t regret it, stay with me…”

She did not realize that his beautiful face showed a hint of deep love.

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