Chapter 176:

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With a silent shake of his head, William loosened his grip little by little. There were tears falling from his upturned head. Feeling his arms empty, his heart ached.

“Whatever happens, my wife’s place will always be reserved for you.” Sherry’s footsteps stopped as she fled, but she still turned to leave! This time, she was the one who had escaped the party.

Only this time she was alone, whereas last time she was with William. Watching her slowly walk away, he laughed silently. Pain showed on his handsome face, why did he always hurt her? Maybe letting her go was the right and impotent choice.

“William! Why did you let Sherry go?” Seeing that Sherry had left, Liam approached in dismay and was shocked to see tears streaming down William’s frighteningly white face.

“We’re done!” William turned sadly, “Liam, I’m going to New York tomorrow on business!”.

“Why?” wondered Liam and chased after him. “Why…”

“She’s Clark’s daughter!” That was all William said.

“Geez!” Liam froze for a moment. “But you can’t be blamed for that incident. It was Clark who was driving the wrong way. He’s the one primarily responsible.”

“But in the end he died because of me. If I hadn’t been so aggressive, maybe he’d still be alive!” William sighed.

“Are you leaving?”

“No! I’m going inside to sing!” With that, William pushed open the door.

At that moment, Ashley and Sarah were hysterically singing the saddest love song ever. The audience didn’t know why Sarah was singing so hysterically.

William looked back at Liam, who shrugged and leaned in, “Women are like that, and they need to be cajoled! She just needs to be cajoled.”

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As a result, William joined Ashley and Sarah, and together the three of them sang the sad love songs of the moment.

“Where’s Sherry?” Leon and Liam clinked glasses and drank beers.

Liam responded with a shout, “She’s gone!”.

Because of Sherry’s sudden departure, everyone was once again feeling very disinterested. On the way back, as all three men had been drinking, they were unable to drive.

Sarah took one look at Leon, who was drunk, and said to Ashley, “How about you take Leon back, and I’ll take William and Liam?”

“I’ll take William and you take Leon!” Ashley refused.

“Are you really not going to get along with him anymore?” Sarah paused, still asking, “I’m not taking Leon. He’s your assignment.”

But all three men were too drunk for the two women to take them. After a while, Ashley was panting, and the nauseous feeling returned.

“Ugh…” She went to the wastebasket by the door to vomit.

Luckily, she only threw up air and didn’t vomit. Sarah froze, and it suddenly dawned on her.

“Are you pregnant?” Ashley turned in fright and covered Sarah’s mouth with one hand.

“Keep your voice down!” Luckily, neither of them heard her.

“Are you really pregnant?” asked Sarah.

“Yes!” Ashley didn’t hold back.

Sarah nodded, but there was something strange in her eyes. After a few seconds, she pointed out, “You should watch your baby, deliver it, raise it by your side, watch it grow, and watch it call you mommy. That must feel so good.”

“Sarah?” wondered Ashley – what was Sarah talking about? Why would she want to have a baby if she wasn’t going to raise it? However, Sarah suddenly smiled, “Let me know when you give birth. I’ll be there to take care of you and the baby.”

“Thank you!” Ashley just got excited and didn’t say anything else.

“I’ll tell you and my sister!”. Sarah ran her hand over her belly and suddenly added, “I want to have a baby too! I want it so badly!”

“Then you should hurry up and find a man to marry!” said Ashley.

“But I just want my brother!” With that, Sarah glanced back at Liam, who was drunk on the couch. His eyes were a little hurt and confused, “But he doesn’t love me!”

“Why?”

“He probably couldn’t accept me growing up around him! He said he felt incestuous, even though we’re not really siblings!” Sarah gave Ashley a big smile.

“Forget it, let’s just wait here until they wake up. We can’t carry them anyway. Let’s go outside and talk.”

“Okay!”

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Sherry returned to the Sutton Family alone.

Dan and Sammy ran to her. Sherry caressed the faces of the two boys and smiled.

“Mom, where’s Mr. Rowland?” Dan was sensitive. Not having seen William for three days, he sensed that something must have happened.

“He…” Sherry hesitated. “He’s busy!”

“Why doesn’t the guy come and stay?” asked Dan again.

“Dan, I’m tired and I want to go rest. Will you play with Sammy?” She was too tired, both physically and mentally.

“Mom, did Dad make you mad?” asked Sammy worriedly.

“No!” Sherry’s lips curved, but she couldn’t bring herself to smile.

Cohen came out and stood on the stairs.

“Sherry, come here a minute. I need to talk to you.” Sherry nodded graciously and followed him upstairs. Upon entering the study, Cohen gestured for her to sit down, as Sherry’s altered mood finally could not be contained. “Sherry, I want to talk to you about Sierra and me!” Cohen spoke without taking his eyes off his daughter.

Looking at her face, Cohen was still a bit distraught. Sierra had gone and done such a thing. He had also had someone look into it and found out that Sierra had been mistreated all these years. Sherry was dumbfounded and wondered why Cohen was suddenly saying this.

Sherry was taken aback by his words and did not come to her senses again. She merely ducked her head sullenly and did not speak.

“I met your mother when I was a seventeen-year-old girl in school. Back then, I snuck into your mother’s house because I was injured and she was kind enough to save me. But I…”

Back then.

Cohen was severely injured as a result of his involvement in a gang fight. When he entered his home, it was Sierra who saved him, bandaged his wounds and helped him buy medicine. At the time, she had no family and was an orphan, relying on the people of her village for support.

During the time she spent recovering at his home, Sierra took care of her for ten days without asking for anything in return.

The day she recovered from her injuries, Cohen was finally impressed by this girl’s kindness. After dinner, he raped Sierra, who fiercely resisted and pleaded with him, but he would not let her go.

Afterwards, Sierra cried for a long time and regretted saving Cohen, he too regretted it. But he had been moved by her and vowed to marry her.

Sierra accepted reality. Cohen and she moved in together and the two had no choice but to enter into a relationship.

Sierra never said she loved Cohen. But the more she said it, the more Cohen liked her. Maybe it was true what they said: the more you can’t have, the more you want. Only, when he finally won Sierra’s heart, he got in trouble with an even bigger band.

She faced a harsh reality. He could not marry and have children, or his wife and children would fall victim to gang warfare.

Desperate, he forced Sierra to have an abortion and supplied her with the abortifacient himself. However, he did not expect to discover, more than twenty years later, that the child he had forced to abort was alive. Sherry was stunned after hearing what he told her.

“Sherry, life is like that – there are so many unexpected things! I don’t expect you to forgive me anything. I just want to tell you that it’s a shame for you and William to part ways like this. I know Clark loved you and spoiled you. Even if he were alive and knew this, he would still want you and William to be happy!” Cohen told her the truth that there really were too many regrets in life and too many things that couldn’t be avoided.

“Did you really try to get me to have an abortion once?”

Cohen closed his eyes and nodded painfully. “Yes! And I did!”

“But you still gave birth to me!” Sherry couldn’t understand why he had given birth to her. Why did he give birth to her and then treat her badly? Was it because she hated Cohen? He had forced her to have an abortion.

No wonder. No wonder he didn’t like her. For a moment, Sherry seemed to understand Sierra. She thought she must hate Cohen so much that her heart was twisted!

“Sherry, forgive me, I couldn’t do anything!” Sherry’s heart gradually sank.

She murmured, losing her formalities, “I don’t even blame her anymore, so…what do I blame you for? It doesn’t matter, you gave me life. I thank you.”

“Sherry!” Cohen shouted. His pale little face was so haggard.

“I want to travel alone!” she said.

“Go where?” asked Cohen, dumbfounded.

“To Hokkaido!” She said.

“I’ll make Keegan go with you!” Cohen said worriedly.

“Is it okay if I want to go alone?” Sherry didn’t know what was wrong with her. She just wanted to go for a walk alone. Maybe her heart was too tired and she was too sad.

Cohen finally said nothing, but merely nodded. “Okay!”

He planned to send someone to protect her privately, not to leave her abandoned in Hokkaido like last time. He wanted to give her happiness, to protect her from harm. But how could he, as a father, interfere so much with his daughter’s love? Yet he still wanted her and William to reconcile.

“Sherry, I think you’ve got William all wrong. He didn’t do anything in that car accident. In fact, it was Clark who had been drinking.” Cohen had already asked someone to go to the traffic police files to investigate the record.

It was true that Clark was driving illegally and drunk at the time.

Sherry froze and her heart raced, “Did he? really drank?”

Cohen nodded. “Yes! Do you know why?”

“Why?”

“Because Sierra wanted to divorce him, so he was drinking! I had Keegan check out his co-workers back in the day, checked out countless people, AND confirmed that Clark did drink!”

“So I can’t blame William?” Sherry froze in her tracks.

She had thought he had manipulated him, AND she had thought he was the one lying!

“Sherry, William was not to blame for that incident! Yet he insisted on paying double damages. All these years, he went to Clark’s grave every year to lay a bouquet of flowers!”

A bouquet of flowers?! Sherry was appalled.

That day she ran into him at the cemetery and took the flowers from him?

She didn’t know how to think anymore! Her mind was already scrambled, and she was digesting the news. Had she been wrong about him? She hadn’t listened to his explanation. So she hadn’t believed him all along?

“I’m going out first.” Sherry turned hurriedly and walked out.

Cohen sighed, when was she going to get to call him ‘Dad’? Cohen picked up the phone and dialed William’s number.

William’s tired, hoarse voice was slow to reach the other end of the line.

“Hello! Father-in-law?”

“What are you going to do, brat?”

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