A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 32: Who Said I liked Her?

“Hahaha...” Liam was laughing from ear to ear until he realized something that made him stop. He noticed that there was palm print on William's face which he didn't see until now when he looked more closely. "Will, what happened to your face?”

"Uh!" William picked up the coffee cup again, looked down at the dark brown liquid and then made a face, "This coffee really doesn't taste very nice!"

"No way! You are just trying to change the subject! What the hell, who would dare hit your face? Was it Sherry?”

William took a sip of coffee and asked, "What do you think?”

“I'll leave you guys to talk; I will be back soon!” When Susan saw Leon she stood up and walked out to go with him.

"Bye then!" The two people both waved at her at the same time.

When he saw the expression on his face, a smile then immediately appeared onto Liam's face, "No way, Will, so you really do have some problem with Sherry? You fired Lara for her right and now you

are afraid about her knowing that you deliberately sent her away to the finances department. You really have expended much care and thought regarding this, has our Mr. Rowland gone back to the time where he was actually gentle and considerate with women? Hm? Must be!”

William raised his eyebrows, "So what?"

"Uh! Okay!" Liam made a gesture. “I'm just curious on why you like Sherry?"

"Who said I liked her?”

"So you don't?" He really didn't understand William. "Will! We've know each other for about 12 years now right?"

"Yes.

"But I'm starting to understand you less and less!" Liam sighed. "Also right now you really don't seem like usual. Will, just from the first glance you can see that she is an innocent girl, so if you are just fooling around with her for fun then I suggest that you don't take this any further!"

"You seem very concerned about her?” His tone seemed slightly menacing, and as he looked at Liam he suddenly started to feel a little irritated.

"Of course, I care about every woman that is part of the company!" Liam smiled and a rather dubious look flashed in his eyes. "Will, be honest with me, are you just looking to fool around?"

He said nothing.

"No way? Did you already try to kiss her? But then she thought you were being a creep! Could it really be that the palm print on your face is from Sherry?" He suddenly realized what had happened.

Mr. William Rowland who was able to handle women so easily was now hit by a woman?

"Did I say it was her that hit me?"

"Then you admit it was a woman that hit you?" Liam raised his eyebrows at him.

William put down the coffee cup and then leaned back, "There is always a first time for everything in life!”

"What?" Liam looked at him in surprise with a sudden interest. “So what you are saying is that you were really hit in the face by Sherry?”

William didn't say anything else.

"I can't stand you anymore; you are making this so unnecessarily complicated!" Liam then said thoughtfully, "So this girl Sherry actually dared to provoke someone like you! This really is such a surprise, you know what; tomorrow I'm going to ask her if she felt good when she hit you’

William's expression changed and he then said flatly, "You better not get involved!"

"Why? Are you afraid of the humiliation?” Liam said rather jokingly, "Don't worry I'll be very indirect and tactful about it! I won't let you lose face! Don't stare at me, I'm just curious. I also just want to tell this lovely Sherry to be careful of you!"

"Shut your mouth, otherwise you will be dying a very painful death!" William warned him.

"Ha-ha, you annoyed?” Liam looked at him closely, as if he couldn't believe what he said.

"You seem to have too much free time lately” William folded his arms when suddenly a foreign branch of the company flashed in his mind and he thought that perhaps Liam should be transferred there.

The expression on William's face was growing more profound as if calculating something. He then looked at Liam with a deep smile and said, "Or maybe I should call Cool Beauty, I'm not sure..”

"Okay I was wrong!" Liam's back went cold. "Will, I really was wrong. You can date whoever you wish; I won't make any comments anymore!"

A smile flashed across William's face, “Hmm! Why hasn't Susan come back yet?"

"Do you really think she will come back so quickly after she has seen Leon?" Liam glanced over at the stairs and saw no one coming.

“Will, I will ask you for the final time. Liam started to disobey William again.

“Hmm? William was starting to find his persistence annoying.

Liam as if not afraid of death asked, “What kind of feelings do you have towards Sherry exactly? Are your feelings towards her really so simple? Or do you have some kind of special feelings for her?”

However in his mind he really felt that Sherry really was special to William. Today William had both taken her to hospital and dismissed Lara.

It really was very strange!

“Again how about I give a call to Cool Beauty?" William made it seem as if he was about to pick up the phone.

“Okay I'm sorry! I won't ask again!" Liam surrendered with both hands--

"Dan, its bed time!” Sherry had just taken a shower and changed into her pyjamas when she saw Dan still doing something on his computer. "Dan?"

"I met a man today and want to send him something, you can go to sleep!" Dan said without turning around.

“A man? Who?"

"Aman on the plane, the man who bought the condoms! Mummy, go to bed now. I promise I will sleep in a little while!"

"Alright, just not too late!" Sherry took the business plan; however she had no intention of actually looking at it.

He really was very scary.

He really was irritating her; two times already he had locked her inside the bathroom and said many strange things.

She had almost been at The Rowland Group for one month however her life hadn't improved much. She was also given an expensive lighter for no reason, one that cost a lot more than her salary.

Uh!

Could it be that he was getting revenge on her for breaking his lighter?

She raised her head and looked around the room. This was Celia's, and although it was suitable for her and Dan to live in, she still had no idea how many years it would take to be able to afford her own house.

Her gaze fell onto the drawer; she opened it and took out a deposit book. It had 7.5 million in it; she had never touched any of it.

Where on earth was her son?

As she thought about this she felt a pain in her heart and then suddenly one tear drop fell and then another until they were falling onto the deposit book.

No matter what, regardless of poverty or illness she would never touch this sum of money. She just hoped that one day she would return this money to that person, and although she didn't know who that person wearing the mask was, however she would not be touching this money. She just wanted her son, just wanted to know whether he was doing okay!

Sherry didn't sleep at all this night!

She finally fell asleep by dawn however was woken up immediately by a nightmare. She dreamed of a man who was wearing a fox mask. She dreamt that he was kissing her, a kiss both so aggressive and domineering!

"Uh! No!” Sherry shook her head violently. “Stop pestering me, who the hell are you? Where did you take my son to?”

As she muttered this, tears fell from her eyes.

She lay down on the bed helplessly as she thought about how her son was taken away from her five years ago when she had only just met him. Her heart was sinking, sinking down further and further.

She took Dan to kindergarten early in the morning.

"Mummy, Mr. Big Dick didn't come online yesterday!" Dan told Sherry rather disappointedly.

"Perhaps he was just busy!" Sherry explained. She had dark circles under her eyes which were also red and swollen from crying. She really had no energy.

As soon as she walked into The Rowland Group's building, many people were starting to give her dubious looks.

Sherry felt even more helpless. Yesterday William had taken her hand as he took her into his private elevator, and even fired Lara. She knew that she would perhaps became a person of interest within the company for a short while, however now she just felt wronged.

She kept her head low, and used her long fringe to hide her face. Today because of the dark circles under her eyes she deliberately styled her fringe in this way, leaving her white face exposed which looked both weak and fearful like a white rabbit.

The elevator was full of people, so she would have to wait for the next one. However Sherry instead sighed weakly before walking towards the stairs.

When William entered the building, he was a little surprised to see the figure that was walking towards the stairs. However he continued on walking towards his private elevator.

Sherry climbed to the second floor, when a pair of shiny leather shoes came into view which made her raise her head. "Mr. Rowland?”

Why would he be here?

William looked calm and unperturbed.

Although his face looked a little rough, he chuckled and then said in a hurry, "Do you really plan to climb the stairs to the 66th floor?”

Sherry's face went red, "No, I plan to climb to the 6th floor and then take the elevator from there!"

"You didn't sleep last night?" He asked when he saw the dark circles under her eyes.

She lowered her head and felt a little embarrassed. It was to be expected that she felt awkward after he kissed her more than once without any reason and then declaring that she was his woman. She bit her lip and then said, "Mr. Rowland, I need to go now!”

After she said this she began to continue to walk up the stairs.

His lips wriggled slightly, "Woman, don't you owe me an explanation for last night?"

Sherry walked past him feeling a little nervous, so she swallowed and pretended to act calm. However just as she passed by him, he suddenly reached out and hooked her waist.

“Ah! What are you doing...

However he continued to hold her waist and take her over to his special elevator.

Sherry instinctively looked over at the corridor on the second floor however it seemed there was no one there, so William continued to drag her towards the elevator, "Mr. Rowland, let me go! Otherwise I will call out for someone!"

"Alright call someone! Call someone!” William entered the elevator still holding onto her and continued to say, "There are cameras in here so if you don't want the whole company to see me kissing you then you better be well behaved with me!”

Sherry was stunned speechless by his words.

William let go of her and stood opposite her, staring deeply and intently at her in the large elevator space.

He was just quietly staring at her.

In the end he didn't say anything.

"Mr. Rowland, what exactly do you want to do? Could you please just be direct with me and tell me!" She really was terrified, he always made her feel uneasy and as if she was a fool.

"Sherry!" He said in his usual resounding baritone voice, "You ran away last night! Could it be that you forgot? Didn't you leave with your boyfriend? Can you not bear to be apart from him or something?”

"Uh!" She was shocked, she was not very good at lying and as soon as she lied her face would go red. However right now she didn't care, "Yes, I can't bear to be without him, we love each other very much!"

She blushed and lowered her head, afraid that he would see through her lie.

A rather mocking smile appeared on William's face, "It seems that you are able to forget things very easily in order to live a good life. Life is just like this, forgetting the painful things, so you can then start a good new life. If this is the case then cherish the happiness in front of you!”

What?

Sherry raised her head, not understanding what he meant. A pair of puzzled black and white eyes looked at him.

However his expression revealed nothing and instead his eyes that had flashed with a scorching light gradually darkened once more.

The elevator rose up quickly with no one saying a word.

Sherry finally broke the silence. "Mr. Rowland, thank you for the concern, I certainly will cherish my happiness!"

Although she didn't understand the hidden meaning and purpose behind what he said, she still answered him like this.

"You are very capable at your job; I hope in the future that you will become a qualified secretary! Become the best employee here at The Rowland Group!” He said this once the elevator reached the highest floor.

Then while Sherry was left staring blankly, William strode out of the elevator.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.