Chapter 23 Mr. Swift, you are mistaken
The sanatorium was in the middle of nowhere, and only one mountain road back to the city. Sherry’s feet were injured, and she had only walked halfway for several hours.
Just when she was about to hold on.
The phone buzzed and vibrated.
It’s a message from Alger.
“Tomorrow morning, at seven o’clock, there will be a business meeting, and you have been named to attend; formal dress is required.”
Sherry looked at the screen of her phone and bit the corner of her lip to death.
Is this Aaron’s way of torturing her again?
It wasn’t enough to make a fool of her in front of a bunch of crazies but to make her look bad in front of everyone.
Sherry took a deep breath and clutched her phone.
Well, for that alone, she had to hang in there.
…
This business meeting was held in the field.
All Night Group employees gathered in the morning in front of the company building.
Sherry stayed up all night walking back and borrowed her credit card to buy another old-fashioned suit before the mall closed. The skirt was a little short, making her legs even longer, but she had no choice as this one was the cheapest.
Alger was the first person to be seen among a group of staff, and it was Sherry.
She hadn’t slept all night, and after being tossed around by Aaron, she was so exhausted that her skin, usually very white, was now even weaker, giving her the appearance of a sickly beauty.
Others have also cast glances at Sherry, either with jealousy or envy.
“Sherry, are you all right?” Alger asked anyway.
Sherry shook her head, and it hung even lower.
She did not open her mouth because her throat could no longer speak due to
Alger was about to say something else when Aaron came down the steps on long legs at the entrance to the building entrance, his eyes never lingering.
The car door closed, and Kevin, the assistant, immediately said, “Let’s go.”
All staff have to take a bus and head for the conference venue.
Sherry walked at the end of the line and by the time she got on the bus, it was just about full and she was the only one who had to go standing up.
It was a four-hour stop.
After bouncing between buses and high-speed trains, she managed to reach the entrance of her check-in hotel, where she tilted her head and passed out in the lobby.
“Sherry!”
Sherry had been unconscious when she heard someone talking in her ear.
“That’s funny, fainting after a short ride? That’s too much.”
“Still managed to hang on to the hotel door, pretending, did you?”
“I heard that when she was hosting Andrew before, she kept pressing herself to people’s Andrew, and Andrew had no choice but to put her in charge of the reception.”
“I can’t believe she’s so scheming, so everyone should be careful not to be fooled by her.”
These few words trampled Sherry’s dignity into the dirt already.
She hadn’t seduced Andrew; she hadn’t sold her dignity, so who were they to say that?
A familiar voice rang out just as Sherry was about to get up and confront them.
“She’s not awake yet?”
“Mr. Swift! What brings you here in person? Yes, Sherry is not awake yet; it’s not that serious an illness; I guess she is too weak.” An employee said so.
Sherry squeezed her eyes shut, not wanting to see Aaron’s face.
“You guys, go ahead and get out.” Aaron gave the order.
None of the female employees expected him to come and see Sherry in person or even ask to be alone with her.
All of a sudden, the female employees became even more jealous.
“Mr. Swift, that’s not very nice; after all, Sherry is a woman …”
But the employee hadn’t finished his sentence when he felt Aaron’s thin, cool gaze.
She immediately shut up and left with the others.
Immediately after closing the door, they came together and muttered about Sherry’s relationship with Aaron.
Just in time to be overheard by passing Islene.
She coughed immediately, “Mr. Swift already has a fiancée, the Heiress of the Garcia Family, and would not be able to steal Sherry?”
The other employees looked at each other and were silent.
Islene smiled with satisfaction, “Well, go, and all prepare your materials for the evening’s meeting.”
“Okay, Islene.”
Islene waited for the others to leave, took out her mobile phone and stood quietly at the door, wondering if she could record or take pictures. If we could get evidence that Sherry had seduced Aaron, we would still be afraid that she would not be able to leave Night Group.
What’s more, she could use them to blackmail Nola, and even if she couldn’t get a hush money payout, a promotion and a pay rise would certainly be possible.
With this in mind, Islene crept closer to the door.
In the room, Aaron stared at the woman on the bed with a dark look in his eyes, knowing full well how Sherry had made it back to the city last night and still managed to make it to Night Group early this morning.
Keeping Sherry, after all, might still bring back memories of Monica.
If something were to happen to Sherry, then none of his plans would be fulfilled.
But he looked at the pale face on the bed. The pale face of the person on the bed, his brow furrowed, his eyes followed further down to her long, slender legs under the covers, and he then thought of the suit dress Sherry had worn early this morning, which was far too short.
“Trying to seduce… with this one? Seduce who?”
He suddenly leaned forward and clamped down on Sherry’s shoulders, “Don’t think you can escape me by pretending, Sherry; wake up!”
No matter how much he tortured Sherry before, she would always have a breath left and then look at him in a daze or even lie down in front of him and beg for mercy.
Aaron’s hands increased in strength, “Wake up!”
Sherry was in pain and almost felt like her shoulder was going to be crushed.
Her whole body was shaken so violently that she felt less like a person than a doll.
It wasn’t that she wasn’t awake, but she simply didn’t want to open her eyes.
She didn’t want to face Aaron, and once she opened her eyes, he was sure to come up with more ways to torture her.
Sherry was really scared, but her fear was no match for the man’s deep voice in her ear, “If you don’t wake up, I’m going to take all your clothes. All of them. Strip. Naked, and I’ll make you sleep in the hallway.”
Sherry’s hands clenched into fists, and her eyes widened in humiliation.
She dared not bet on how she would have the face to live in this world if Aaron did do that.
Aaron saw her eyes open, and his heart felt a very subtle emotion as he suddenly sneered, “Shay awake? It seems your skin isn’t as thick as I thought it would be, so close that I’m going to do it.”
There was always less force in his hands than there had been earlier.
Sherry had a moment to catch her breath. A chance to breathe.
But the next second, Aaron’s body suddenly leaned over, those eyes half narrowed, and his cold voice rang out, “Answer me, dressed like this, who are you trying to seduce? Who are you trying to seduce, Andrew?”
Sherry deadpanned, “Mr. Swift, you misunderstood, I don’t have much money, this is the cheapest set so …”