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Chapter 1422
Sherry felt a lump growing in her throat.
She was in no mood to get into a screaming match with John. Still, she voiced her frustration with him. “John, just
say whatever is on your mind and stop being so weird about it.”
John smiled coyly. “I did go back there to find you, but that’s mostly because you’re the mother of my daughter. You
can humiliate yourself all you want but it’s when it starts affecting my daughter’s reputation when it concerns me.”
Sherry felt something tightening in her chest, suffocating her.
Upon noticing her reaction, the smile John wore grew wider. “You asked me why I was asking about the nature of
your relationship with those two men you speak of. Well, I was just wondering what the current state of your private
life is like. If you’ve done something
inappropriate with them, I believe you’d not be fit to become a mother and I’ll immediately have you kicked out of
this city.”
He made a point of emphasizing the sentence ‘kicked out of this city’.
His tone was unfalteringly threatening.
Sherry felt like John had plunged a dagger into her heart as he said this. She gestured helplessly with her arms and
said, “You don’t have to worry about that, I’m doing well enough on my own. Those two are the only good
Samaritans who took the time to take me to the hospital. They left immediately after that.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Good.” John set the cup down and rose.
He was a head taller than her so the moment he rose to his feet, Sherry felt meek in his presence.
She quickly drew to the side, away from him.
John glanced at her and stepped forward.
After having taken two steps, he suddenly came to a stop as if a thought occurred to him. He looked at her intently
and said, “Sherry, since you abandoned Caprice two years ago, I’ve lost all respect for you. If you’re still capable of
feeling any shred of shame, I’d like you to stop trying to fool yourself by telling yourself that I still care for you.”
Sherry grimaced and took a deep breath. She smiled sarcastically and said, “You don’t have to worry about that.
Even if I’m as thick–skinned as you said I am, I still have some self–respect. I’d pick any common man off the street
before even considering the great Master
Stockton.”
A sharp look greeted John’s eyes for a split second.
He quickly wiped away the look and smirked. “I hope
you’re speaking from the heart.”
As if fearful that Sherry was lying about her feelings, he made sure to add, “The sheer sight of a woman like you
disgusts me.”
With that departing statement, he dragged his tall figure past Sherry and walked out of the hotel.
Although the hotel lobby was warm and cozy, Sherry felt a cold gush of air rush past her and shivered all over.
She could feel her entire body seizing up with a cold and turning stiff.
After a while, a rush of warmth poured over her face.
She snapped back to her senses and realized that the warmth she felt was her tears. She wiped away her tears and
went toward the elevator.
A silver car was parked on the roadside outside the hotel.
As soon as Peter recognized the striking figure stepping out of the hotel, he quickly got out of the car and opened
the door for him.
As soon as the door was opened, a tiny figure clad in a red dress pried her head out while crying out in a honeyed
voice, “Daddy!”
John beamed with affection. A heartwarming smile immediately formed on his lips.
He quickened his pace toward the car.
Caprice slid inside the car to make space for John.
John dove into the car.
As soon as he sat down, the child practically threw herself into his arms.
John put his arms around her and asked her with a gentle smile, “Caprice, when did you wake up?”
Caprice was still clutching a pack of snacks that she had not finished. She rested her head against John’s chest and
declared proudly, “I’ve been awake for a long time!”
John smiled and asked, “Why didn’t you tell Uncle Peter to call daddy?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmCaprice chirped. “I don’t want to disturb Daddy when he’s busy.”
John was moved by how thoughtful Caprice was, especially considering she was only a toddler.
John embraced her tightly. “Caprice, next time you wake up and don’t see daddy around you, you can look for
daddy even if you know he’s busy, you got it?”
“Okay, I got it!”
John patted her head and stayed silent.
The car started its engines.
He turned in the direction of the hotel, a dark cloud cast
over his eyes.
Perhaps what he had said just now was too hurtful?
However, the fact was that she had abandoned him as well as their daughter two years ago, and she did not have a
spot of affection for him.
Besides, he doubted that his words would have any effect on her whatsoever considering how thick–skinned she
was.
With this in mind, a sharp and uncaring look returned to his eyes.
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