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Chapter 1610
Two more days passed in the blink of an eye.
Inside the house nestled deep within the rural area.
Sherry was so hungry that she felt like she was a walking skeleton by this point. She collapsed onto the couch and
could barely move her limbs.
For two whole days, she had not ingested anything except for water.
John must have ordered the bodyguards to starve her to death, she was sure of it. Ever since the incident two days
ago, they had taken special attention to properly discarding all the leftovers after they ate so there was no chance
she could steal anything to eat.
A glimpse of sunlight spilled into the living room from between the cracks of the curtain.
Sherry opened her eyes, feeble and weak.
Hungry.
So hungry.
At this rate, even if she did not starve to death, she was going to lose her sanity.
No, she could not let herself waste away like this.
She had to pull herself together, she had to find a way out of here!
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtA determined glow shone in her eyes. She rose and walked out of the living room, into the courtyard.
It looked like spring was approaching. Even though there was still a chill in the air, she spotted tiny sprouts of grass
beginning to grow on the lawn.
She squatted on the grass and observed the tiny sprouts, then she touched them with her fingers.
With an abrupt pluck, she unearthed them, roots and all, then she tossed them into her mouth without hesitation.
It tasted bitter and slightly gross since it was mixed with the soil.
It was most definitely not tasty, but she had to eat something to survive.
She made herself swallow the substance that could barely pass as food, then she
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plucked another sprout and ate it again.
While she was trying to fight her way through this excruciating experience, she suddenly felt a movement in the air,
someone was approaching. A large shadow loomed over her without her noticing.
She was seized with panic and quickly turned around.
A man stood over her, his figure was domineering. She could not make out this person’s face from this angle but
she could recognize those gold–framed glasses.
The man hung a morose smile on the corner of his lips, there was not a trace of warmth in his eyes despite the
smile he hung on his lips.
He was fair and handsome, but also exuded a threatening and repulsive aura.
Sherry shivered all over and immediately jumped away from the man.
“Sherry, I have truly underestimated you.” John stepped forward and approached her.
Her legs gave away and she fell and sat on the ground, planted in the soil. She continued nudging herself backward
with her feet.
There was no way she could get away in time.
John pressed forward and seized her in no time. He held her by her chin.
He made her look him square in the eye.
He sniggered. “A woman like you, I doubt you’d starve to death even if I tossed you on an uninhabited island.”
To think that she would resort to eating grass, her will for survival certainly deserved to be applauded.
There were still pieces of grass on Sherry’s lips when she muttered weakly, “How … how is Madam Stockton doing
now?”
The amused smile on John’s lips disappeared in an instant upon hearing of his mother’s name, and the cold and
severe look returned.
Sherry was intimidated, she wanted nothing more than to free herself from him.
John immediately sensed her intention and gripped her chin tighter than before, he was not going to let her slip
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmaway, not now.
“She would be fine.” He added after a dramatic pause. “If she could wake up.”
Sherry frowned.
She did not know what to say in such a situation. She knew that anything she said
would be met with aggression, even if she was genuinely trying to express concern for the old lady.
She felt him gripping her chin as if he wanted to crush her like a melon, his voice was cross. “What’s with that look
on your face? You’re not disappointed to hear that my mother is still alive, are you?”
Sherry cried weakly, “No, it’s not like that.”
“Then what’s with that look on your face?”
What was this man expecting of her? She was confused and blurted out, “I didn’t mean anything by it. I… I’m
sorry.”
Hmmph. The man scoffed and released her.
She pulled herself to her feet and scrambled away until she reached a wall.
She leaned her weight against the wall, she was exhausted. She looked at John with fear in her eyes.
That was when one of the bodyguards showed up with a clean chair which he
promptly set next to the garden.
John nonchalantly sat on the chair.
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