A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 196 Her First Crush

Liam had no idea what happened to her again, he could only domineeringly hold her hand and forcibly take her back to Brooks’s family.

The morning newspaper revealed the news on The Rowland Group’s press conference.

The reporters immediately started to change their opinion. They were still criticizing yesterday but it all became compliments today, the crisis was considered solved temporarily.

Peter looked at the newspaper with a sharp look while squinting his eyes. He sure did underestimate William Rowland. It seemed like he needed to carry on to the next step of his plan.

The Sutton family.

Before he came back home, William made sure the company’s crisis had been solved and the morning stocks had opened in the early mornings.

He was really tired.

The moment he stepped into the door of the Sutton family, Sherry immediately approached him, “Did you stay up all night?”

“Daddy!”

“William!”

Even the two kids were running towards him.

William squatted down and hugged the two kids at the same time, “All of you seem to be really worried about me, should I feel honored?”

“William, did you stay up all night?” Daniel Murray’s tiny palm gently touched William’s face, “You have bloodshot eyes!”

“Uhm, I am a little busy!” William pleasedly stared at Daniel who was considerate.

“Daddy, go have a sleep!” Samuel Rowland concernedly said.

Sherry did not have a good rest all night as well. She was worried about the company’s incident and Darcy Mclean might make things more difficult. She was finally relieved when she saw the morning gossip news and newspaper.

“I want to bring you guys back home!” William said.

“Back home?” Sherry was stunned, “But aren’t we hiding from Darcy?”

“Sherry…” William took a glance at the kids, “You guys go play, daddy has something to discuss with mommy!”

“Ok!” The two kids immediately went to watch TV.

“What is it?” Sherry felt distressed when she saw his bloodshot eyeballs. He really stayed up too long.

“Darcy committed suicide yesterday!” William said.

“Oh my gosh!” Sherry exclaimed, “Why would she do that?”

“I am bringing you guys back to Rowland’s mansion. There is also something I need to discuss with dad! I will tell you later!”

Sherry did not ask any further, “Ok, I will pack our things now and follow you back to your home!”

Rowland’s mansion.

William changed to his casual wear after a bath. It outlined his tall, straight, and slim body with his gorgeous and elegant character.

Mrs. Howe had prepared some food. After having a simple breakfast, he followed John Rowland to the study room.

“Have you taken care of everything for the company?” John asked.

“Dad! I can only say it will be no big deals temporarily!” William replied, “But I will handle everything nicely! You don’t have to worry about it!”

“So there are a lot of undercurrent turbulences?”

“No, I just don’t want to lose him so I have to indulge him temporarily. I hope he knows he is wrong and returns back to the right track!” William said.

John took a deep stare at his own son, mixed emotions were flickering in his eyes, “You are just as kind as your mother, you always forbear your friends!”

“Dad, you know who is it?” William questioned. Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

John sighed deeply, “If you guys are not friends, will you still be so merciful? You can handle the company’s issues on your own, I want to play chess with Dan!”

He did not say any more things and left the study room to find his two grandkids, “Dan, Sammy!”

“John!”

“Grandpa!”

William shook his head while listening to his children’s immature voice, he then let out a sincere smile. His father appeared to compliment him just now, it seemed like he had never complimented him before.

After knowing Darcy’s death, Sherry felt extremely sorry for her. Darcy was still so young. Even when she had done something wrong, Sherry still could not help but sympathize with her. She sighed deeply as she was in William’s room. All of a sudden, there was a picture that attracted her attention.

That was a picture of William wearing a basketball suit, he was turning back over while smiling. She flinched immediately when she saw that picture.

She reached her hand and took the picture on the bookshelf. She could not resist and started touching the picture gently with her hand. It was her school, the background in the picture was her school. Everything in this picture was so familiar to her, even the back view was so familiar. All those years, the handsome face that she always could not see properly from far away was actually William.

Her crush that she barely got to catch a glimpse of, her crush when she just began to understand love in puberty was actually William. That person was actually William. ‘This should be the time when he was around the age of eighteen or nineteen, right?’ Her heart was pounding, the door was opened at the very moment!

Sherry turned back aggressively with her hand holding the picture frame and subconsciously hid it to her back. But it did not escape William’s sharp eyesight, he raised his eyebrow and stared at her, “What is going on?”

Her heart was pounding as if it was going to explode.

William was curious and approached her, “What is it in your hand?”

She grabbed the picture frame tightly with her tiny palms behind her. She instantly started blushing and anxiously replied, “N-nothing at all!”

William felt even more curious, what was his lady hiding behind her? It was so mysterious and her face was so red.

Sherry raised her head and looked at him. That good looking face was tremendously soul-stirring, it was different from that on the picture when he was just a teenager. He was even more mature and experienced now, it highlighted his charisma as a man. She could not move her eyeballs away from his face.

He slightly raised his lips and stared at her with his sparkling eyes, “What are you holding? Let me see!”

After that, he reached out his hand and wanted to grab the picture she was holding.

The moment he approached her, her reddish face turned even redder. She could feel cramps all over her body as if she was engulfed by the feeling of meeting her first crush where merely a look could break every single bone in her entire body.

“Let me see!” He was already hugging her. He tried to restrain her body so she would stick in his arms. The picture in her hand was also taken away by him.

“This is my picture, why is your face so red right after seeing this picture?” His words reminded Sherry of her first love. At that time, she actually fell in love with him by merely just seeing his back view from far away. It was embarrassing to tell anyone, she definitely would not want to let him know that the back view she used to have a crush on was him!

“What was it, my wife? Can you tell me?” William said laughingly.

“What do you mean by that, can’t I just take a look at your photo?” She was finding excuses to answer him.

Right after she finished her words, he directly laughed out loud, “Yes… yes… of course you can…”

“What are you laughing at? Can you just give me that picture?” She said while blushing.

Her words intrigued him as he knew she was a terrible liar.

He hugged her while looking at the photo of him playing basketball in secondary school, it was taken by Liam. At that time, they were joking around and said that he gave out an enchanting vibe the moment he turned his head over and smiled. He personally liked that picture because the moment he looked back, there was a faded smile on his face. It was not obvious but intriguing.

He forgot what he was smiling about. Liam said there were a lot of girls watching them, and he remembered that those girls were tiny, they were still kids.

“Are you getting feelings over a picture? Are you blushing?” William was joking around.

“What!” She pushed him away. She was staring at him and wanted to tear off the smile on his face, even when the smile on his face was good-looking, “I’m just feeling hot!”

“Ugh! You are feeling hot in winter? The air-conditioner in this house is not even that hot! Sherry, lying is bad, you will receive punishments. You better spill the truth, as your husband I will spare your life.”

He touched her lips gently with his finger. She knew what was his punishment and the heat on her face had not cooled down yet. At the moment when he said something like that to her, the fire in her heart rekindled again.

“What a stunning photo!” Sherry tried to mask her awkwardness with laughter, “You must have some sleep, the bloodshot in your eyes are getting worse!”

The smile on his face widened, then enigmatically looked at her. “Uhm, don’t change the topic!”

“Go to sleep!” She grabbed the photo from him and placed it back on the bookshelf. She then looked at him with a romantic look and pushed him to his bed. “Go to sleep! There is still a lot of stuff that the company needs you to deal with! You need to sleep well and go to work tomorrow!”

She pushed him onto the bed and covered him with a blanket. When she was about to walk away, he grabbed her hand and said, “I can’t sleep if you don’t tell me everything!”

Although he was tired, he was still extremely curious.

She was shocked by the things he said. She then turned over and looked at him, “Aren’t you tired?”

“Yes, I am. But I want to know, why do you blush? And why are you so tasty when you blush?” He grabbed her tiny palm tightly and was not going to let her go. He was not giving up unless Sherry granted his wish.

Her heart was pounding like crazy, she didn't dare to look at him in his eyes. After remaining silent for quite a while, she finally spoke, "If I said that back view is familiar, what would you think?"

He stunned. "Have you seen me before?"

She blushed and nodded.

"Where?"

"On the field of high school, I have once picked up a ball for you!" said Sherry with a deep voice, "You are the big brother I loved when I was a kid. I often see you playing basketball on our school court. I recognized your back view but I never saw your face in detail. This picture brings back the memories!"

He gazed at her and could not believe what he had just heard with his own ear. He could not believe what she had just said, he could not believe everything was real, "So are you telling me that your… your first crush was me?"

She turned away awkwardly.

He quickly sat up and turned her face over, “Sherry, are you kidding me right now? Is this all real? The one that you had a crush on was me?”

She nodded shyly.

He never knew the feeling of excitement, the feeling of ecstasy in his heart. He was on cloud nine and could feel an unexplainable touching. Finally, he realized, "Oh, it really was me! All this time, you have only fallen in love with me?"

She nodded awkwardly again, then lowered her head. She then said silently, "I remember that back view. It had been in my mind forever, it was familiar but strange!”

He lifted Sherry's chin and saw her crimson red face. Her beautiful and delicate face together with those ruby red lips were extremely seducing. They were so close that they could feel each other’s breath lingering on their faces and itched their hearts.

"Sherry, I'm not dreaming, right?" He could not believe this feeling, is it fake?

He saw her nod solemnly. "It's true!"

He stared at her for a moment. Suddenly, he laughed like a child. He reached for her and pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly. He did not want to let go of her. At the very moment when they both felt infatuated, he wanted to kiss her.

“You should sleep!” She said anxiously.

“Together!” He said hurryingly while covering her mouth.

“No!” She cried. She could not just sleep when she came to the Rowland mansion. She should be taking care of the children instead.

“Silly girl,” William muttered with a hoarse voice. He hugged her and directly pressed her onto the bed. He then bowed his head and gently kissed Sherry on her soft lips, the softness came together with her own refreshing scent.

Suddenly, he got up to close and lock the door carefully, then got back to hug her and said, “Nobody is going to disturb us!”

When she was stunned, she could feel his scorching hot breath, and his rough kiss on her lips…