The crowd was swarming around Sherry. As Jeremy watched this entire scene unfold, Jeremy raised
his eyebrows in displeasure.
He turned slightly to wrap his arms around Sherry in an attempt to protect her from the crowd.
Irked, Sherry lowered her voice and barked, "That's enough!"
Sherry absolutely despised it whenever Jeremy tried to put her under his control.
An obnoxious combination of Jeremy's perfume and his unbuttoned collar sent Sherry into a strange
rollercoaster of emotions.
"If you stay still, I'm not going to move," Jeremy whispered in her ear.
Arrogant as he was, it seemed that he had forgotten that they were surrounded by other people.
The attention was on Steve now. If just any of them turned their heads and saw Sherry, the
consequences would be dire.
Sherry then carefully tried to take a step back.
Unfortunately, this only allowed Jeremy to dominate her further.
"Jeremy, why are you so impatient?" Sherry snapped, trying to wriggle herself free from his grip.
"Am I that obvious?" Jeremy's answer was so indifferent that Sherry didn't know what to say.
She had said everything she could think of and used all kinds of excuses she could think of. Still,
Jeremy didn't budge; he kept his hand tightly gripped on her slender waist.
"I'm going to the washroom. Let go of me!" Sherry said, still struggling.
"No. It's Steve's birthday today and this is the most important moment. Just wait for a while, and I'll go
with you." Jeremy was easily able to come up with an excuse to not let Sherry go.
Sherry protested, "But I don't want you to go with me!" 'It was clear as day that I don't want to be
anywhere near him. Why the hell would he think that I would be okay with him coming with me to the
bathroom?'
Sherry merely heaved a deep sigh in frustration.
After Steve gave a few words, his birthday cake was then lit up. Everyone merrily sang him the birthday
song, even Sherry.
All the while, Jeremy still hadn't taken off his grip on her waist. She was starting to feel her body grow
numb in discomfort.
As she watched Jeremy from the corner of her eye, she could tell that there was a faint smile on his
face. Sighing, she grew even more vexed. No matter how hard as she tried, she couldn't get him off
her.
After the festivities, the crowd began to disperse. Sherry shot Jeremy a cold look. "Are you going to let
go of me now?"
They already danced and even kissed. Sherry figured there was nothing else Jeremy could do.
Sherry's patience was quickly running out. As Jeremy gazed into her eyes, he slowly let go of her
waist.
Heaving a sigh of relief, she turned in an attempt to leave. However, to her surprise, she suddenly felt
something grip her hand once more.
"Just come with me and stand by my side," Jeremy said.
"No way!" Frowning, Jeremy knew that she wanted to leave already so he tightened his grip on her.
Sherry had no choice but to concede. She had no interest in staying and she didn't want to attract any
more attention so she obediently stood beside Jeremy.
"Could you please bring me a glass of wine? Thank you," she suddenly said.
As Jeremy reached over to the other side of the table for the wine, Sherry tried to pull her hand.
However, he was quick to respond—he tightened his grip as he hissed, "Don't even try to escape."
Sherry snorted, took the wine and downed a few swigs. As her revenge, she pretended to spit out the
wine on his suit by accident.
Frowning, Jeremy looked down on his shirt and before he knew it, Sherry had already wriggled herself
free. Without wasting another moment, she quickly ran off.
The smile on his face faded. He tried to catch up with her but just as he was getting close, he suddenly
heard the emcee's voice.
"The next part of our program is very exciting!" The woman wearing the blue dress stood at the center
of the hall, seemingly nervous and excited, a smile pasted on her face.
Hearing her voice, everyone became quiet and turned to look at her.
Sherry was already standing ten meters away from Jeremy separated by a considerable amount of
people. It was only then that she heaved a sigh of relief as Jeremy couldn't harass her anymore.
"All the roses are ready. Ladies, kindly come to the stage. All the gentlemen can freely approach the
lady their heart desires the most and give them their rose."
Most parties had games like this so no one was surprised. Still, with all the beautiful ladies that night, it
caused quite a commotion among the men.
"The lady who gets the most roses will win an exquisite jewelry set sponsored by the Song Family. She
also gets the privilege of inviting any man she desires to dance with her."
As the emcee finished speaking, she raised her pleasant voice to make sure everyone heard her.
Sherry was intently listening from the crowd.
She looked around the room and found that most of the men had come with dates. There were also so
many beautiful and well-dressed women. Every woman present that night was beautiful in their own
way. They all had long legs and slender figures.
Sherry figured she wouldn't be noticed that much which was what she wanted anyway.
"Now, let's welcome the ladies to the stage."
Just as the rest of the group was arriving on stage, Sherry lifted her long dress so she could blend in
with the crowd. She didn't like being the center of attention.
It wasn't until the crowd started hooting and cheering did Sherry look up and spot the a hand reaching
to her.
"Miss Xu, please," Steve said with a smile.
He gestured to her, asking to come up on stage.
Sherry felt her chest tighten when she realized that all eyes were on her. It was Steve's birthday which
mean that it would be impolite of her to refuse.
Sherry was caught in a dilemma now.
Everyone was staring at the woman who had attracted most of the men's attention.
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