Chapter 120

Sherry grimaced irritably before approaching John. 

John remained seated gracefully on his throne and looked at her like a monarch toying with its subjects. 

Shannon remained seated as well with an unchanging expression although the look in her eyes seemed to have dimmed a little. 

Sherry walked mechanically. She hardly spared so much as a glance at both of them the entire time. She approached the table with a pot of tea in her hand and poured its contents into a teacup, then she took the cup and handed it to John. 

He took the cup and seemed to intentionally brush his fingers against the back of Sherry‘s hands. 

Sherry grimaced and shot a look at him, but he smirked coyly and proceeded to sip his tea candidly. 

She rolled her eyes and silently muttered curses at this detestable man! 

Meanwhile, Shannon, who was sitting right there the entire time, was watching their interaction and clenched 

her hands into fists. 

That was when John suddenly looked at her. 

Shannon quickly formed the same practiced smile that was full of warmth and tenderness. 

the event my

did. I attended to the guests along with Julie. Everything proceeded very smoothly, and the guests were very

John nodded. 

when Celine entered with a cart

a look at her.

for her to help with setting the food on the table.

more than glad to do so since this was a chance for

scrumptious dinner with a wide variety of food; there were

gulped as she set the food on the table.

Shannon approached the dining table and sat down.

Celine quickly moved to

eat with a degree of formality. They had a rather silent

Shannon broke the silence and asked, ” John,

looked at him eagerly as she

a look. “There are some things I need to deal with. I‘ll be leaving after this, so make sure

eyes flickered and dissipated, but all

meal shortly after that.

he put down the cutlery, then he

Sherry to follow

Sherry pretended to be oblivious to

John halted his steps and

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