Chapter 1716

Chapter 1716

Sherry glared at John.

If her eyes could fire lasers, John would have been punctured with numerous holes by now.

She swallowed the rage in her breath and went back to coaxing Caprice, “No, that’s not what this is, Mommy only wants to go to

them to talk about something.”

“What do you guys want to talk about?” John asked sharply.

Caprice was still sobbing.

Sherry was running out of options She took a deep breath and confessed, “I was never with Carl. Our

engagement was a ruse this entire time.”

John seemed intrigued by this.

Caprice suddenly stopped sobbing. She caught her breath and asked in a tone of complete naivety, “What's a ruse?”

Sherry heaved a sigh of relief and answered, “It means that you’re putting on an act for others. We want people to think that I’m

with Uncle Carl when in reality, nothing is happening between us at all.”

Caprice only heard the part where they were not together and immediately lit up. “Why are you two acting?”

Sherry answered softly, “It’s all very complicated. You wouldn’t understand at your age.”

“Explain it anyway. | can understand,” John said with a brilliant glow shining in his eyes.

Sherry shot him an icy look before continuing, “Right now, Lisa is the one who holds the rights to Sager Corporation. Even

though Carl is recognized as the heir, he’s not very popular amongst the inner circle, especially since Ron and the others want

the corporation for themselves. They're in cahoots with the shareholder to bar Carl from taking over.

“The catch is that | have an esteemed position in the corporation and some of the shareholders are on my side. If | marry Carl, it

can strengthen his case for taking over.”

She confessed to everything in one breath, knowing that John was going to leverage Caprice against her and refuse to let her go

if she did not reveal the full circumstances.

Upon hearing this, John smiled satisfactorily and asked, “Whose idea is this?”

Sherry answered, “Aunt Lisa’s. Carl and | agreed to the plan.”

John nodded.

Caprice sighed, “Adults are so complicated.” She barely understood what was happening.

Sherry patted her head and then turned to John. “Thanks to you ruining the engagement today, this plan that we came up with is

not going to work anymore. I'll have to meet with them again to discuss what we are going to have to do after this to salvage the

situation.”

With that, she asked crossly, “So, will you move?”

John held his ground.

Sherry glared at him. “What else do you want?”

John smirked. A gentle glow appeared in his eyes as he proposed, “I’ll go with you.”

“Why would you do that?” Sherry was baffled. “I don’t need you to come with me. Just look after Caprice.”

Before John could even voice his objections, Caprice spoke up, “We’re going with you, Mommy.” She was still worried about

Sherry abandoning them.

John reassured her, “Don’t worry, | won’t get in your way. We're just going to follow you there, then we'll wait for you outside

while you take care of business.”

Caprice gave her word as well. “Yeap.”

Sherry grimaced. She gave in and carried Caprice, then she went outside.

John followed. He was standing closely behind her when they stepped out of the elevator.

Sherry snarled grumpily, “Get away from me.”

Everything she had done, she had done for Caprice. Her daughter was the sole reason she had not divorced John and even

went as far as to confess the truth of her engagement with Carl.

Even though she was not divorced from John yet, they were only husband and wife in name

John frowned and kept his distance. He made sure to keep a wider gap between them.

The traffic was relatively mild at this hour of the day.

Shortly after that, Sherry arrived outside Lisa’s villa with John and Caprice in her car Sherry turned to Caprice, “Caprice, stay in

the car with your father. I'll be back in a minute.”