Chapter 322

At the sight of Shermaine, Jameson instantly frowned. Whenever she squared off against him, trouble was sure to follow.

He couldn’t let her wreck the good thing he’d planned for Jason. He’d checked with Jason. The crew they’d hired hadn’t been caught. They’d fled after the earthquake, so no one knew their plan. Shermaine had no leverage there.

Jameson looked pissed but forced himself to hold it in. “What are you doing here?”

“Just came to watch you fix up a nice marriage for your precious son.” Shermaine walked in and took a seat beside Tim.

Jameson seethed but didn’t dare show it.

Tim greeted Shermaine warmly. “Sheary, long time no see.” When he came to Basterel, he’d wanted to meet her for a meal, but she was swamped, and he was tied up with business. They’d never found the time.

“Long time no see, Mr. Shelly,” Shermaine replied.

“When was our last meetup?” Tim asked.

Shermaine had a steel trap memory. “Two years back at Sterling University.”

Tim snapped his fingers. “Right. You were teaching a master’s class. I tagged along with Danielle. Even then, I thought you were a Wallington pride, becoming a prodigy professor at Sterling so young.”

Shermaine smiled. Being a Sterling professor was just one gig. She had appointments at other top schools too. “You flatter me, Mr. Shelly. Just standard stuff.”

Tim boomed with laughter.

From anyone else, that might sound cocky. But from Shermaine, it felt totally natural. Like she said, just standard stuff.

Their chitchat left Jameson and Jason gaping.

“What the hell is Tim talking about? Shermaine, a Sterling University professor? That couldn’t be. How old is she anyway?” Jameson and Jason wondered.

Jameson had assumed Shermaine’d only gotten close to Danielle and even celebrities like Trance abroad by using her looks and schemes. But the reality was the exact opposite.

Shermaine wasn’t just a tech world legend. She was also a professor at a top foreign university. How many people her age could claim that?

In Jameson’s 50-plus years, he’d never seen anyone else’s daughter this brilliant. Even his pride and joy, Jason, looked ordinary next to her.

Jameson had to admit that Shermaine was amazing–more than he could have imagined. But none of that mattered to him now.

By now, Jameson felt a flicker of regret, though he’d been lying to himself all along. ‘It’s okay,‘ he kept reassuring himself.

‘No matter how talented she is, she isn’t a man.' That thought comforted him.

Tim steered the conversation back on track. “Sheary, when you said earlier that Jason wasn’t Danielle’s savior…”

“Exactly. Danielle’s real hero is my brother Ross.” Shermaine replied calmly with a smile.

Jameson snapped back, “Shermaine, even if you’re defending Ross, you can’t spout bullshit. Jason saved Danielle, clear and simple. How can you let Ross steal his credit? You’re being completely irrational, Shermaine.”

But if anyone was spouting nonsense, Jameson took the prize.