Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman

"Look Zed! This might work well with other people you've met in your life, but not everyone likes to be kept in the dark and live with lies. Now I don't know how you feel for that girl, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that almost everyone around you can clearly see

how and how much she feels for you. For God's sake Zed, she admitted to my face that she loved you!"

"No... Jean, stop pulling my leg..." Zed shook his head heavily. He clearly couldn't or didn't want to believe what Jean was saying as was evident from the doubts that shrouded his face. "How can she be in love with me? How is that even possible? You must have mistaken her words."

Hearing that, Jean even felt somewhat sorry for him because of his blunt refusal.

She thought to herself, 'Why is he so afraid to face the truth that Jesse loves him? Why does he keep dodging it?

If he accepts his feelings for that wretched woman, denies me his love, and tells me that he is sorry he kept me in the dark, then also I'll be in much better shape than I am in now!'

Disappointed, she looked at Zed who was clearly panicking, and told him in her sad yet cold voice, "Zed, I am going to give you some time to think clearly about your real feeling for her. You'll also be able to understand how she feels about you. I will give you three days. And after that, I want to hear your answer. Then and only then can we make a final decision about our future life."

Jean couldn't stand this sorrowful game of lies anymore. She had been tolerant enough about almost everything in the past only because she cared so much about Zed and their marriage.

But she wasn't going to let Jesse hurt her again and again.

Jean made up her mind and thought, 'No, I will never give her another opportunity to hurt me anymore. I have been so silly in the past but now, I have to live a different life and be strong.'

"No..." Zed raised his head with a great flurry. He looked at Jean in a loving sort of way and hurriedly told her," Jean, please don't leave me. You don't have to dump me like this. You don't even have to wait for any amount of time to understand my feelings. I don't care what Jesse feels about me. I love you and you only. You're the only person I want in my life."

Jean looked up into his eyes and noticed that he was still quite flurried. From her eyes, it was clear that she felt sorry and pitiful for him.

In the H City, many people considered Zed to be the famous and indifferent Mr. Qi. However, they didn't know that he was as naive and ignorant as a child when dealing with matters of the heart.

"I have already decided that I am going away for three days so that we can deal with our own matters and think about our relationship. And so I shall do!" Jean declared as she stared at him with a serious look. Then she added, "I will also contemplate whether it is necessary for us to maintain our marriage or not. Look Zed. I will be honest with you. I am tired. I am tired of all these things. If you really do love me, then respect my wishes."

As Jean finished her words, she looked at him imploringly.

Zed's lips were about to move as if he had something to say. However, when he noticed the imploration in her big and liquid eyes, his heart tore into pieces at once and he couldn't bring himself to deny her request.

"Ok...fine..." He replied in a choked voice. A few seconds later, he calmed down and continued, "Give me three days and I will put everything right. I promise you Jean, I will bring you back home."

Zed stared at her with a rather firm look.

Jean shook her head and uttered in explanation, "Zed, I want you to respect me, Ok? If after three days' thinking I don't want to maintain our marriage, I hope you can..."

"Please stop thinking about that..." Without waiting for Jean to even finish her words, Zed lost all control and screamed, "Jean, you want to live alone for three days and I promise you that. But you shouldn't think about anything beyond that now!" Zed finished his words, and turned around to leave in fury.

Jean let out a long and heavy sigh in her heart. She was well aware of his incontrollable temper.

"Then I have one last request," Jean asked his back.

Zed turned around to look at her, gnashed his teeth and said impatiently, "Don't you think it is better for you to leave before I go back on my words? Jean, aren't you asking too much of me?"

Hearing his angry words, Jean smiled bitterly. She had been rather confident while making that one more request. However, as she saw his angry face, she no longer felt that confident and was even a little afraid to continue.

"Call off your man from me. I want to keep myself alone for three days and I don't want anyone to bother me,"

she requested with a serious look on her face.

"No..." Zed refused her request directly, without stopping to think. He said, "I told you that I will give you three days to be alone and that is the most I can promise you. If you, however, don't want to be alone, I have no qualms about bringing you back!" Just as he finished his words, he started walking over to Jean.

"Well, if you don't want to remove them, then fine..." Jean stepped back in a hurry to get away from him. Noticing the look of disappointment on his face, she said mercilessly, "Three days later, I will find you myself."

When she had finished, she didn't even glance at him once after that. She hailed a taxi that happened to be passing by at just the right moment and got in instantly. The driver too, floored the gas pedal without a moment's hesitation.

Zed stared at the receding taxi which was gradually vanishing out of his sight. He didn't know what to do at that moment and felt completely lost. No one knew what was going on in his mind.

After several minutes had passed, a sudden, bitter smile crept onto his face. He was thinking that it was crazy and irrational of him to grant her such an absurd request.

However...

Looking at the bites on the back of his hand, he knew clearly that under such a circumstance, if he hadn't promised that, Jean wouldn't have calmed down.

Zed thought in his heart, 'That's fine. I'll give her three days to calm down. In the meanwhile, I can also deal with my own affairs.'

The thought seemed to relieve him and he strode forward. Just as he had taken about two steps, he looked back as if to check whether Jean had been back and then sighed heavily in his heart.

It was lucky for him to have Toby by Jean's side so he would know everything about her every action and every move over the next three days.

His face softened some more on thinking of that.

When he entered the compound, Zed saw Jesse running towards him at an extremely high pelt.

Noting her worried and anxious face, Zed was about to ask her to slow down as he had always done so. But this time, Jean's tearful face suddenly drew itself on his mind and her words seemed to be on a repeat in his head. "Zed! This might work well with other people you've met in your life, but not everyone likes to be kept in the dark and live with lies. Now I don't know how you feel for that girl, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that almost everyone around you can clearly see how and how much she feels for you. For God's sake Zed, she admitted to my face that she loved you!"

Not like...Love!

The thought stopped Zed in his tracks much like a curse upon his legs. With a rather complicated look, he stared at Jesse, who was drawing closer.

"Zed, you are back! But where is Jean?" Jesse looked behind him and, seeing nobody, enquired about his wife in great concern.

Zed's eyes foused on her face and he didn't give her any reply for a long time.

Seeing him stare at her so attentively in such a complex manner, Jesse felt uneasy and nervous, but she pretended to be calm and asked, "Zed, what's wrong? Is everything okay?"

At that moment, she made up a considerable number of explanations in her heart. She thought doubtfully, 'Zed ran after Jean and wanted to bring her back. Now Jean's not here and he is acting strange. What is going on?

Can it be that Jean didn't want to come back with him so he plans to vent all his anger out on me?

No, Zed is not that kind of person.'

Jesse let go of such a thought soon and felt more concerned about Zed. She looked at him

and asked again, "Zed, what on earth has happened? Just tell me everything!" She implored, "Don't frighten me like this. Please!"

Benjamin and Dan were following Jesse as she was running out. They saw the scene unfold from a distance and glanced at each other with a complicated look. They then walked to the two of them.

"Where is Jean?" Benjamin looked at Zed and asked. He had a strong feeling that the expression on Zed's face was a little strange but he couldn't tell specifically why or how.

"She... She didn't want to come back with me..." Zed's gaze was shifted from Jesse to his grandpa. He looked into Benjamin's eyes and answered honestly.

"What?" Hearing his reply, Benjamin was completely taken aback. With his eyes extremely wide in shock, he stared at Zed and asked, "She didn't want to come back with you so you came back alone?"☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐