Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman

"Or what?" Zed asked in a threatening tone.

"Never mind, you won't understand." Jean didn't expect that her persuasion out of goodwill would make him even angrier. She told herself that it was best to stop talking.

Luckily, Avery and Moore came in at this moment, so Jean and Zed decided to stop and not make a scene. Once Avery and Moore settled down, their dishes were served and the lunch began. Everyone at the table started to talk to one another with a warm hospitality. Some of the staff members went over to Zed and greeted him, even though they knew he was a cold person.

The lunch was quite pleasant. Some of the staff were excited to finally meet Avery in person.

Some consumed too much alcohol and they were confident enough to make a toast for Avery. But when they attempted to they were stopped by either Adolf or Moore.

Jean was so delighted to be in this happy atmosphere that she couldn't stop smiling.

If there was anyone else who was at the center of attention other than Avery, it was Zed.

But the director got himself in a awkward position before the lunch. So everyone didn't dare to go overboard and offend Zed again.

After the lunch, most of the staff left first.

The first to leave was the director because he had to prepare for the shooting in the afternoon.

Jean became worried as she was watching the director leave.

When most of the staff had left, Jean looked at Zed and criticized, "Why are you giving the director a hard time? If he doesn't take your commercial seriously, you are the one who will suffer loss. Zed, why didn't you know to get along with your staff?" Jean asked looking at Zed with a worried expression.

"You are overthinking things," Zed replied plainly.

"Yeah Jean, you shouldn't worry so much," said Avery with a smile on her face.

"What do you mean?" Jean looked at Avery with discontent.

"I haven't cooperated with the director before, but his fame is well known to me. They said he is one of the best directors in the country. His integrity and his fame are trustworthy factors. So, don't worry about this. Besides, who do you think Mr. Qi is? Mr. Qi is not someone other people can have a casual conversation with. So even though the director has good fame, he shouldn't talk so much to Mr. Qi."

Avery was helping Zed explain.

Upon hearing this, Jean widened her eyes and asked, "Avery, why are you sticking up for Zed so much, what favor did he do for you?"

"He has done too much," Avery said with a smile. "He's done so much that I can't even pay him back all my life. That's why I feel I should help him."

"Alright! You got me!" Jean sighed.

Avery came to this city with an invitation to work for Zed's company.

The endorsement money, of course, was considerable.

Avery laughed when she saw Jean speechless.

"But..." Jean saw Avery laughing so gleefully that she felt unhappy and pointed out, "I heard that you came to this city to endorse the product from Zed's company, but all the endorsement money will be going to your company's pocket, not yours!" The look on everyone in the room suddenly changed as Jean spoke.

Especially Adolf, he felt both annoyed and angry.

'What's wrong with Jean?

Didn't I warn her not to tell anyone about this?

How could she have forgotten this, after just a meal?"

"How did you know about that?' thought Adolf. Avery's face turned pale. She looked around and then looked at Adolf, as if she had just found something out. The look in her eyes were both blame and sorrow...

"Avery, I..." Adolf tried to explain, but his mouth stopped him. All he could do was stand there with a sour grin.

Moore looked at Jean profoundly who was listening to the conversation and then sighed.

Zed noticed the look on everyone change but he stayed calm. He was still looking at Jean.

"Avery, why were you trying so hard to hide this from me?" It seemed that Jean didn't notice Adolf's blame and she looked at Avery with a smile.

"No, I wasn't trying to hide it." Avery was astonished and then she replied.

She looked at Moore with an obscure look then she felt relieved when she didn't see much on Moore's face.

If Moore knew she only came to shoot the commercial without getting paid just because of him, she didn't know what he would think of her.

But clearly, Moore didn't know.

But how did Jean know about this?

The look on Avery's face changed and she looked at Moore in a disturbed manner.

Jean was good friends with Moore, so if Jean knew, it made no sense that Moore didn't!

Avery's cheeks turned red as the embarrassment clawed at her stomach. She looked at Moore and said, "Moore, listen to me..."

"Avery, you don't need to say anything, I understand," Moore said gently, looking at Avery.

Avery paused. Her mind was racing. She had thought about all of the possible consequences if Moore found out about this, but what Moore said now was really unexpected.

A heartfelt feeling touched her. She looked at Moore, her eyes filled with tears, and said, "I didn't mean to hide it from you, I just..."

"All right, Avery. I understand, you don't need to explain," Moore said softly. Jean comforted her, "Now that we are all here, let's talk about all of our problems! We all know that you are planning on retiring from the entertainment industry. Avery, we know why you made this decision. But we never expected that you would hide it from us..."

'Adolf said everything!'

Avery thought and smiled bitterly. She couldn't blame anyone, it was her doing.

"I didn't mean to. I just don't want you all to worry about me..." Avery felt helpless as she explained.

"We know your consideration, but we don't accept this. If you shoulder everything yourself, it means that you don't consider us as your friends! Okay, you can't blame Adolf for telling us this. Because if he didn't tell us this today, the loss would be huge and we may regret all of this, Jean comforted.

"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it." Avery looked at everyone apologetically. Then she looked at Moore worriedly with her teary eyes.

Moore saw her watching him piteously. He couldn't help but smile and shake his head.

The confusion on Avery's face was gone and she smiled back at Moore.

"It sounds like you have come up with an idea to deal with this?" Adolf asked. He didn't feel pleased at all. He had warned Jean but she didn't listen to him, and now Avery had misunderstood him.

But now when he heard Jean's words, he felt some hope of solving this matter.

"Yeah, Adolf, you're smart." Jean looked at Adolf favorably and then looked at Zed.

Zed noticed her gesture and nodded with a smile. ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐