Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman

Though Jean clearly knew what she wanted to say, she couldn't still speak it out. She remained silent for a long time before she finally left. After she went out of the Qi Group building, she felt that her throat was choked on something. Thus, breathing required her extra effort. Zed stood in front of the French window in the CEO's office and saw her thin figure walking away. His deep eyes eventually turned dark.

Jean returned to the company she worked in, but she didn't enter yet. As she saw the entrance of the company, she felt guilty and distressed for some reasons. She didn't know how to solve the problem. She didn't dare tell Sonny about it yet, either. It had been half a month since Sonny left, and he would be back in about a week. If he found out what really happened, there's a chance that he would blame her for it.

"What are you thinking about? It seems like you're out of your mind." John said. He was standing behind her.

Jean trembled in surprise. She came back to her senses and immediately shook her head.

"Nothing so important." Jean didn't say anything about the problem. She didn't even know where to start if ever she would open it up.

John frowned as she saw that Jean seemed to have a distracted mind. Then John asked Jean, "You ran away without saying any word this afternoon, and now you came back here absent-minded. What on earth happened to you?" Jean still didn't say anything and walked into the building instead.

It was already time to get off from work. She grabbed some of her things in her work space and immediately left.

Meanwhile, John was still waiting for her at the entrance of the building. As soon as he saw Jean going out, he walked towards her and said, "Let's have a dinner somewhere nearby."

She was a bit surprised after she heard what John said. She looked at him oddly and said, "Your friend said last time that you are often quiet. Then, suddenly you invite me to have dinner with you?"

"I just thought that it's not a bad idea to invite a friend to have a dinner." John felt a little embarrassed. Luckily, he managed to find a good excuse.

Jean hesitated for a moment. But after a while, she nodded and accepted his invitation.

She didn't have any appetite to eat. But since she didn't take her lunch, her stomach didn't feel so well.

They went to a restaurant nearby. It was so crowded there. They had been in the queue for a long time until they finally found seats for themselves. After Jean ordered for their dinner, she just sat on her chair; she was confused.

"What exactly happened to you? You seemed so distracted." John saw that Jean was acting so strange. He couldn't help but worry about her. Nevertheless, he didn't know since when did he start to care about her.

The waiter brought them two glasses of water. Jean looked at the scenery outside the window and kept silent for a while.

'I should tell this problem to John while Sonny hasn't returned yet. This might get worse if I try to solve it on my own.' Jean thought to herself.

"The Qi Group called me today and said... They said that..." She paused and didn't continue what she was trying to say. She really didn't know how to explain it to John.

John was so clever. As soon as he saw Jean looked troubled and heard her with a depressed tone, he already knew that there was something bad that had happened to her. He looked at her calmly and said with assurance, "Everything can be solved." "They requested us to have a photo shoot again." She lowered her head and didn't dare to see John's face.

John startled for a second. Though he thought of many unpleasant things in his head, he didn't speculated what Jean said. He didn't realize that the problem was as serious as having a photo shoot again.

The calmness in his face was slowly replaced with confusion that time. Then he asked, "Why did they want us to have a photo shoot again?"

"It's my fault. They were not satisfied with the qualities of the photographs that I edited. So they asked us to shoot photos again." Jean got even more embarrassed. She didn't want to bring any trouble to the company. However, she screwed up. She didn't mean it though. "If the photographs were not edited well, we can just edit them again. Yet, why did they want us to shoot again?" John put his glass of water down. His face looked so serious.

Jean didn't really know the answer to his question.

If she had told John that Zed did it on purpose just because he didn't like her, it would be more deliberate than her lame excuse which was about the not well-edited photographs.

Jean lowered her head and sighed deeply in distress. With a depressed voice, she said to him, "Since this problem was all because of me, I have to solve it on my own. But I'm afraid that Sonny and our company will be affected because of this trouble. I will take full responsibility for everything that this problem had caused."

"You alone can't solve the problem." John looked outside the window. His face looked more serious.

The mood on their dining table started to get depressing. Jean didn't dare to say anything else. She thought that John must have hated her so much because of what she did. She caused such a problem even before turning a month since she joined their company. John remained silent for a long time. Then he suddenly asked her, "You don't get along well with Mr. Qi, do you?"

Jean pondered for a moment. She was very surprised. She looked at John and replied, "How ... How did you know that?"

"I've noticed it last time at the hall of Qi Group. If the two of you get along well, how could he just stand there and watch you being judged? Your marriage must have been just nominal. Am I right?" John said with a calm voice. "Nominal? Hmm. No." She forced a smile on her face. She felt ashamed. She tried her best to hide her embarrassment and explained cautiously, "We're just having some trouble. We had conflicts that we need to solve. So ..." "Jean, don't think that I haven't noticed it. I'm not blind." John shook his head, "Even if you had conflicts, you should have not allowed him to take another woman stand beside him. There's clearly no love between the two of you." Her awkward smile froze on her face. 'Even a stranger can tell that there's no love between the two of us.

Zed has no feelings for me. Yet, I'm still foolishly hoping for his love and attention.

Jean Wen, you wanted to divorce him before. But now, you've fallen deeply in love with him.'

Those thoughts made her laugh every time. She couldn't help but laugh at her own contempt.

Not so long, the waiter served the dishes to their table. John didn't have any ideas in his mind yet and didn't say anything. They began to eat their dinner silently until they finished it.

John surely knew why the Qi Group asked for photo shoot again. He knew that it was because of Jean. He didn't know how Jean and Zed get along with each other. However, he firmly knew that there were nothing wrong with the photographs. In fact, those photos were all great. If any faults were found on the photos, it must have been done on purpose. And he knew Zed did it on purpose that time.

If what he thought of was right, it would be a very huge problem. In that case, it would be very hard to solve.

John saw Jean being upset. Yet, he didn't know what to say to comfort her.

Bang!

Jean suddenly slapped the table heavily. She made a loud noise that made some customers pay attention to them. The customers turned their heads towards them. Jean was so consumed by her thought and didn't notice what she did. After a while, she stood up. "No."

"What?" John was confused for some moments. Then he looked at her in shock.

Jean paused for a few seconds and looked around. She found out that the people around were staring at them. She sat down hastily and clenched her teeth, "It can't end up like this."

"What will you do then?" There was no chance for her to solve that problem though Zed was her husband. Zed had done it purposefully. Thus, solving the problem was next to impossible.

However, If Sonny would go and talk to him, there might still be a chance.

"John, we can't have another photo shoot again. Don't tell Sonny about it yet." She clenched her teeth. She looked miserable, but she didn't care about it at all. She abruptly stood up and said, "I have something else to do. The dinner is on me!"

Jean immediately rushed to the reception desk and paid the bill. She got out of the restaurant and took a taxi going to Zed's villa.

It was a quiet evening and the moon was as clear as water. The season unexpectedly changed into autumn. The cold breeze of an autumn night was gently blowing.

She arrived at Zed's villa after a while. Yet, it seemed that there were no people there. Not even a single light shone inside. The whole villa was dark and quiet. Had he not gotten home yet?

She stood in front of the villa's door. She grudgingly sneezed as the cold wind blew. Then, she instinctively huddled herself against the cold breeze. 000000☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐