Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman

There was only drinking water left in his fridge. How did he survive without her being around these days?

Leaving the thought behind, she went to the bedroom and packed up her clothes. She hadn't managed to bring any of them with her when she was driven out by Zed. She grabbed her purse and clothes before leaving. She suddenly remembered that there's no food in the fridge. What if he had nothing to eat when he came back?

In the end, she decided to bring her belongings home first and go to the supermarket in the evening after work, to buy some food to fill his fridge. Zed didn't come into her room and drive her away last night. It probably meant she still had a chance to talk him through about the photographs.

She couldn't give up!

Since she got back her belongings, she also had the key to the villa. So she could come and go as she pleased. She deposited some money into Ethan's account and paid part of her loan back to him.

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There was a new stuff who joined the company today. Her name was Maranda Qin and she's gorgeous.

Her seat was opposite of Jean's. She's passionate and asked Jean a lot of questions.

At noon, she insisted Jean to have lunch with her.

At a restaurant nearby

Maranda passed Jean a glass of water and smiled, exposing her perfect teeth, "Jean, you joined the company a month earlier than me. You must know much more, right?"

"What would you like to know?" She received the water and took a sip.

"Nothing actually. I just want to get familiar with our company." Maranda pursed her lips in a cute way. Her big eyes were moving around as though she was scheming.

Jean was fond of the girl in front of her. She looked like a doll and her every expression was adorable. She's enthusiastic and kind as well. On first sight, Jean could tell that she was innocent and naive. She didn't have any bad office political experience. Jean just loved to befriend someone like this.

"Look, that man is so handsome." Maranda suddenly hold onto her fingers and pointed to a man in front of them with excitement.

Her good impression was gone in a few seconds when Jean realized that Maranda was easily infatuated.

Looking towards the direction that she pointed, Jean found the man in sight was John.

Jean paused for a second. Hadn't Maranda seen John yet? Right. Of course she hadn't, she only just joined the company.

John was walking towards them. Maranda watched him with admiration in her eyes. She was stunned when she saw him walk to them. She turned to Jean and asked, "Do you know each other?"

Her expression was so funny that Jean couldn't help but laugh. She explained to her, "He also works at our company. He's our boss' assistant."

"Assistant?" Maranda moved her fingers quickly and blinked. Then she moved aside deliberately to make space for another seating.

Even though they had known each other for only several hours, there was a mutual understanding between them.

Jean nodded her head and then waved her hand to John, who was not far away.

"John, have you had your lunch? How about joining us? Sit here."

After John approached them, he took a glimpse at Maranda and then sat beside her unfazed. He looked at Jean and asked, "Is this a new colleague?" "Yes."

"Hi, I'm Maranda Qin." She introduced herself immediately. Her cute smiling face was like a red apple.

"Hi." He pursed his lips, saying nothing more to her. He turned to Jean, "I'll help you with the photographs."

Jean shook her head and signed deeply, "It won't change anything even if you did." With Zed's personality, she knew nothing would change regardless of who's dealing with it. "Then what should we do?"

"Relax. I've got a solution. It will be solved before Sonny comes back."

"What are you guys talking about? I didn't catch a thing." Maranda asked Jean. At the same time, she was holding her cheeks with her hands and looking at John with love-struck eyes. "Nothing. It's just work."

After she said that, the waiter came to serve the dishes they ordered onto the table. John ordered the same as theirs.

In the evening, Jean got off work and headed to the supermarket at once. She bought a lot of food and went to Zed's villa straight after. She even prepared a hearty meal for him.

After that, she sent Zed a text, saying that she made him dinner at home. But she was not sure if Zed would come back.

She glanced at the time when dinner was ready. It was seven o'clock.

The text she sent was at five thirty. He hadn't replied. He probably would not come back.

Jean had no appetite despite the appealing gourmet on the table. She wandered into the living room and suddenly remembered that her Residence Booklet was still in this house. Since Zed wasn't coming back for dinner, she could search the house for it. Maybe she would find it.

As soon as she stepped in the room and prepared to look for her Residence Booklet, she heard a car horn from the gate. He came back? Jean froze in place. She could only confirm that it was him when the main door shut with a bang.

'What should I do?' Jean panicked. If Zed found her snooping around, the consequences would be serious.

She stood against the door and listened to the sound outside. He seemed to be in the kitchen? Jean slowly opened the door and sneaked a peek. 'There's nobody around!' She hastily thought gently and closed the door behind her. Then she moved downstairs secretly, just like a thief. "What are you doing? A cold voice sounded behind her. A second later, a dark shadow was above her.

Jean was startled, she covered her heart and turned around with a big smile, "Um... You are back! I ... um... I am looking for something." She couldn't help but stutter while she was trying her best to find an excuse. "What are you looking for?"

"Um... T-the shaver!" She stuttered again.

"The shaver?" Zed frowned and looked at her, confused.

"What are you going to do with a shaver?" Zed asked.

She forced a smile on her face and felt like she dug her own grave. Two of her fingers circled each other. She was trying to think of a good reason and out of nowhere, an idea struck her.

"To shave my legs! I realized my legs were exceptionally hairy recently. Maybe it's something I ate that was making them grow so quickly."

Jean said as she walked to the bottom of the stairs. "I've been waiting for you for a while. The dinner is already cold. Go ahead and have your dinner." She forced herself to walk out of his sight instead of running away. Seeing that she escaped in a hurry, the coldness in his eyes faded away gradually.

This big and empty house was dull without her. He liked it more when she's around.

Over dinner, Jean mentioned the photographs again, but Zed shut her down by telling her not to talk while she's eating.

After they finished their dinner, Jean went to the kitchen. She was cleaning the bowls and chopsticks as she mumbled in dissatisfaction.

"Damn Zed! I hadn't even gotten my salary yet and I bought you so much food. I cooked you such a fancy dinner but you wouldn't even let me have a word about it. After we divorced, let's see who's willing to treat you nicely!" After she complained, she rubbed the dishes forcibly with the washcloth.

Zed was sitting on the couch with a magazine in his hand. Although he couldn't hear the voice from the kitchen clearly, he knew that Jean was speaking ill of him.

He raised his eyebrows to look at the time, and shouted to the kitchen, "When you're done with the dishes, go and run me a bath."

"Huh?" She turned around. The water from the plate dripped onto the floor.

She didn't hear what Zed was saying and wanted to walk out of the kitchen to ask. When she stepped onto the puddle of water, she slipped and fell straight down to the floor. "Zed!" She called his name subconsciously. 00000☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐