Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman

"Nothing happened. Zed came to take me last night, so I didn't return to the hospital. Sorry, Maranda!" Jean didn't want to continue talking about last night. And so, she ended the conversation by apologizing to Maranda.

"I think you owe John an apology instead of me, don't you?" Maranda blinked her big eyes at Jean and continued, "You disappeared with Mr. Qi last night, and you didn't even think about giving us a call. John and I were worried about you the whole night. Go find him and apologize! After all, we work together and we cannot afford to have misunderstandings between us. It's better to straighten it out."

Maranda tried to persuade Jean.

Jean knew that Maranda was right. She shouldn't have yelled at John and accused him the way that she did. She hadn't even given him a chance to explain! Jean stood up slowly and made her way to John's office.

Jean knocked on the door. After she heard a familiar voice say, "Come in, " Jean took a deep breath before she opened the door.

John was sitting in front of his computer. He was so busy typing that he didn't look up.

Jean summoned all her courage as she walked toward John. Then she spoke sincerely, "I'm sorry, John. I misunderstood you and said some awful things. Please accept my apology."

Jean then bowed to John.

As she raised her head, Jean noticed that John was still looking at his computer screen. John was more concerned about his work, which made Jean feel sad. She bit her lower lip as she continued to look at John.

When she received no reply, Jean prompted again, "John, can you forgive me?" Guilt overwhelmed Jean. She didn't know what else she could do to make up for her inappropriate behavior with John.

Although Jean didn't know John well, she hadn't thought of him as heartless. The few times they had traveled together and met during breaks, she had noticed that although distant, John was caring enough.

After hearing what Jean said, John sighed. He looked up from his computer screen and said, "You don't have to apologize, okay? Don't take all these things so seriously. Forget about it."

"Maranda told me that you were worried about my safety last night." Jean continued as she bit her lower lip, "John, why didn't you explain it to me?"

"There was no need." John said curtly as he looked at her.

Jean realized that John was reluctant to continue the conversation. She decided to change the topic.

"I overheard Sonny saying that the Lei Group invested in our company. Are they one of our important shareholders? Since Ethan is missing, will they really decide to pull the plug?" Jean had been really worried about this. And so she asked the one question that had been troubling her the most.

"It is highly possible! You should know more about Ethan than me. Ethan invested in our company because of you." John had just confirmed what Jean had feared.

She had assumed as much, but to actually hear someone else say that Sonny had hired her because of Ethan made it all too

simple! Our company needed money to keep growing and Ethan decided to invest in the company and provide us with some advanced

that Sonny took me as his student. It's not because I have talent? And it was Ethan who had set all this up?" Jean asked

company, but he would not have made the compromise of taking you as one of his students. As you know, he is passionate about photography and he has worked very hard to build his reputation.

face as she thought of all the

while, I have been avoiding Ethan as he behaves in a way that I find loathsome. I never

the impression that Ethan was fickle and that his

But...

of this proves that

I knew would have taken every opportunity to

this secretly and never once brought

this because he knows

because he knows

company get in trouble." Jean turned and walked toward

John said. He wanted to say something but he didn't know how. Jean stopped when she heard

at

at her reproachfully and said, "Jean, you have to think twice before you do something. You are married now. You should put your

and looked at John in surprise.

an idea of what John

should

I should think about Zed and his reputation.

what he did to

Ethan now, without a doubt, Zed will be

But if not, Ethan......'

out of this situation. But she couldn't think of a way to talk about Ethan without offending her husband. She kept thinking but she couldn't come up with an alternative. Jean shook her head

soft and too kind. Sometimes kindness cannot solve a problem. You need to learn to be stronger." John sighed as he noticed Jean's expression. Then

took a deep breath, and tried

she wore a wry smile and headed out of the

entrance of the building. An hour later, she watched

Then she walked toward the car, opened the car