Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 186

The innocent babydoll-looking Jesse must have been good at making a fool out of Jean.

So was Zed, but he was trickier. It was by choice that he deceived Jean into believing that his relationship with Jesse was like a sibling's.

There was no reason for Jean to doubt what Zed had just told her. His care for Jesse as more than that for a little sister couldn't be reproached.

'Fine, both of you are good at pulling the wool over my eyes.'

These thoughts flitted inside Jean's heads and worsened her spirits. She deliberately yawned and covered her mouth with her hand.

"I am sleepy. I am going to bed."

Jean began to lie down but Zed grasped her hand.

He cupped her face in his warm, soft hands and gave her a kiss on the cheek. This came as a shock to Jean. In a calm tone, Zed said: "Go and have a good sleep. Don't get cranky unnecessarily."

Jean felt his warm breath as if her face was brushed by a feather. Still, anger mounted inside and she said, 'Zed, are you shameless?

You let a stranger, a young woman stay at home, but tell me not to get cranky.

How hypocritical and vile can you really be!'

Jean tried to stay as blank as possible though she was rather furious. Then, she said: "You must go to work without any delay! I am really very sleepy......"

"Alright. Once I am back after work, I will take both of you to eat out some delicious food." Zed took a deep look at Jean. He had no choice and forced himself to turn around to leave though he discerned that she didn't look well.

'Both of you?'

Jean sneered at the thought. She crawled into bed and stared at the ceiling for not a wink of sleep came to her.

'There is clearly something here. Zed got Jesse home as if it is par for the course. Perhaps, I wouldn't stay in the Qi family for very long.'

The delicate supple features of Jesse's haunted Jean. She looked like a Hollywood star, she thought.

Jean knew where she was going with this. She tried hard to resist this line of thought and not think of Zed and Jesee's relationship in a negative light. After all, Zed still treated her as before and there was no change in his attitude towards her or the way he spoke to her.

But then Zed's gentle voice that she heard in his study that night came to her. She couldn't shake off the fact that she had never heard Zed speak to anyone so gently.

'Does Zed really treat Jesse like a little sister like he said?

Is their relationship pure and simple?'

Jean thought to herself with a bitter smile. 'Why am I so stupid?

Jean, don't get confused. You can do nothing no matter what the relationship is between Zed and Jesse.

If something really happens between them, can you stop it even if you want to?

Just sleep!'

Haggard and sapped from the core, Jean really needed some rest or else she would collapse.

Jean turned over again and again in bed and failed to sleep.

After a long wait and blankly staring at the ceiling, Jean took two sleeping pills. Eventually she dozed off.

But this was short-lived as her restlessness continued during her sleep.

Two hours later, a bleary-eyed Jean woke up and lay on the bed for a while.

Admitting to herself that sleep was not coming to her, Jean changed into a fresh pair of clothes to go see a doctor.

Climbing the steps down, she saw Jesse sitting cross-legged on the sofa and watching TV without a care in the world.

She was humming to herself as she painted her fingernails a bright shade of coral.

Jean slowed her pace and approached the sofa quietly. Before she could say anything, Jesse raised her head and asked her in astonishment: "Jean, why did you get up? My brother Zed told me not to interrupt you when he left. Did I wake you up?"