Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman
Chapter 286 I Want To Meet Him

Jean looked at the picture once again. Zed was lying unconscious, bruises on his hands and face. His arms and legs were tightly wound with bandages.

Zed was hurt. It didn't look fatal though.

"What happened?" asked Jean again. Jean was shock. She wanted Jesse to tell her everything.

She suddenly recollected, the Pearl Hotel was nearby.

However, what she couldn't figure out was what Zed was doing, near the hospital at such early hours of the morning.

Jesse broke her thoughts as she said," The driver who hit him was drunk at that time. The police interrogated him but he kept crying. It looks like an accident right now at least." Even as Jesse said the words, she knew that even she herself didn't completely believe that. In fact, nobody thought it was an accident. There were a lot of people who believed that this was an attempt at premeditated murder.

The thought of it also frightened Jesse so much, she trembled a little.

Those men out there, were just waiting to get their hands on them.

And she knew that they were the same people who...

...were after the video that was uploaded.

But then Jean realized it too, that it didn't matter what Zed was doing out there at that unearthly hour. This looked like an attempt to kill him for sure."Where is Zed now?" she enquired.

"He is here in this very same hospital. That's the reason I am here." Jesse answered, her voice arrogant and angry.

Jean couldn't quite understand the anger. "You said you waited for me for a long time, several hours almost?"

"Yes." said Jesse. "I want to know what you think of my proposition, the one I put forth yesterday. We need to fight back together, before they can hurt us," Jesse said to her. That was why she had even bothered to show up today.

She was extremely terrified, when she saw Zed lying, all bruised and hurt.

She wanted Jean to change her mind. Even if it meant having to listen to her taunts, she wanted to do this out of fear for her own life.

Even Jean felt scared. She knew that they were in real danger, especially after Zed's accident.

She realized that had she not known about this incident, she would have definitely gone out and gotten hurt, most certainly.

I must be more cautious and careful now, thought Jean.

Coming back to the present Jean looked at Jesse. "I told you I wasn't interested yesterday and my answer isn't going to change today either." Jean sighed, as she said this to Jesse.

"But why?" asked Jesse exasperatedly. "Zed is your husband! Have you once thought of anyone else except for yourself?" Jesse was now angry. "They just want to hurt Zed. They tried to make you feel bad through that video incident also. Don't you think you should help with this mess?" Then, Jesse said quietly," Look, I know you can help him."

I know you're sad. That video incident caused a misunderstanding between you and Zed, I am aware. And he didn't come for you. But look at yourself also once. Have you cared about him at all? Do you even know why he was out so early in the morning today? He hasn't slept a wink, because he knows his sleep is nothing compared to the problems of the company. This needs to be solved anyhow."

Jesse had tears in her eyes, at Jean's refusal to help her with this case.

Jean looked at Jesse and took a hard long look at herself. This time, she knew she was the culprit. She was being selfish.

She blamed Zed all throughout, thinking of him to be heartless and cold because he didn't help her in her time of need.

After what Jesse had told her, she knew she could forgive Zed. After all, he must have been so worried and so busy in trying to solve the issue for the company too.

Jean knew, that the video that was uploaded was actually meant to hurt Zed.

But she got caught in the crossfire and became the main subject in the video, and Zed had gotten dragged into this.

She had to take some responsibility too and help out in solving this whole mess.

However, she definitely could not let Maranda, Ron and Calvin testify her innocence. She couldn't expose their identities to this mess. They had to be kept a secret.

"Please take me to Zed's room. I really must meet him. I want to see him." Jean's expressions had softened and she looked at Jesse.

But the latter was surprised. "Really, you have changed your mind then? Well if you agree to my proposition, we must not count Zed in. I don't think he will agree with this whole thing," Jesse said.

"I can't say that for sure. Let me meet him first." Jean did not want to promise anything just yet. She had to meet Zed first.

She just had to see him.

She had made up her mind to never say anything about all this to Miranda, Ron or Calvin.

She knew that it won't change anything at all.

She was only going to treat this as a great opportunity to get a word in with Zed.

She could finally get her word in now, since Zed was in no position to respond, he'd have to hear her out now.

But this was her secret. Jean did not want Jesse to know her true purpose behind wanting to go meet Zed.

If Jesse found out about this, she may perhaps disallow the meeting.

Jesse might have been smart, but she was a simply girl. She really fell for the idea that Jean would agree to what she was saying, after she met Zed.

Jesse, unmindful of what was going on in Jean's head, happily led her to meet Zed.

Getting a good look at Jean, as they walked through the empty corridors, Jesse wondered how Jean looked thin, frail and fatigued.

She worried about the girl's health, noticing how weak she looked.

People usually tend to sympathize with the weak.

But in reality, Jean and Jesse couldn't stand each other. They only tolerated each other for Zed's sake.

Jesse masked her unhappiness with her sigh. She did not want Jean to know what she really thought of her.

Jean heard Jesse sigh and looked to face her. "Is everything okay?" She knew this wasn't about Zed. After a moment's pause, Jean asked," Is Zed alright?"

"No he is not," Jesse said. "But you know him, he didn't even want to rest in the hospital. He just kept working, inspite of the doctor's constant suggestions that he should rest." She continued," Zed just wouldn't stay here. He kept wanting to go to the office even if his leg hurt. He wanted to go with the driver. "So...I asked the doctor to sedate him in order to make him rest. He needs the rest more than anything else right now. He was up all night, not having slept a single wink."

Jean nodded, she understood it very well. Zed's obsession towards work was not unknown to her.

Jean was glad actually, that Zed was resting. She knew how the incident must have shocked him and not let him sleep a single wink out of worry.

Jean wondered, though, where Zed had been the day he was knocked down at the Pearl Hotel and what he was doing there.

The hotel was in the downtown, where Zed never had any houses or any business. Why was he there then?

In fact Zed was so neurotic about time that he wouldn't even waste time to travel from his office to the downtown. if needed, he would just take a nap in the office rather than leave it.

There must have been another reason for Zed to go downtown, she wondered.

She was thinking whether he was there on business. But she knew that if it was regarding work, no colleague would have spent the night working away with him.

They soon took a sharp turn and arrived at the VIP area of the hospital, where Zed was admitted.

Jean had not gotten all her answers yet. Things would be so much clearer after she met Zed.

Jesse saw the two strong, brawny bodyguards standing outside Zed's room.

The bodyguards immediately parted, on seeing her. They were showing utmost respect and were very polite.

But the moment they laid their eyes on Jean, they suddenly became very alert. It was as if they didn't want to let her go inside to see him.

This broke Jean's heart a little. The bodyguards' respect towards Jesse and their display of hesitance towards her made her feel as if Jesse was closer to Zed than she was, right now. "Please open the door." Jesse ordered the bodyguards.