Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman
Chapter 317 It Is Nice That You Are Back

Jean's lips moved and she felt that it was hard to describe her feelings at this moment.

She was incredibly calm but her mind was wandering everywhere. She stared at Zed with a sad expression on her face. It was ironic that Zed came here.

Just this morning, when they were in the hospital, they had made it clear in front of a lot of people that they would live their lives separately. They would never interfere in each other's lives. Yet, they had to meet each other again just because of Zed's grandfather.

John had told Jean about the dinner party to be held tomorrow. But as soon as she saw Zed now, she was still shocked. She did not look forward to meeting him so soon.

Jean thought to herself, 'Actually, he shouldn't come here today. He could just come here tomorrow night.'

She pretended to stay calm even if he came looking for her and instead stared at him intensely.

Zed thought to himself, 'How long has it been since I last looked at her this closely?

Since that night, I have done nothing but put on a mask on my face. I don't even recognize her during the day, let alone at night.

I can't even look at her more than three seconds straight.'

In the center of the hall, the two faced each other silently. Zed knew that this was the best chance he had and so he stared at her entire body. His gaze moved up and down her body as if he was greedy for something. Due to the light from the lamp in the corner, Zed saw Jean's pale face. And in his eyes, her face looked very glamorous.

He made out the entire map of her face. From that, he could tell Jean was just pretending to be calm.

He then realized that even though they had lived apart for so long, she was the love of his life. She would never be a stranger to him.

They had always lived together so Zed figured out what Jean was thinking.

'Are you wondering why I came here to pick you up?

Silly girl! If I didn't want to spend more time with you, I wouldn't have come here in the middle of the night.'

He thought to himself, with a deep sigh, 'If I remain cold and distant to you now, my enemy would think that I'm only pretending.

So I have decided to follow my heart and my heart told me to come here.'

No one knew how long the two stared at each other until they heard footsteps coming from the hall. Jean and Zed, as if awakened from a dream, looked away from each other awkwardly.

The nurse in a white uniform looked at them in surprise and then walked away.

Zed coughed and when he looked back at Jean, she said, "Let's go!"

It looked as if she ordered him to do as she said. As soon as she said that, she walked out of the hall.

Zed frowned at those sudden orders. He stared in the direction from where Jean went out for a whole minute and then followed her.

The two were quiet on their way to the Qi House.

As soon as the car stopped, Jean opened the door and walked out of the car in a hurry.

She stood in the lawn of a familiar building. Emotions flooded to her face.

She had not visited this place for a few days only but it felt like ages.

Zed came out of the car and closed the door. When he saw that Jean stood still, he stopped walking and then quickly walked towards the house.

Jean froze for more than a minute. Then she calmed herself down and walked over to the house.

She went to the hallway and wore her slippers. Zelda heard someone in the hallway, so she walked out. When she saw Jean, tears flooded to her eyes and she said,"Mrs. Jean! You finally came back." Jean nodded her head and greeted her, "Zelda." Jean was very excited to see her too.

After all, in this house, only Zelda cared about her.

"Mrs. Jean, it's nice that you're back! It's nice that you're back!" Zelda repeated.

After Jean put on her slippers, Zelda asked with concern, "Mrs. Jean, have you eaten yet? Are you hungry? Do you want me to cook anything for you?"

"Zelda, I'm not hungry." Jean walked up to Zelda, smiled and said,"It's pretty late now. You should go and rest. I'll go upstairs now."

"Okay." Zelda kept nodding her head and happily watched Jean as she walked upstairs.

Zelda thought that she had gotten really old now. It was quite late now, and she should leave space for the young couple. They must have a lot to talk with each other.

The minute Jean walked up the stairs, she saw Jesse coming down the stairs. Jean looked at her intensely.

The expression on Jesse's face was very different. She looked surprised and jealous.

But she quickly forced a smile. Jean could see Jesse pretended to relax a bit. Jesse greeted, "Jean, you're back!"

Jean was not stupid anymore. As soon as she saw Jesse's face, she figured that Zed must be around.

As expected, Zed showed up right in front of Jean.. When he saw Jean and Jesse on the stairs, he frowned and said, "Jesse, why don't you sleep this late?"

Jesse explained, "I knew that Jean was coming back tonight, so how could I sleep without seeing her? Now that I know that she is safe, I'm relieved. You guys should talk now and I'll go to my room." Then she turned around and walked upstairs to her room. The way she behaved was very strange and Jean raised her eyebrow. She thought to herself, 'Jesse was just walking downstairs.

What happened then? As I'm back, now she not even want to go downstairs?'

As these thoughts flashed through her mind, she sensed something strange.

She soon realized that Jesse had left, so only she and Zed were on the stairs.

She lowered her head and walked upstairs.

It was quite awkward so she avoided Zed.

As Jean walked quickly, she felt Zed's gaze on her and she suddenly felt embarrassed. She started breathing heavily.

She wondered to herself, 'What the hell?

I was just all alone with him in the hospital and I was quite calm when I looked at him.

But why can't I remain clam now?

Is it because I'm home now?'"

as her mind wandered, she lowered her head and walked forward.

When she passed Zed, Jean let out a long sigh of relief. Unexpected, she was caught by a hand. It was so warm that Jean felt touched.

She trembled and froze on the spot.

She looked up to Zed.

There was no expression on Zed's face. He stared at Jean and couldn't help but sigh when he saw how panicked she was.

He thought to himself, 'She is afraid of me.

I can tell from her expression that she wants to stay away from me.'

Zed just stared at her without saying anything. Jean summoned up courage and said, "You... What's up?"

she asked as she tried not to think about how cold and harsh he had been to her.

They now lived under the same roof and worked for the same goal.

"Now that you're back, you have to behave like before. Don't make my grandpa doubt you," Zed finally said calmly, after he stared at Jean for a long time. Jean was shocked. She stared at Zed, eyes becoming wide with confusion. 000000☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐