Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman
Chapter 343 Playboy's Affair Exposed

Standing on the stage, Jean stared at her phone, still in shock about the messages she received that she didn't feel Maranda's presence beside her. "Oh my... is that... Dear Lord, Jean, that's wonderful! You can finally get rid of this playboy once and for all!" Maranda acclaimed. She was confident that this would bring Ethan down and thankful that someone saved her dear friend from all the misery that man had brought about.

With a frown on her face, Jesse looked at Jean with great disdain. She knew her plan was starting to fail the moment she saw Maranda perk up as if rejoicing from the fact that they had a wild card in hand, ready to throw to win this battle. Her heart sank at the thought of

her defeat.

'What is in that text message Jean had just received?' Jesse wondered in desperation.

She bit her bottom lip, trying to compose herself after feeling a sense of panic. She thought about the people who could possibly help Jean this time and cursed whoever they were in her mind. She looked around, scanning everyone present and noticed that all the possible people who could help Jean were here in this very room. 'Who else helped Jean this time?'

Jesse's train of thought was interrupted when Jean's voice circulated throughout the room. She was dying to know what Jean had received and what she planned to do next. "Just now..." Jean stopped and deliberately cleared her throat as she composed her thoughts. She faced the audience, swallowing the lump on her throat once more and spoke," Just to be clear, Ethan's affectionate speech tugged none of my heartstrings. His attempt to move me backfired, because I felt sick instead. It made me realize how terrible of a person he truly is that I even regret getting involved with him."

The audience listened intently to every word Jean stated, earning her varied reactions. Some burst into an uproar of agreement while some kept their reactions quietly to themselves, only showing a mocking smile plastered on their faces.

Indeed, this was a reality. Those who did wrong deserved a consequence almost as intense as the faulty action done.

Of course, there were already some who had despised Ethan before this incident. They couldn't believe his audacity for being such a huge flirt in public. Now hearing Jean say that, many people felt the same instantly.

Jean paused for a moment, observing the crowd's reaction. She was satisfied that others nodded their head in agreement, but she couldn't help noticing how some people looked at her skeptically. Good for them. She had something to show them. "Nonetheless, I know that some of you replace it hard to believe just by mere words. In order to reveal Ethan's true nature and to prove that I have done nothing wrong, and I am innocent as I say I am, I will show you what I had just received. This would surely surprise you as it did to me despite knowing how horrible Ethan is. For sure, Mr. Lei here would care to explain what is happening," she said in disgust, looking at Ethan's confused but nervous look.

Ethan stared back at her with narrowing eyes as if ready to hunt her down. His fists clenched tightly beside him. Jean stared back without fear and pressed a button on her phone to project the photos onto the screen.

One by one, the photos started to appear on the large black screen. Gasps emerged from the crowd.

Photos of a man and a woman beside him were projected. The man was obviously Ethan, and the woman was beautiful, but she wasn't Jean. They showed them in intimate positions that one of the images showed them kissing passionately.

Ethan's eyes widened in shock. Most of the audience turned to him to give him a disgusted look. He instantly felt humiliated, but in spite of the embarrassment, he felt his anger welling up inside of him. "These photos are all fabricated! None of them are real!" He cried out, but his attempts seemed to be in vain for none of the audience looked convinced.

"Are you saying that I know about your plan of staging a dramatic scene today that I prepared and asked someone to edit these photos for revenge? If I had known you had such schemes, I wouldn't stoop down to your level!" Jean declared. She gave Ethan a cold and piercing glare. She couldn't believe that he still had the nerve to deny.

"I..." Ethan started but couldn't think of anything else to say. He was unable to respond, making him feel more humiliated. Instead of showing his vulnerability, his face turned livid with rage. He exhaled furiously and stabbed Jean with his gaze. He wasn't going to let her or anyone else or even anything get to him. "Jean, you ingrate!"

"Are you talking to yourself? You're the ingrate, not me!" Jean sneered, crossing her arms on her chest. She was starting to feel satisfied by how Ethan was getting the taste of his own medicine, but the party wasn't over just yet. "Don't worry. I wasn't finished. I saved the best for last."

This time, the gasps grew louder. Loud noises of hushed whispers and astonished reactions from the crowd filled the room.

Reluctant, Ethan turned his attention towards the screen. His expression immediately changed after seeing the projected picture.

In the photo was still Ethan. What's more surprising was that in this picture, the woman in the previous photos was caressing a bump before her.

The woman was about five or six months pregnant based on how big her bump was.

Jean hushed the crowd before speaking again. "Obviously, the woman in this picture is expecting a baby, and since Ethan is always around her as if they're both in an intimate relationship, it is safe to say that Ethan is the father. Now, you all must be wondering what happened to the woman and the child they were expecting?" A moment of confused silence enveloped the room.

"Well, you see, the woman who is in these pictures was the one who sent them to me, and I will make sure that Ethan won't be able to lay a finger on her. Unfortunately, the baby had already been aborted, because Ethan, the cruel biological father of the expected child, forced the woman to do it. Do you all want to know why?" Jean cleared her throat. "The reason why Mr. Lei is here committed infidelity. He fell in love with another woman named Sheryl Bai, who had just returned from studying abroad. In order to pursue her, he forced his girlfriend to abort his own child. Can you imagine? Just so he could be with another girl, he had to sacrifice an unborn child. He even forced his girlfriend to break up with him. How selfish is that!"

She said while angrily pointing at Ethan. She started fuming that even the audience looked at Ethan in shock and disgust.

Ethan felt more humiliated. He pointed at the screen and shouted," That's nonsense! None of what she said is true!" Then he shook his head, raised his right hand up, and swore," Believe me, I didn't..." He was turning red and sweat trickled down his temples. If he wasn't too flustered, the audience might have believed him, but evidence in front was too real to be fabricated.

"Really? You didn't?" Jean snickered in disbelief. "I admire your strong audacity to still keep denying what you had done." Jean shook her head and jeered. "Oh wait, maybe the reason you're so audacious is because your girlfriend is in the hospital at this very moment that she can't come here to confirm all these pictures of both of you together." Jean took a glance at Maranda, standing on the door beside the stage. She nodded at Jean, taking this as her cue. Jean faced the crowd again and to Ethan, who was glaring at her. She gave him a wicked smile. "It's still too early to relax, Ethan. Say, how about confessing to the girl I invited today that all of these pictures are not real?"

"What? Who..." The color in Ethan's face drained as he slowly realized who the girl Jean could be pertaining to. He started to panic.

Jean gave him a contemptuous look before facing the door. Everyone else turned to the same direction, all wondering who the girl Jean invited might be. Although some already put the pieces together.

Everyone's eyes gazed at the beautiful girl and followed her as she walked gracefully towards the stage. She had on a captivating atmosphere as if she had cast a spell on everyone in the room.

Although her aura was shining in everyone's eyes, her face had a melancholic expression, completely opposite to what she was exuding. As she found Ethan among the crowd, her eyebrows furrowed. Scorn and disgust was evident on her face.

At this moment, Ethan froze, not because of Sheryl Bai's exuberance but because of her presence before everyone. For a moment, he was unable to replace his words, still shocked about her unexpected appearance. Before long, he came back to his senses. He strode towards the stage. "Sheryl, it's not true. Nothing of this is true. You have to believe me... Please, I can explain. Sheryl, my love, please."

As he reached Sheryl Bai, he knelt down in front of her and grabbed her hands. He could lose everything but not Sheryl Bai. He couldn't afford to be without her. Tears brimmed Ethan's eyes.

For a second, Sheryl Bai was tempted to forgive him. She wanted to make him stand and just envelope him in her arms. However, she remembered what he had done. Shaking her head in disgust, Sheryl Bai quickly pulled her hand away from his grasp. "No words that come from your mouth will make me believe you. I have seen what you had done, and I can't believe how wretched you are for still denying everything." Sheryl Bai crossed her arms and stared at Ethan with the most expressionless eyes she could possibly muster. Ethan felt pierced. He saw the veracity of each of her words just by looking at those eyes that used to glow for him. He looked down on his knees and proclaimed her name in desperation. Everyone in the room saw how devastated Ethan had looked. At that moment, Jean thought he would finally admit his sins. She was wrong, however, as they all witnessed Ethan trash his hair in frustration. "All this was a frame up by someone who wanted to destroy me! I'm innocent!" He cried out, pointing at himself.

The audience gave him varied violent reactions. By now, everyone was convinced that he was spouting lies.

Sheryl Bai felt nothing but completely repulsed at Ethan. She couldn't believe that she had feelings for a man who could still lie on her face even after the evidences against him. She trembled in anger and gave Ethan a wondering but still fierce look. "Ethan, why are you like this? How can you still be this shameless in front of me? Do you think I just arrived? Do you think that taking advantage of my ignorance will let you come back into my arms? You think I'm gullible and easy to cheat on, don't you?" Sheryl Bai paused and swallowed a lump on her throat, trying to keep herself from crying. "You're not the only one feeling devastated. I, too, am disappointed in myself for having eyes and yet I still failed to see, because then, I wouldn't have been attracted to you." She gave Éthan a cold stare. "You see, although I have failed to see your true nature and although I have been deceived by you, I am grateful that it isn't too late yet. I now know about how you discredited Jean in front of a lot of people and how shameless it was of you to demand Charlotte Huang for an abortion, risking her life and as well as the unborn baby, just so you could be with me. Do you think I appreciate that? No, and you don't know how much hate I have for you right now." Sheryl Bai closed her eyes and inhaled in frustration. She erased all her sweet memories with Ethan before opening her eyes, now completely cold and expressionless for the man in front of him. "You're an ass, Ethan. Here, in front of everyone, I'm telling you, we're done. I don't want to be involved with you anymore. So, stop pestering me, and don't beg for my forgiveness. Most importantly, don't you show your face in front of me ever again, or I definitely won't be lenient with you."

She gave Ethan one angry look before storming off the room and never dared to look back, afraid that someone would see the tears already threatening to come out of her eyes.

For a moment, Ethan couldn't move. Hearing those words felt like his heart just got stabbed multiple times by a dull knife. He stood up after replaceing his self and called Sheryl Bai's name. "Sheryl...I'm true to you..." Ethan tried to catch up with her, but was blocked by a pair of black-clad men coming from behind and no one knew where they were coming from. So he could only struggle and shout," Sheryl... Sheryl..."

Everyone sighed at this scene.

Even Benjamin sighed deeply. "How can the Lei family raise such a scum as Ethan?"

Zed, on the other hand, looked at Ethan's shameless face. Although he resisted hard as the whole scene took place, he felt a bit sorry for the man, who was insane and a desperate romantic.

He shrugged this feeling away, replacing it with relief. Now that Ethan's offensive acts had been disclosed, Jean was now innocent.

A smile crept on his face before he turned to face Benjamin. "Grandpa, you see, Jean is innocent. You can believe her now."

Benjamin looked at Zed and frowned. "What are you talking about? Do something, and don't let her anyway near that scum!" Benjamin pointed at Jean, still frowning. He was going to blame Zed if anything happened to Jean.

Zed gave Benjamin a hesitant look before realizing that any minute now, Ethan might explode in front of Jean. He nodded and stood up. He smiled once again, realizing how worried grandpa might had been to order him that way. He was just about to walk over towards Jean when Ethan's uproar stopped everyone from what they were all doing.

At that moment, Ethan could be described as a wild animal, trapped and struggling to escape. Jean froze and trembled at the sight of him. He forcefully let go of his right arm and pointed angrily at Jean. "You! You're the reason why all this happened to me. You brought me all this misery! Do you think that after what you did to me, I will just let you go easily? Oh no, woman, I won't let you go back to your happy life!"

He shouted furiously, thrashing and throwing himself away from his captors.

Jean, who was only a few steps away from Ethan, froze. She couldn't seem to muster any words to say, still in shock. She found it hard to grasp the words Ethan had just said. Astonished, Zed immediately rushed towards Jean, but he was too late. Everything happened so fast that Jean couldn't do anything but watch as Ethan pounced at her. She closed her eyes helplessly, praying for anything or anyone to save her from jeopardy. ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐