Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman
Chapter 401 A Sincerely Spurious Apology

With a deep sign and complex emotions, Zed reached out a hand and slowly stroked Jean's furrowing brows. Just as he was about to withdraw his touch, he felt her eyelashes flutter and move and was taken by surprise. "Jean..." He exclaimed in surprise as he saw her slowly open her eyes and take in her surroundings.

It occurred to him that he had disturbed her sleep and even in his sorrow, he felt quite guilty for the same, which appeared on his face instantly.

The damage, however was done and Jean had woken up. When she opened her eyes and saw him sitting by her side, she blinked in bewilderment. It took her a moment to clarify that this wasn't just a vision, dream, or illusion, and then she immediately turned an indifferent eye towards him, decisively shaking off his hand hovering over her eyes.

"Jean..." Seeing her stare at him in repulsion and disgust, Zed smiled forcefully. "Can we please talk?"

"There's no need for that, Zed!" Her voice was ice-cold and sudden. "Really Zed, you've even dared to imprison me now. Tell me now, what the hell will you do next? How far will you go?"

"Listen, I was really angry at that time, and it was my fault that I talked recklessly and said some stupid things. And believe me, I didn't want to imprison you. I just told Toby to bring you back!"

"Don't even try to justify yourself with this nonsense, Zed! I am never forgiving you for what you did to me!" Jean roared in fury. "Jean...

Can you please just calm down and listen to me?" Zed looked at her stubborn face and implored. "Look, if you hadn't asked for a divorce, I wouldn't have gotten angry and done these stupid things. Please try to understand."

"You mean it was my fault that you got angry! It was my fault that made you say those stupid things! And I should take responsibility for it and say sorry, right?" Jean lost her temper totally on being blamed like that. Trying so hard not to smack him right across the face, Jean merely stared at him in disbelief and fury.

"Jean..." By that time, Zed had realized that anything he said only made her angrier and there was nothing he could do about that. "What can I do to make things up, Jean? What should I say that would make you accept my apology? What should I do to make you believe in me again?" sighing helplessly, he instead asked her advice.

Jean had thought that Zed would get angry now, blaming her even harder, and therefore was immensely surprised to see him give in to her once again. No matter what she said, he was simply being so soft and gentle.

It was strange to see him do that. She stole a glance at the clock and was surprised to see that it had only been two hours since they were talking at the airport.

'What had happened during those two hours?

Why was Zed behaving so differently now? It was like he had completely changed.

Whilst they were at the airport, he had acted so tough and mean. If at that moment he had acted so soft, understanding, and gentle, things would have been so much better now!' Jean thought.

"Zed, I am not going to forgive you. Not ever! You can do whatever the hell you like! You can even imprison me if that pleases you. But no matter what you do, I will never ever accept your apology! I want a divorce, you hear me?" Jean stubbornly shouted. 'OK. No matter what tricks you play, I am going to play along and see how far you can really go!

Aren't you totally disgusted with my proposal for divorce?

If you really accept that everything was your fault and want me to forgive you, then you wouldn't get angry. So, Zed, let's see how you respond!

I hope you've really taken control of your anger, and aren't playing along as a soft person just to get me back!' Jean thought in her mind.

"Jean, you know I will never agree for divorce! So there's no point talking about that. I solemnly promise that I will control my temper now and not get angry on you. It doesn't matter if you forgive me or not. I will try my best and do everything I can to gain your forgiveness, and I will keep pursuing you till you have totally forgotten the word 'divorce!!" Zed was struggling but somehow he kept his anger in check and merely gave a bitter smile.

Jean hadn't expected him to be so patient and was taken aback. She stared at her husband in surprise.

Seeing her reaction, it was clear to Zed that he had succeeded at least to some extent in persuading Jean.

So he took the opportunity to go on apologizing. "Jean, I really am being sincere here and I promise you that I will never be angry with you or lose my temper with you ever again. No matter what happens, I will never give you a cold shoulder, shout at you, or hurt you in any way. And if you want to go back to the Wen Group, then go ahead. Believe me, I will support you unconditionally in whatever you want to do."

Jean shook her head in astonishment. She still couldn't believe that Zed was being so patient and making all these promises. Was it really him? "Jean, you know me more than anyone in the world, and you know that I will never break my promise." He looked at her with affection in his eyes.

"Why? Why are you making all these promises now?" Jean couldn't help it any longer and she finally broke her silence. "You still don't understand, do you? It doesn't make any sense for you to keep making all these promises. Your compromises won't solve the problems that lie between us."

"Then just tell me directly! What's the problem between the two of us? You don't love me anymore, right?" Zed looked at her and asked in a sorrowful tone.

Jean shook her head with tears in her eyes.

"Since you love me and I love you too, I simply can't understand why there are still problems between us!" Zed hurriedly pounced on the opportunity to express his affection.

Jean shook her head again. She was looking at him with disappointment in her eyes.

Zed felt a sudden pain in his heart. What he feared most was that Jean would not say anything, because he had no idea what she was worried about and he could only guess, which could never be accurate, what with his inability to grasp emotions and feelings all by himself.

He didn't know what could have hurt her if it wasn't Jesse?

"Jean, I know that I didn't stand on your side in the past. I admit that. But you have to understand! I'm a man, not a woman, so I don't have the kind of knowledge of emotions that you have. Just tell me if you think I'm doing something wrong. Please don't make me make wild guesses. Please! As long as you are telling me everything rationally, I will definitely take care of them and remove my faults. If you really love me, then just promise not to make me so worried in the future, okay?"

He pleaded her with all he had.

Jean looked at him in astonishment. He had always been such a haughty and arrogant man, and she had not expected that one day, he would speak to her so beggingly and even adopt such a humble attitude. 'Is it because I am so mean to you?

In fact, I think I've gotten to know you a lot during the time we've been getting along with each other. Yes, its true that you look so intimidating and act so tough, but you're still emotionally quite insensitive. Jesse is an easy example to prove that.' Jean thought.

Noticing that she was still silent, Zed could no nothing, and he merely sighed helplessly. Reaching out his arm, he hugged her tightly no matter how hard she kept on struggling.

Jean tried hard to break away from him but she failed. "Zed, let go of me!" she shouted angrily.

"No. Promise me that you won't leave me." Zed shamelessly and stubbornly refused.

"I didn't say that I will leave you." Jean had no choice but to sigh in profound resignation.

She was wondering how he could be so shameless.

"You said you wanted a divorce from me. That means you want to leave me." Zed refuted, even though he was overjoyed when he heard her words. However, he still pretended to be hurt. 'This trick works.

Zack is a real expert. It's always right to take his advice. As long as a woman still has feelings for a man, then the man should act tough and be so shameless so as to make the woman feel his deep love. In this way, any difficult problems with women can be solved. Women are often dubious in their expressions. They don't often mean what they say and they don't often say what they feel.

It seems that I really need to keep asking Zack how to deal with these love affairs in the future.' Zed thought.

Hearing him grieve like that, Jean replied impatiently, "It was you who hurt me first, so I said that I wanted a divorce. Besides, I thought we agreed to give each other at least three days so that things can calm down and we can come to an understanding of each other's, and our own feelings. What happen now? How could you break your promise and imprison me like this now?"

"I dared not break my promise that I made to you. I was just afraid that if I wasn't around, your affection for me would fade!" Zed replied cautiously, striking the right keywords and chords.

Of course he would never tell Jean that the reason why he had come to apologize to her so hurriedly was because he was afraid that Moore and she would become closer without him in the mix.

"No matter how you put it, you still don't trust me, do you?. Zed, how dare you ask me to believe you if you don't believe in me? It's just ridiculous." Hearing his answer, Jean raised her head and questioned him firmly. 0000000