Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman

Henry couldn't stand Jean's insolence anymore. He raised his hand and slapped Jean across her face. The sound from the slap was so loud that it echoed through the quite halls of the villa and its surroundings.

Henry's action infuriated Zed. His eyes widened and his handsome face contorted with rage. Despite what Jean's father had done, Zed had to sit quietly in the car and watch.

Zed had parked in a space that was not clearly visible from the door of the villa. However, everything being said by Shirley, Henry, and Jean could be clearly heard. At this moment, Henry was abusing and cursing Jean.

"Jean, I am giving you one last opportunity to avoid embarrassing yourself. And this will be the last chance I give you to secure that land for me. We have come to admit our mistakes. And your sister, Shirley has already apologized to you. What else do you want? Just tell me what on earth you could possibly want in exchange. I will try to get it for you so long as you ask Zed to give me that piece of land." Obviously, Henry could no longer control himself.

Jean's face burned from the impact of the slap and from humiliation. She buried her face in her hands. She could feel the hot sting of tears as they trickled down her face.

Although Jean had already known that it would end like this, she was still expecting that her father would be a little kinder to her.

'Jean, how silly you are!' Jean thought to herself, 'How quickly you forgot the insults you received in your father's house last night. You should not have longed for your father's approval.'

Henry was so upset with Jean that he could barely breathe. He placed a hand on his chest to calm his breathing. It seemed as though he was undergoing untold suffering and pain.

Shirley seized the opportunity to sharply criticize Jean for being disobedient and making their father suffer.

"Sister, I know you hate us deeply. But our father is getting older and weaker. You should not treat him like this. If you want, vent your anger and hatred on me. You know that our father has tried so hard and made so many sacrifices to get that land. Even his health deteriorated in the process. How can you be so hardhearted? Why do you want to continue to hurt him and make him suffer?" Shirley pretended to be a considerate and caring daughter. She listed Jean's wrongdoings out of malice, while gently comforting Henry with back pats.

Jean tried to contain her emotions. She fought to stop her tears from running down her face. After taking a deep breath, she placed a bitter smile on her face before looking at Shirley. Jean pitied herself for having such a family.

"Are you quite finished?" she asked Shirley. "If you came here just to show me this performance, then I am sorry to tell you, I am not interested in your excuses. Get out of here! Or I will call the police!" said Jean.

The only thing Jean wanted to do in this moment was to slam the door and separate herself from her disgusting father and half-sister. Only by doing so, could Jean calm down.

shut the door. Henry stopped her. He offered a very expensive health-care food product that he had brought to please

her father to be shameless. With this act, he had shown

and refused to take her father's gifts.

was this move that completely angered Henry.

forward and violently pulled Jean

to happen. In an instant, pain exploded across all injuries covering her body. Along with the pain, Jean felt extremely distressed. Taken completely off-guard, she almost fell when Henry pulled her. She stumbled and tried

Jean thought she would fall, strong

looking at her savior, Jean was sure that Zed had come to

going to

stopped midway when he saw Zed.

She trembled as relief flooded her. Zed felt her body shake and a deep

that she had changed. With the way that she had handled herself earlier, he thought she wouldn't let her family abuse her. Judging from the bruise on her face, he

his eyebrows as he thought of how much pain Jean must be feeling. It was almost

frowned since their marriage. Usually he frowned when she said or did something that troubled him. This time, however, she was happy and grateful that the frown was because he

think there must be some misunderstanding between us. I don't know what my daughter told you,

to play nice. Even though he was extremely upset, Henry had to hold back his anger and show some respect to Zed.

not have slapped Jean.

going to ice your cheek." Zed said in a soft tone. Zed was surprised by his concern and the gentleness he

on the side, became resentful. She envied Jean for having such a

the hatred in Shirley's eyes could kill, Jean would have died hundreds of thousands of times.

was thinking simply by the look her half-sister was

just ignored Shirley. She no longer wished to

found that she couldn't bring herself to speak. She gave a curt nod to let Zed know that she was ready to