Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 208

"Zed……"

Jean quickly covered Zed's mouth with her hand. But, it was too late. His words had already been spoken and could not be taken back.

"How could you make a vow like that so easily?" Jean exclaimed, with mixed feelings.

"Well I had to. What else could I do to make you believe me? Now, tell me. Did that set your mind at rest?" Zed couldn't help running his hand gently along the contours of her face, and spoke softly. "Now stop thinking too much about it. What had happened to your parents will never happen between you and me. Having you in my life is enough for me."

"Zed……" Finally, Jean let go of all her reservations and opened her heart to Zed. Flinging herself into his arms, she wrapped hers around him and hugged him tightly.

Once bitten and twice shy, it was just a joke for her at first. But unexpectedly, it touched the wound in her heart.

It was extremely difficult for her to have a sense of security all the time ever since she was with Zed.

Especially when she knew that it was easy for him to have sex with other women, especially one night stands. This made her extremely worried.

She was totally scared, that Zed would eventually follow the same old disastrous road that Henry took.

Henry, the man who abandoned his wife and his daughter. A true heart breaker.

He was seduced by other women so easily that he left his own wife behind.

Burdened with a heavy and broken heart, her mother died young. A sad ending to what was supposed to be a happy life.

'But, Zed will not be like other men.'

The moment when he made a vow to her, with a look of absolute certainty and undeniable sincerity, she believed in him.

Well, he was hers now. Her own husband.

And now as a couple, she would have to account for half of the responsibility in this relationship, no matter what happened, until the end.

Therefore, the first thing for her was to put all her trust in him and throw away any shade of doubt.

She shall no longer doubt him nor be suspicious of him. Otherwise, it would only irritate him.

"Sorry to make myself a joke just now." A little embarrassed, Jean wiped her eyes. She had calmed down and her heart was at peace.

"You are not a joke. How can you say that? It had just become quite evident that what had happened to your parents has such a deep impact on you." said Zed, looking seriously at Jean, his eyes full of sympathy.

"How could it not? No sooner than my mom died, Joy had become the new Mrs. Wen and my life became a living hell ever since she became a part of our family." Jean replied, her voice ringing with bitterness.

"That's not what I am talking about." With a serious look on his face, Zed continued, "Jean, it is clear to me that you do not believe in love from the bottom of your heart. Even now, with me standing in front of you, it is still pretty hard for you to believe that I love you and that I will treasure you with all my heart. Am I right?"

Looking at Zed blankly, Jean said nothing. The weakness and embarrassment in her eyes said it all.

"Jean……" Zed hugged her. He felt guilty and regretful having had to bring it up.

He had found out about it long ago, but he neglected it. How could anyone be so careless?

A girl like Jean, whose mom died so early, when she was still a child, rarely felt any warmth from the rest of her remaining family. Thus, she had developed an instinctive resistance when it comes to getting close to people or moving to the next phase of a relationship.

Not that she was born wicked, but she was too scared to open up and commit to her true feelings.

"It's okay, don't worry. It's all over." Patting her back gently, Zed tried to comfort her.

She buried her face in Zed's chest and closed her eyes. For the first time in a very long time, she felt a sense of relief.

'Now that I am sure that I'm in love with Zed, I should completely trust him, shouldn't I?'

"Zed, I'm sorry." Looking up at Zed from his arms, Jean promised, "I will try my best to trust you, and I will do my part in order to cultivate our love."

"Alright." Zed was ecstatic that he could finally get deep into Jean's heart, where he could undo the knot and tear it away. He flashed a delightful smile on his face.

The car restarted. There was a peaceful smile on Jean's face, with her head resting on Zed's shoulder. If only they could be like this forever.

Holding each other's hand, they walked into the gate together and saw Jesse sitting under the parasol, drinking juice and enjoying her bowl of fruit.

"Jesse, did you go out today?" Zed walked towards Jesse, holding Jean's hand.

"Each of you have your own jobs. What am I supposed to do alone here? I have nowhere to go." Jesse faced the couple who by now, were tightly holding each other's hands, and pretended to be angry.

"How is it possible that you have nowhere to go?" Zed tried to hold back his laughter but failed. The more he tried to hold it back, the more his face twisted into hilarious expression. "If I'm not mistaken, you, Jesse Tang, although this is your first time to H City, had your classmates and admirers meet you at the airport and almost caused a traffic jam. Don't you remember? Were you kidding when you said that you had no place to go?"

Jean's eyes widened at Zed's words, looking at Jesse with great surprise.

She always thought that Jesse was good-looking and many men would be attracted to her.

But it never occurred to her that Jesse was so popular. It was beyond her imagination.

Her popularity was nothing short of a famous star. Well, on condition that there were no exaggerated statements from what Zed had said.

"Well, I am not in the mood to talk to you right now." Jesse turned away to avoid looking at Zed. She had a mild blush on her face.

Getting bored, Zed could not help but touch his nose with his hand, "Well, you have fun then. I'm going to get changed."

After those words, Zed was about to go into the house, taking Jean in his arms.

"Just go if you want to. But why do you have to take Jean away with you?" While she goggled at Zed, Jesse was still kind of mad at him, "You two have finally come back from work. Could I borrow Jean for a little bit? Just a quick chat?"

Seeing the sad look on Jesse's face, Zed had no choice. He looked at his wife, "Jean, do you want to keep Jesse company for a short while?"

"Sure." Jean nodded, loosening her grip. Then she sat in front of Jesse.

Smiling but with his head shaking, Zed walked inside alone.

"Okay, what are we going to talk about?" Jean asked, looking at Jesse courteously.

"Let's plan for the long weekend. It should be the most fun. Where should we go?" Jesse was bright and cheerful after Zed left. Delight was written all over her face.

"This weekend?" Jean's facial expression changed to shock.

She had almost forgotten about that.

'Oh no. What am I supposed to do now?

There is absolutely no way for me to go out with Zed and Jesse, and keep my promise with Maranda.'

"What's the matter?" Jesse couldn't help asking, seeing Jean's sudden change of expression.

"I……" With a quick glance at Jesse, Jean put on a sheepish smile, "It's all right. It's just that I almost forgot about something. I'm glad that you mentioned it."

"Well, let me remind you now. We've made it a deal already. And we can't go back on our word in any case! I'm just looking forward to going out and having a good time."

As a worldly-wise person, Jesse had a rough idea what was going, just by the look on Jean's face, even though she did not say it at all.

Inwardly sighing, Jean still flashed a smile at Jesse, "Don't worry! I will keep that in mind!" Her voice was one pitch too high.

Jean couldn't help scolding herself, 'How could my memory be so poor like this?

Oh my gosh, I've got myself in trouble now. One of these two parties will be mad at me soon because I could not keep my word.'

"Okay, it's a deal. I'll figure it out later where we can go for fun this weekend. Can't waaaaait!" Jesse sang. Jesse was relieved, satisfied with Jean's reply and put on a beautiful smile on her face.

Jean had no choice but to nod helplessly at the moment.

After returning to the bedroom that night, Zed saw the long face on his wife and asked with concern, "What happened? You've been absent-minded all through dinner. What did you and Jesse talk about? You seem quite unhappy."