Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 261

"Jean, don't listen to him." Maranda desperately winked at John and warned him to stop being big-mouthed. Then she comforted Jean in a soft tone with a smiling face. But Jean noticed all this reaction on Maranda's face.

Maranda's unusual behavior to stop John from saying anything further triggered Jean's suspicion. She somewhat understood that they were trying to conceal something from her and that something was correlated to her.

"John, now that you have started to say something, be a man and finish your words. Don't care what Maranda says. You can tell me anything. It's okay. I can take it." Jean's expression tensed. She asked John seriously.

As the atmosphere got tensed, Maranda realized that Jean had noticed the fact that they were keeping something from her. And now Jean wanted to know everything, but she had to try to hide it from Jean. It was for Jean's sake only. So she said resentfully to John, "John, if you are really going to say it, I will never forgive you in the future…"

"Maranda, do you think your threat is going to work? Or you just want to conceal it from her and force her to live in hospital? We both know clearly how stubborn she is. I think we should tell her the truth, if we really want to help her." John was not a man who could be easily threatened, he frowned and replied to Maranda in forceful tone.

"You…" Maranda was speechless by John's response, her mouth still opened in mid-sentence. Finally, she said in a ruffled tone, "Okay, whatever. But if anything bad happens, you will be the one to be accounted for."

In a sulky way, immediately Maranda turned her face to the other side after finishing her words, and acted as if it was a very grave matter.

"What the hell is going on?" Seeing the argument between Maranda and John, and in particular Maranda's angry reaction, Jean felt extremely anxious. In order to ease the surrounding, she asked them in a self-mockery tone, "I didn't get an incurable disease, right?"

"Cut it out!"

"Cut it out!"

John and Maranda yelled it out simultaneously. They looked at each other and both saw helpless expression on each other's face, as Jean was taking it in all wrong sense.

"Fine! Tell her the truth, John!" Maranda finally gave in and said to John before taking a deep sigh. Then she sat down on the chair beside Jean's bed in a tiring way.

Jean hastened to look at John as she heard Maranda's words of agreement.

A bitter smile appeared on John's face as he said, "Don't think so negatively. What we said to you before is true, you are severely anemic and weak. But If you are not going to take care of yourself and rest more, your condition could be worsened due to shortage of blood supply, and as a result, you will frequently suffer coma."

"Frequently suffer coma…" Jean muttered. Her expression suddenly changed to grim as she repeated the words.

She had always known that she had anemia, however, the severe condition described by John was really beyond Jean's expectation. She was in shock because she had never thought that her anemia could be so severe.

"Don't worry, Jean. The doctor told us that your condition was still in an early stage, as long as you take his advice and take more rest, you can get back to normal life soon. And everything will be fine. But you have to follow his advice. As for the reason why we didn't tell you earlier, we were just too worried about you, we didn't want you to feel stressed, and we didn't know how you would react on hearing all this. It's true. The doctor has promised us that if you cooperate and follow his instruction, you will be as healthy and energetic as before. And you can be free from here and can come to work." Maranda added in a comforting tone immediately after she sensed Jean's worsened expression. She knew that Jean was worried on listening about her condition. She wanted her to be happy and free from all the tension.

"Maranda, you don't have to console me." Jean gave a long deep sigh while changing her expressions to normal before continuing, "I have already known that my body is weaker than normal people since I was little. And I also clearly know my aggravated anemia is all because of my long-term insufficiency of nutrition. Okay, take it easy. I will follow the doctor's advice and I will take good care of myself. So, stop worrying about me so much."

"Really?" Maranda asked in surprise with her eyes opening widely. She couldn't believe her ears that so easily Jean was ready to stay in hospital.

"Why would I lie to you? It's my health that goes wrong. Nobody but me can really fix it. So, I am going to work for it. Plus, I don't want to die so early…"

"Bah bah bah… Now you are taking it too far. Throw away your thoughts of death, you are not at all that serious. Don't say that word again! Or I will punish you by slapping on your face." On hearing Jean's words, she hastened to cover Jean's mouth with her hand by jumping from her chair and said in a solemn expression as she instantly got tensed.

As a result, Jean could only nod helplessly to Maranda as a response to her request. Jean knew if she continued any further, Maranda was damn serious about her slapping.

Seeing Jean's nod, Maranda finally loosened her grip from her mouth and moved back from Jean's bed.

"Maranda, you are so superstitious. People are going to die sooner or later. Why do you forbid talking about this so strongly?" Jean breathed out a deep sigh and then she asked in a semi-joking tone.

"I'm not superstitious. I just think it's an uncomfortable thing to talk about death. And why do we have to talk about it when we can talk about anything else in this world." Maranda shook her head as she countered, "Besides, you are not suffering from a serious illness. Don't ever say that word to scare me again, okay?"

"Okay, I know." By hearing Maranda's warm-hearted words and her concerned tone, Jean felt a trace of warmth in her ice-cold heart and a sisterly affection towards her.

A light smile appeared on John's face as he saw the moving scene of Maranda cheering Jean up. With that, tension was eased between them.

"Okay, John. Jean is now settled. She is fine with me. You can be reassured and can leave for work now." As Maranda saw that Jean had calmed down, she hastened to urge John to leave.

"Maranda, you can go with John too! I'm feeling good now. I can walk, move and eat a lot by myself. You guys are free to go. And I can also take a good rest after you leave. I am feeling sleepy." Jean intentionally said in a bothered tone.