Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 285

By the time they reached the hospital, they both were completely out of breath. Too tired to say anything and still worried, Moore looked at Jean. An agonised expression clouded his face but he couldn't speak anything.

"What happened?" Jean was panting and puffing, trying to catch her breath.

"I...actually, ...I saw several suspicious men following us. I think I heard someone say your name..." Moore told Jean this while he himself tried to catch his breath.

"What do you mean? How is that even possible? Are you sure it wasn't your mind playing tricks on you out of fear? And even if you are right, think logically - why would they follow us? What would they want to do to us? I don't think they want to hurt me or kill me. I haven't done anything worth being hunted for. No stealing or robbing..."

But before Jean could continue, Moore intervened.

"What if they were people who were upset with Zed or whom Zed had offended? What if these people that Zed had offended in the past want revenge from him? And what if they take it out on you and kidnap you instead? They must have done this to put the Qi Group in trouble." Moore's face hardened, a deep frown on his forehead.

"If they wanted to kill me or hurt me, they'd have done so. But they were just following us. What does that mean?" Initially anxious, Jean suddenly thought of something and a smile appeared on her lips. She looked at Moore.

"I think I know why! Just the video isn't enough evidence to bring down Zed's company. They need something concrete. So until the wirepuller is found and until the Qi group is besieged, they are sure to attack you - even for the second time.And what do you think they will do, to your paralysed body lying contorted? The scarier part in fact is that we don't even know whether they will take your life or do something more unthinkable to you." Moore said this with a lot of seriousness but he was aware this might scare her. So he was gentle and comforting.

"You're behaving like Toby, Moore! Just like Toby, you also like to go to the root of the issue. What does that even mean? Did you say that on purpose?" Jean didn't know how to answer that. It suddenly made her strangely uncomfortable.

"If what I am saying is sounding like a threat to you, then I'd like to say it much more strongly. I hope it is going to make you more cautious," said Moore. He continued," Jean, understand that men like Toby never say things without meaning them. If he has asked you to be careful, that means you are indeed in danger. Don't take it lightly. Keeping that in mind, and just don't leave the hospital alone even once. I will follow you everywhere, and let me protect you." Moore was dead serious when he said all this. And he meant every word of it.

"Oh my god, Moore. Are you alright? What has gotten into you?" A few moments passed and Jean frowned. She didn't like all the tension between them right now. So she said," Look Moore, I get what you are saying. I am not taking anything lightly. But I just feel that if he has said I'm in danger, then I'm just worried about how safe am I here, in the hospital? What is the guarantee that nothing will happen here?"

Moore heard her out and pondered over what she had just said. He took several minutes to respond to that," Jean, in my opinion, Zed hasn't given up on you completely. Maybe he's out there looking for you. Here, in the hospital, there is a possibility that you are protected by him."

Jean was puzzled. "What are you talking about?" she said. She was now trembling, at the very thought of what Moore had just said.

On thinking harder about what had just transpired, Jean began to see sense in it. After all, didn't Moore's surgeon Eilan have anything to do with this case? And he wasn't just the surgeon here, he was also the director of the hospital.

What happened between them had proved to Jean that theirs wasn't a mere uncle-nephew relationship.

Jean couldn't understand. Had Zed secretly arranged for people to look after her in the hospital?

But then she saw sense and thought, 'He'd never do something like that. If that was true, why didn't he come see me?' She decided to halt her chain of thoughts because it had gotten too far.

With an tone of slight irritation in her voice, Jean said," Moore, stop thinking about all this." She shook her head in annoyance as she continued," I will take great care of myself and venture out of the hospital as little as possible. But you must never speak of Zed."

"But, I didn't..." Moore was about to give an explanation, but when he noticed Jean's straight and composed face, he smiled to himself bitterly at how hard she was trying to keep her emotions under control. She was forcing herself not to show any emotions at the mention of Zed.

She finally said," I'm tired. Let's just call it a day? I'll go and rest." Saying this, she simply got up and feebly waved to Moore as she walked to her ward.

Moore saw her departing figure and loudly sighed. He was thinking of a lot of things and his brain was fogged with worry and concerns. But he couldn't do anything about it. So he simply lowered his head and walked towards his ward.

Meanwhile, Jean was consumed in deep thought. She couldn't stop thinking about what Moore had said.

She had been waiting for Zed to show up at least once. But after all the waiting, he did not come. So Jean had given up all hope of seeing him at all.