Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 345

It was a pity that Jesse had left so early and had missed the splendid grand finale of her own show.

Jean had been really looking forward to the contortions her face would have gone through when she would have seen her grand plan fall like a stack of cards.

As they walked out of the hall and bid farewell to each other, Jean and Maranda, two best friends were wearing sparkling broad smiles on their faces. "Thank you so much, Maranda! You've helped me a lot!" Jean thanked Maranda.

"I am really glad that the whole truth came out at last!" Maranda beamed with a wide smile and hugged Jean tightly. "I can't tell you how worried I am after that video scandal came to light. I was so overwhelmed with shame after that. If I had not asked you to go with me, you wouldn't have gotten into trouble.

"Silly girl, you are not to blame! Stop blaming yourself! Even so, they would look for other chances to set me up." Jean rebuked her fondly, giving her a comforting smile.

"But I felt so bad, especially after I came to know that you and Zed..." Maranda suddenly cheered up and smiled. "Now the sun shines again and the sky is clear. It's really great to see you two reconcile."

"Maranda..." Feeling touched by her words, Jean sighed in pleasure. "Thank you for being with me always. And you guys too," Jean turned her head towards Ron and Calvin, sincerely expressing her gratitude.

"I don't know what if I could have done this without you guys."

"Don't shower us with all these formalities. We're all your friends and it is our duty to stand by you." Ron immediately replied, while Calvin merely smiled as he glanced at Jean.

His silence was intriguing Jean. For some reason, he had been silent the whole night and Jean couldn't help giving him another glance out of curiosity. She then remembered when they had met for the first time, he hadn't talked much, either. 'Perhaps he was born a man of few words, ' Jean thought and, satisfied with this explanation, smiled at him.

After she had waved goodbye to her friends and seen their cars drive away, Jean came back to the present moment and heaved a slight sigh. Her smile surprisingly turned sour and a grave expression appeared on her face.

Zed opened the car door, asking her to get in and then sat on the driver's seat. Noticing the gloomy face she had suddenly put on, he got concerned. "What's up?" He asked. "Did you want to spend some more time with your friends?"

"No." Jean shook her head and looked ahead with dull eyes. "Zed, don't you find it strange that Ethan and Shirley showed up at the party together? The party was held by Sonny who was acting on Grandpa's orders. But neither Grandpa nor Sonny would have invited Ethan and Shirley. Why did they come?"

A shadow of doubt passed over Zed's face. He didn't reply before he had pondered for a while. "Who sent you that text message when you were talking to Ethan?"

"A strange number." Saying that, Jean showed Zed the number on her phone.

Zed took a glance at the long string of numbers and speculated," It seems that some one wanted to help us secretly. Who can it be? It must have been someone who knew their plan all along. He or she planned for both the ex-es of Ethan and could have asked Sheryl to appear as a witness. We all know that a mere verbal statement is no guarantee and those pictures were unconvincing because Ethan easily denied their veracity.

Only Sheryl's appearance was the most convincing proof which proved a deadly blow. So, I suppose Ethan hadn't expected it. He attempted to attack you in the end because he knew that his plan had failed. He was ashamed and tried to vent all his anger on you."

"That was really dangerous! Thanks to John..." Her heart was still fluttering with fear, but Jean felt very lucky right now thinking about John.

Zed became silent and a complicated look flashed on his face.

Jean was sharp and immediately noticed the strange expression. In a concerned tone, she asked," What's the matter?"

"Does John... like you, Jean?" It took some time before Zed finally spit out his doubt. His displeasure could be clearly seen on his face.

Jean was dumb-struck. She raised her eyebrows, feeling speechless.

How narrow-minded this man was! He was jealous once again!