Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 371

Why did Benjamin, Dan and Jesse suddenly go to a restaurant near her company? And why did they also want to have lunch with her?

There was something fishy going on. Jean felt it and knew this was not so simple as it looked. She looked at Jesse with a piercing gaze.

The thought at the back of Jean's mind was one, 'Could it be Jesse who went behind me? But it's impossible for her to do so.

I came back from the Wen Group today. Zed didn't know about this, let alone Jesse.

It's quite odd.'

Feeling Jean's fixatedly staring at her, Jesse shot back a challenging look at her.

Her jaw tightened as Jean frowned about this. Then a faint realization came to Jean.

This was all very puzzling, still. 'How did she know I haven't been at my company today?'

"Grandpa, I'm sorry." At this moment, her confusion didn't matter. She had to comfort Benjamin first.

Or her peaceful life would come to an end.

"You're sorry?" As soon as Jean admitted her fault, Benjamin grew angrier and gave her a black look. He sternly asked,"Tell me honestly, Jean. What have you done all day?"

Getting asked by Benjamin made Jean feel sick in the stomach. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

She couldn't mention anything about Wen Group.

She had hidden this thing from Zed, so there was no way that she could tell them anything about it.

But how should she reply without annoying grandpa?

Seeing that Jean was hesitating, Benjamin angrily said,"Don't tell me you went to the hospital today. You were already there yesterday."

Jean had no choice but to think on her feet.

So she lowered her head and guiltily replied,"Grandpa, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't keep this a secret. But I didn't know how to say it. I'm afraid that you'll be even angrier after I tell you what I've done today."

Benjamin frowned after he saw that Jean was full of remorse, and he asked,"What on earth have you done today?"

Jean raised her head just an inch and said, afraid,"I did go to the hospital today."

Benjamin exclaimed at once,"You went to the hospital again? To see your friend? What kind of friend is he? Why did you visit him two days in a row? Has he gotten worse? Or is there a dirty secret between you and him?"

Seeing that Benjamin had got the wrong idea, Jean explained with haste,"No, no, grandpa. I went to the hospital to visit my dad."

As she said so, she looked at Benjamin.

"What? Your dad is also in the hospital?" Benjamin frowned, looked at her with some suspicion and said,"If you went to the hospital for your dad, why were you afraid of telling me the truth just now?"

"Because..." Jean felt awkward and said weakly,"My dad has done something wrong before, and I'm in a feud with him because of it. He is very ill now. If not, I wouldn't go to see him. Even though he has wronged me before, he is still my father. However, I didn't tell Zed that I went to see my dad, because I was afraid that Zed might be unhappy. So I dared not tell it to you too."

Jean's explanation left Benjamin greatly puzzled. He mulled over all that Jean just said, trying to figure how truthful she was being to him. Again, he asked,"What has your dad done? Why do you hate him? He is Zed's father-in-law. And why didn't Zed go to the hospital to visit him?"

"He..." Jean flushed with embarrassment immediately.

Obviously, if she wanted Benjamin to believe in her explanation, she had to tell Benjamin the fact that her marriage with Zed was just a transaction.

But, she wondered whether the cost of telling the truth was too high.

This was a crucial moment for her and she had to save the situation somehow. Jean thought that she couldn't worry about that and honestly, there was no other choice.

To hide the fact that she had returned to the Wen Group, she had to trivialise the love between her and Zed, and tell grandpa the truth.

Jesse interrupted,"Grandpa, Zed hasn't told you why he married Jean because he was afraid that you might get angry after knowing the truth."