Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 382

Zed hurriedly rushed out after Jean had ran off, and before long, he saw her figure running outside of the house.

With anxiety building inside of him, he quickened his pace with all his might, trying to catch up after her and explain to her what really happened.

"Jean!" He shouted as he kept running after her. He was already losing his breath, but the adrenaline rush kept him going. When he noticed that Jean was about to cross the road, his eyes widened at the thought that anytime then a car might pass by and place her in danger. "Jean, stop! Please, listen to me! I beg you! It's not what you think it was! Please, let me explain. Jean!"

However, Jean didn't seem to hear him and continued to madly run away from him without even looking back.

Realizing that his desperate screams might irritate Jean more, Zed decided to shut his mouth and placed all his energy towards accelerating, hoping to catch up with her in the shortest distance.

'Ten meters…' he estimated, motivating himself to run faster. 'Eight meters… Six meters…'

He was now getting closer and closer behind Jean that he could now hear her heavy footsteps on the concrete. Hearing Zed's footsteps drawing closer to her, Jean felt flustered. Her legs were already going to give up, and she knew that even though she kept running, Zed would finally catch up with her, so she stopped. She turned around and saw him running towards her. With a furious look, she shouted enough for him to hear,"Don't you come near me!"

Zed felt a pang of ache in his heart after he saw the look on Jean's face. She was looking at him with disappointment, anger, and sadness all visible in her eyes. Afraid that she might do something irrational, he obeyed and stopped just a few more steps in front of her.

Panting, he cried out to her. "Okay, I'm stopping, but please, let me explain, Jean. I, too, was really surprised about what Jesse did. I didn't know …"

Before he could finish his sentence, Jean interrupted him with conviction. "Stop explaining, Zed! It's no use. We have nothing to talk about." Tears started to fill her eyes as she was now facing him. She felt so heartbroken, and in a desperate voice, she cried,"I trusted you a lot of times, but what happened? You took advantage of the chances I have given you, and used them to let me down again and again. I decided not to trust in you anymore, and I even regretted forgiving you the first time after seeing you sleep together."

Jean felt really downhearted. She couldn't believe that he could still do this to her after all that had happened between them. She truly thought that he loved her to the point that she was the only one he was going to treat intimately.

"Am I so treacherous in your heart, Jean?" Zed scowled at her for mentioning what had happened deep in the past. He felt so helpless at that moment that he didn't know what to do to make her listen. Shaking his head, he continued to say,"You don't want to listen to my explanation, so what should I do to make you believe in me again?"

Jean shook her head, as she felt her tears flow endlessly down her cheeks. "Your efforts would be futile now. Regardless of whatever you do or say, nothing would bring back my trust for you anymore." Closing her eyes, she kept shaking her head as she said those words, hoping that she could erase the awful scene that she had just witnessed a few minutes ago. However, her efforts could not prevail for it kept popping in her mind, making her feel worse than she already was. Since she realized that she would never forget it, she concluded that she would never believe in Zed anymore.

Jean's expression and resolute tone made Zed so apprehensive that he couldn't wait to walk towards her and wipe her tears away. Wondering why he didn't respond, Jean opened her eyes to see him about to walk towards her so she raised a hand against him, gesturing for him to stop. In a firm voice, she threatened him. "Don't you ever come over, or I will bang my head against that wall!"

Zed turned to the wall that Jean was referring to. They were surrounded by extravagant villas and each were enclosed by high walls made of different types of premium materials.

Jean was pointing to a wall made of marble, making Zed turn to look at her as if she was insane.

Feeling a sharp pain in his heart once more, Zed closed his eyes, sighing, and in a distressed tone, he asked,"Jean, why are you doing this? Does it make you feel better torturing me with your threat?"

Jean glared at him, piercing his sorry eyes, and sneered. "Feel better?" She pointed an index finger towards him. "You are the one who messed this all up! Honestly, I don't even know why I bother to waste time talking to you. Just let me go, and go back to your childhood sweetheart, so both of you can continue whatever you two have already started!"

After saying that with furious hand gestures, Jean turned around and continued to run away from him without hesitation.

Zed felt like he got stabbed straight into the heart by a dull knife with each word that Jean had said. Coming back to his senses after seeing her figure running away from him, he shook all his pain away and replaced it with determination. A voice inside of him reminded him to not give up, and that whatever it took, he must not let her go. Not now, not ever. Or else, the misunderstanding between them would grow worse and more serious like a wound left untreated. He couldn't let this reach the point where the damage would go beyond repair.

With these thoughts in mind fueling him to run quicker, Zed continued to follow her track, thinking about ways on how to stop her and prayed that she would have an open mind, so that the misunderstanding between them would be cleared.

Meanwhile, Jean could feel Zed catching up behind her, so she panicked and quickened her pace, running with all the energy she had within her.

She tried to ignore the fact that her stamina was slowly failing her, but she wasn't going to give up just yet. 'But then again, how could a weak woman like me outrun a strong man like Zed?'

she thought. Moreover, Zed was determined to catch up after her, and he certainly had placed all his energy and strength in his pursuit of Jean.