"Look Zed! This might work well with other people you've met in your life, but not everyone likes to be kept in the dark and live with lies. Now I don't know how you feel for that girl, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that almost everyone around you can clearly see how and how much she feels for you. For God's sake Zed, she admitted to my face that she loved you!"
"No... Jean, stop pulling my leg..." Zed shook his head heavily. He clearly couldn't or didn't want to believe what Jean was saying as was evident from the doubts that shrouded his face. "How can she be in love with me? How is that even possible? You must have mistaken her words."
Hearing that, Jean even felt somewhat sorry for him because of his blunt refusal.
She thought to herself, 'Why is he so afraid to face the truth that Jesse loves him? Why does he keep dodging it?
If he accepts his feelings for that wretched woman, denies me his love, and tells me that he is sorry he kept me in the dark, then also I'll be in much better shape than I am in now!'
Disappointed, she looked at Zed who was clearly panicking, and told him in her sad yet cold voice,"Zed, I am going to give you some time to think clearly about your real feeling for her. You'll also be able to understand how she feels about you. I will give you three days. And after that, I want to hear your answer. Then and only then can we make a final decision about our future life."
Jean couldn't stand this sorrowful game of lies anymore. She had been tolerant enough about almost everything in the past only because she cared so much about Zed and their marriage.
But she wasn't going to let Jesse hurt her again and again.
Jean made up her mind and thought, 'No, I will never give her another opportunity to hurt me anymore. I have been so silly in the past but now, I have to live a different life and be strong.'
"No..." Zed raised his head with a great flurry. He looked at Jean in a loving sort of way and hurriedly told her,"Jean, please don't leave me. You don't have to dump me like this. You don't even have to wait for any amount of time to understand my feelings. I don't care what Jesse feels about me. I love you and you only. You're the only person I want in my life."
Jean looked up into his eyes and noticed that he was still quite flurried. From her eyes, it was clear that she felt sorry and pitiful for him.
In the H City, many people considered Zed to be the famous and indifferent Mr. Qi. However, they didn't know that he was as naive and ignorant as a child when dealing with matters of the heart.
"I have already decided that I am going away for three days so that we can deal with our own matters and think about our relationship. And so I shall do!" Jean declared as she stared at him with a serious look. Then she added,"I will also contemplate whether it is necessary for us to maintain our marriage or not. Look Zed. I will be honest with you. I am tired. I am tired of all these things. If you really do love me, then respect my wishes."
As Jean finished her words, she looked at him imploringly.
Zed's lips were about to move as if he had something to say. However, when he noticed the imploration in her big and liquid eyes, his heart tore into pieces at once and he couldn't bring himself to deny her request.
"Ok...fine..." He replied in a choked voice. A few seconds later, he calmed down and continued,"Give me three days and I will put everything right. I promise you Jean, I will bring you back home."
Zed stared at her with a rather firm look.
Jean shook her head and uttered in explanation,"Zed, I want you to respect me, Ok? If after three days' thinking I don't want to maintain our marriage, I hope you can..."
"Please stop thinking about that..." Without waiting for Jean to even finish her words, Zed lost all control and screamed,"Jean, you want to live alone for three days and I promise you that. But you shouldn't think about anything beyond that now!"
Zed finished his words, and turned around to leave in fury.
Jean let out a long and heavy sigh in her heart. She was well aware of his incontrollable temper.
"Then I have one last request," Jean asked his back.
Zed turned around to look at her, gnashed his teeth and said impatiently,"Don't you think it is better for you to leave before I go back on my words? Jean, aren't you asking too much of me?"
Hearing his angry words, Jean smiled bitterly. She had been rather confident while making that one more request. However, as she saw his angry face, she no longer felt that confident and was even a little afraid to continue.
"Call off your man from me. I want to keep myself alone for three days and I don't want anyone to bother me,"
she requested with a serious look on her face.
"No..." Zed refused her request directly, without stopping to think. He said,"I told you that I will give you three days to be alone and that is the most I can promise you. If you, however, don't want to be alone, I have no qualms about bringing you back!"
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