Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 420

"Although we don't know exactly what is going on, Joy is sure to have told the kidnappers your actions and intentions." Zed let out a sigh.

He was a little worried as things were turning out to be more complicated than he had expected.

No matter what tricks they tried to play, it was all in vain and they were failing again and again.

"Jean, have you called the police?" Moore asked in a concerned tone.

"No! Not yet." Jean shook her head and explained,"Joy kept saying that we couldn't call the police because if we did, the kidnappers would kill Shirley at once. There was no way we could do that!"

"Then I think you'd better call the police now!" Moore sincerely advised them. "There's still time, Jean. I think you'll be able to come up with a workable plan if you discuss the matter with the police. I don't think you should endanger your life directly."

Jean stole a glance at Moore. From his tone, she could feel that he was implying something behind his advice.

Did he understand her true intentions?

She hadn't called the police as she hadn't wanted them to get involved. It would have compromised her chances of finding out the details behind Winner's death and she didn't want that to happen.

"I also think it's time we call the police, Jean."

Zed echoed Moore's words.

Jean turned around and looked at her husband with an astonished look. He held her hands and tried to explain,"Jean, things have blown way out of proportion. We are out of our depth and matters are out of our control. Things are more dangerous than ever before. I don't think we can trust anyone, not even Joy. And Jean, I can't let you risk your life. Please listen to me. Call the police because I won't allow you to go to the exchange tonight!"

"All right. Whatever you say. Let's call the police." Jean sighed when she heard that Zed wasn't going to let her go to the exchange. She agreed reluctantly with a nod to her husband.

Zed let out a sigh of relief on hearing that her wife had agreed to involve the cops now

and looked at Moore in gratitude. If it weren't for that man, Jean would never have agreed to involve the authorities and would have gone on with her plan no matter how much danger it threw her way.

Zed got up to call the police while Jean asked Moore with a frown,"Moore, do you really think that Joy doesn't care even a single bit about Shirley's life?"

There was a deep look hidden behind Moore's eyes as he glanced at Jean and replied thoughtfully,"I don't know Jean, but I guess we'll find out tonight. So you should not worry about it any more. The cops are going to be here any minute now. Have you figured out what are you goling to tell them?"

"I'll think about it," Jean replied and immediately went into some deep thoughts, evidently planning something.

Seeing that, Moore let out a silent sigh. 'Jean, you are such a kind and optimistic personality. Otherwise

you would have easily understood the entire operation is a big farce filled with such enormous loopholes.'

Zed finished the call and returned. He noticed that Jean was lost in thought as he walked to Moore and thanked him graciously. "Thank you."

"What are you thanking me for? And by the way, I'm really curious. Why didn't you tell Jean everything? I believe you'd figured everything out much earlier," Moore asked Zed with curiosity written all over his face.

"I have been suspicious of Joy since last night." Zed put on a bitter smile and continued,"But I didn't want Jean to get disappointed. She believes so much in humanity and I didn't want her to lose that trust. Besides, I hadn't planned on leaving her alone, or even letting her go alone. I would have made sure that she stayed under my protection all the time. She'll find out everything in the end by herself, and I think that would be much better for her than hearing it from me."

"You are not protecting her actually. What you did might have put her in danger. I understand that you wanted Jean to lose all hope of the Wen family. But you know Jean and her heart. Things wouldn't even have ended up like this if she hadn't been so kind!"

"I thought too much about the matter which resulted in my hesitation." Zed put on a soft smile.

Moore sighed and continued,"In any case, your intentions were good. Nobody could have known what was going to happen and nobody can prophesize what's going to happen before it actually does! One can only guess and whether or not it turns out to be true remains to be seen."