Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 558

As she looked at her phone, Jean found out that it was a phone call from Avery. She excitedly pressed the answer key, but answered it in a composed and stern tone, pretending as if she didn't know who called her. "Hello? This is Jean speaking. Who is that?"

"Hey, Jean. This is Avery," replied Avery in a very low voice. There was reluctance in Jean's tone, so she cleared her throat and continued, "I have thought about it and realized that I want to make a choice without regretting it. Didn't you ask me if I want to stay in this country? I need your help, Jean. What do I need to do? How can I stay here?"

Jean's eyes immediately turned wide and gleamed upon hearing Avery's question.

"Well, it's easy. You take a cold shower instead of a hot shower," Jean replied and giggled, as she was very glad to know that Avery had finally decided to stay.

Avery's eyes furrowed in confusion. "Why? Wait. Do you want me to catch a cold so that I can continue staying in hospital?" Avery was so clever that she immediately understood what Jean meant.

"Bingo!" Jean burst into fits of giggles as soon as she said that. "You got it right!"

As she was immersed and excited on her phone call, Jean forgot that Zed and Moore were still beside her, listening to her. She didn't expect that her words had caused both men's ghastly facial expressions. She shrugged them away and turned towards the window, smiling.

"But, Adolf can see through such tricks very easily," said Avery with great anxiety and hesitation.

"You don't have to worry whether or not he could see through our tricks. What matters is that you want to stay, so your foremost task is to overcome your fear of him. Understood?"

Jean reminded with conviction on her tone.

"I think you misunderstood. I don't fear him," Avery said with a wry smile, and then added, "It's just because I respect him. Without his help, I shouldn't have achieved such a successful career. Anyway, I know now what I should do, so I apologize for bothering you!"

"Hmm. Well then, take care of yourself. Do remember not to take the cold shower too long, or else you would suffer from pneumonia. That would make matters really worse if that happens," Jean exhorted, sounding more and more mature at that very moment. Moore and Zed exchanged glances in the rear view mirror.

"Okay, noted! Bye, Jean, and thank you."

"Bye, Avery."

Jean's joy was still very noticeable on her face when she hung the phone up. Only then did she find that the atmosphere inside the car was a little gloomy and ice cold. Her smile was replaced by a frown.

She couldn't help but look at both Zed and Moore. As she had expected, both of them pulled a very long face. At the sight of that, she asked immediately, "What's wrong? Why are you two staring at me like that?"

She asked even though she knew the reason why they were staring that way.

"Jean, I thought you came up with good ideas, but what you just offered to Avery just now was a bad idea. You know very well that Avery is not a common person. If she gets seriously ill, Adolf will become anxious, and once he finds out you secretly instigated Avery to do that, he could sue you and throw you in prison,"

Zed rebuked Jean in frustration and with worry.

Stunned, Jean's face suddenly dropped upon hearing Zed's words. "Is it that serious?" She asked in disbelief. When Zed just sighed in frustration, she switched her gaze to Moore, who sat on the back seat.

Seeing that Jean was looking at him as if waiting for him to answer her question, Moore could do nothing but nod in agreement and say, "Yes, it is as serious as Zed has said. When I was in Chicago, I heard that Adolf is well-known for his ruthlessness, not only in local areas, but also around the world. You'd better not get into his bad side, or else you will really come to a bad end."

"You..." Leaning back in her seat, Jean closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She felt a headache slowly creeping into her head upon hearing those two men's intimidation. At last, she opened her eyes and groaned, "Do we really have to turn a deaf ear to Avery's cry for help? As you saw a while ago, it was Avery calling me for help."

"Avery made that phone call to you because you provoked her." Zed sighed in defeat as soon as Jean retorted. Soon after that, he continued, "Naturally, I would have supported you if you had a good idea in mind. But from now on, please, Jean, refrain from offering a bad idea like that!"

As soon as Zed had said that, Jean's eyes gleamed once more as she understood what Zed meant. "So, does that mean you forgive me, Zed?"

Since both of them didn't stop her when she suggested Avery what to do to prolong her stay, it seemed that the two of them had reluctantly agreed to her idea despite the risk Jean was taking.

This thought made Jean a little happier.

"Just, don't do something like that again next time," Zed warned Jean, giving her a quick disguised angry stare before returning his gaze towards the road.

"I promise." After making the promise to Zed, Jean beamed with pleasure, looking out into her side of the window and thinking of step two.