Jean and Arthur followed the ambulance to the hospital. On the way, Jean had been feeling down. She felt worn out because of the conflicts between Harold and her.
Although Emelia and Nina had also been faced with troubles from the elders when they got married, most of the troubles came from their mother-in-law. However, hers were from her father.
It was heartbreaking.
When they arrived at the hospital, Harold's attending doctor was delighted to see Arthur. While Arthur was discussing Harold's heart problem with the doctors, Jean waited outside the ward alone.
She didn't want to walk in, in case Harold might argue with her again when he woke up.
She had been in a bad mood when Judith called to slander her.
"Jean Hilgard, you vicious bitch! You dragged Arthur to the City Hall and got married to him? You shameless woman!" Judith shouted at her on the phone.
Jean frowned. Where did Judith get the news?
Had the staff at the City Hall been spreading the news?
Or maybe it was Mario who told her?
If it was really him, she had no good impression of him now.
She had clearly told Mario that there stood no chance between him and her. He seemed to have accepted the fact, but he had been secretly making troubles for them. What was this?
He was a cunning and sly man!
However, Jean had no time to think about Mario now. She had to handle Judith first.
She asked Judith in a calm tone, "We love each other, so we got married. How did it make me a shamed woman?"
"You are a shameless woman!" Judith shouted.
"You got married to him right after I fell in love with him! You did it on purpose! You scheming bitch, Jean. You looked quiet and innocent on the surface, now it seemed it was all your disguise!"
Judith scolded Jean.
At noon, Marco, Judith's father, and the mayor asked Arthur out for lunch and was humiliated. He had been in a bad mood since, therefore, when Judith asked him about Arthur, she was scolded by Marco, who later told her to give up on Arthur.
Pissed, Judith cried for a long time until she got news from a friend, saying that Arthur and Jean had gotten married this afternoon. She was furious.
If Arthur and Jean were simply dating, she could steal Arthur from Jean, although she might be called a bitch.
But now that they had gotten married, if she got between them, she would be called a mistress or a husband-stealer. How could she not be angry?
Hearing Judith's words, Jean arched her eyebrows. She hadn't thought that her marriage with Arthur could be interpreted as her declaring Arthur as hers so that women like Judith wouldn't stand a chance.
But in fact, she did this only to get back at Harold.
"If you are willing to think about it that way, be my guest," Jean thought for a while and replied to Judith.
Normally, such words should come out of a man's mouth.
"You shameless bitch!" Judith was outraged by Jean's indifferent attitude.
If she could make Jean mad, she would feel better. At least she could ruin Jean's day. However, Jean wasn't angry at all, which only made her feel worse.
But it made sense. Jean was a psychiatrist, how could she not know what Judith was thinking?
Jean replied, "I am shameless. I was trying to keep him all to myself. What are you going to do about it?"
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