A Night with Her Cruel Mate

Chapter 34 Apologize

"You have a guest?" Nelson frowned. He originally thought that the media had fabricated a story about Terence and Jean. But now that she was here in his office, he began to suspect.

He wondered whether the news on Weibo was true.

Jean smiled at Nelson politely. She also came to Terence's office because of the news. She knew that he wouldn't check entertainment news, so it was necessary for her to tell him about it. And she had to clear her name of suspicion.

But she didn't expect Nelson to barge in.

"Why are you here?" Terence asked Nelson. He finally had time to talk to them after finishing part of his work. He frowned at Nelson and asked, "Didn't you say that you were so busy recently?"

"Yes, I am super busy, but I can't just sit still when the news about you is overwhelming on the Internet," Nelson said, annoyed. "What's wrong with you?"

"What do you mean?" Terence asked. As expected, he didn't know anything about it. He looked at Nelson in confusion, his face contorting into a frown. "What are you talking about? I'm not an actor."

"Well, I think you should ask this lady," Nelson snapped.

He glared at Jean.

Although it was the first time that he had seen Jean, he didn't like her. He felt like she was hiding something behind her innocent look.

Jean could feel the hostility radiating from Nelson's gaze, but she pretended not to notice. She looked at Terence with apologetic eyes and said, "Terence, I'm here today because I want to explain."

"What happened?" Terence's face hardened after realizing that something had happened.

"Do you still remember when I asked you to buy a birthday gift with me two days ago?" Jean gave him a bitter smile. "It was the day I went to buy you a pair of cuff links as a gift. I didn't know what was happening. It seemed that the press took pictures of us and spread them online. They said..."

Her head sank in embarrassment. She was too shy to say it out loud.

Upon hearing this, Terence understood that the media had probably assumed that Jean was his fiancee.

In today's society, the truth didn't seem to matter. What was more important was whether the news could attract more attention.

Over the years, the media had been curious about his love affairs. While they were still married, he and Julia were careful to avoid the media. But he had nothing to do with Julia, so why was it on the Internet?

He frowned and stared at Jean with his eagle-like eyes.

Jean was aware of Terence's suspicion. She lowered her head and apologized, "Terence, it's all my fault. If I hadn't invited you to go shopping with me, then this wouldn't have happened. I..."

Jean's apologetic expression immediately dispelled Terence's doubts.

It couldn't be her.

He couldn't help but give a wry grin. She was Jean, not the vicious Julia. How could she have done such a thing?

"It doesn't matter." Terence tenderly looked at Jean and folded his arms. "It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself."

"But I—" Although Jean was delighted to hear this, she didn't show how happy she was.

Before she could finish her words, Nelson interrupted her. "How did the media know you and Terence went shopping together? And the pictures were so clear. It was you who informed the media, wasn't it?

Nelson fixated his gaze on Jean as he approached her. He grabbed her wrist and demanded, "Tell me, who the hell are you? Why did you do that?"

Jean pretended to be flustered and stuttered, "I... I really don't know what happened. If I had known that the media would feast on this, then I wouldn't have invited him to go with me..."

As she spoke, she began to cry. If any man saw her, it would've broken their heart. But Nelson stood unmoving.

He really felt that this woman was hiding something.

"Alright, alright." Terence walked up and pulled Nelson away. He glared at his friend and hid Jean behind him.

He believed that Jean wasn't such a scheming person, so he instinctively protected her. He looked at his friend. "What are you doing? You're always so tender to women. Why are you so cruel to her?"

"I did it for you," Nelson said angrily. "Do you know that..."

He almost blurted out that Julia was in the hospital, but he stopped. He was so frustrated that he had forgotten what she had told him.

"Let me introduce you to each other." Terence smiled and turned to Nelson. "This is Jean Gu, she's my friend. This is Nelson Xu, a childhood friend of mine. We grew up together."

Terence patted Nelson on his shoulder and calmly said, "I believe the news has nothing to do with Jean. It's all my fault. I was so careless that I didn't notice that the paparazzi were around. Hence, the terrible situation."

"Terence!" Nelson didn't understand why Terence believed what Jean said. Did he really not doubt her at all?

"Apologize to her now!" Terence snapped, patting Nelson on the shoulder.

"No, no, no..." Jean waved her hands in disagreement. "It's my fault, and Mr. Xu cares about you a lot..."

"Why do you trust her so much?" After hesitating for a long time, Nelson finally dared to ask Terence what had been bothering him.

In response, Terence grinned. "I know that Jean's a good girl. I believe this has nothing to do with her." Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

Jean smiled, delighted that Terence trusted her.

However, Nelson's face darkened. He shook his head and glared at his friend. "Maybe if you trusted Julia more, then you wouldn't have ended up like this."

Upon hearing that, Jean and Terence looked uncomfortable

In a cold and menacing voice, Terence said, "Don't mention Julia in front of me."

Jean timidly looked at Nelson and asked, "You know my sister, Mr. Xu?"

"Your sister?" It was Nelson's turn to be stunned.