"Zed, am I planting my feet on the wrong side of the fence?" asked Jean looking up at Zed.
"Well..." Zed frowned and sighed. "Juan appears to be a frivolous and carefree man, but it's just a cover. As far as I know, their engagement is really bothering him."
"But I can't understand it. Even though he doesn't love Tina, she can help him to advance his career. Why is he still unwilling to accept her?" asked Jean looking puzzled.
"Just think about it, honey. If we would like to buy something, it would be impossible for the salesman to force us to buy anything that we didn't like, right? We buy what we want with our own free will. Let alone a marriage. Juan values his freedom. Unlike many guys from rich family who enjoy the company of call girls, he is an exception and he is very fastidious about having a relationship with women."
"Really? He told me today that he had ever had feelings for some girls but Tina ruined it every time," Jean interrupted.
"Really?" Zed asked in surprise. Then he said, "Did he really say that?"
"Yeah!" Jean nodded. "Do you think that he was lying?"
"I'm not sure. But if you want to know for certain, then ask Tina herself," said Zed smiling at her. "Jean, don't give it too much thought right now. Also, don't be in too much of a hurry to help Tina. It's not that I am sticking up for Juan, but I think if you really want to help them, you'd better find out the truth first and hear both sides of the story,"
consoled Zed with a serious look on his face.
"Okay, I see," replied Jean, with a look of assent, and then she smiled at Zed.
'I agree with Zed. I should first find out the full story before I come to any conclusions.
Perhaps there is more to it than meets the eye, ' thought Jean.
After Jean had the conversation with Zed, she was looking forward to Tina's arrival.
Earlier in the day, Jean was a little anxious because of Juan and then Joy had left them all which made her even more upset.
But it was all beyond her control and she had to accept everything for what it was.
Besides, Tina would be arriving soon and it wouldn't b
"Do you know what you did wrong? It's alright if you just wanted to own me. But you should not have helped Molly leave me!"
When Brian learns the truth, there is no chance for Hannah to win his heart.
Molly, who wants to run away from Brian, seems to be the only one to blame for Hannah's misfortune...
oman in the car with them and without turning back, she knew without a doubt that it was Tina.
Jean now realized why Juan was winking so hard at her.
'But, since it is Tina, why is she sitting in the backseat and not the front next to Juan?' she wondered.
Jean turned back to look at Tina and gave her an awkward smile and greeted her in English, "Hi, how are you? Welcome to China, Tina."
"Hello, Jean. It's nice to meet you,"
Tina replied with a big smile on her face speaking in fluent Chinese.
"You can speak Chinese! And I think you speak Chinese much better than Juan," said Jean, surprised. She was so impressed with her. "Tina, you are so beautiful. Your smile is like a blossom flower in the sun."
Upon hearing Jean's compliments to Tina, Juan rolled his eyes again and again.
'Tina was carefully selected by my family. She is one in a thousand. There would be no doubt that she would be very beautiful, ' Juan thought.
"Jean, you are very beautiful too," Tina replied politely. "Juan has told me a lot about you, and I was hoping to meet you much earlier. In fact, I was supposed to come here with him but I had something else to do at that time. I felt very sorry for that. But never mind, I finally get the chance to meet you today. I am really very happy about that. I have a gift for you. I hope you like it."
Tina handed Jean a small box with shiny purple packaging.