Chapter 374 My Little Girl Has Grown Up (2/2)

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...

was no longer that important to her. Still, pride overrode all emotions.

After all, Jean had become so strong because of the hardships she had faced.

But Zed was also responsible for exposing her to a major part of such hardships.

Zed didn't know whether he should be angry or happy about this change.

Shaking his head in helplessness, he again looked deep into her eyes to see how the woman he loved the most in the world had grown beyond recognition.

This realization brought its own set of disappointment as he suddenly felt alienated from Jean. He felt that perhaps they were not as intimate as before.

”What are you thinking about?” Jean finally threw this question at him, as she was expecting him to say something to her. After a long wait, she wondered what was behind that silence.

”When I look at you, I am amazed at how my little girl has grown up.” Zed exhaled deeply, trying to get a handle on his feeling of being forlorn.

Initially confused at Zed's words, Jean took sometime to realize what Zed had just said. When she concluded that in a way this was a compliment, she smiled shyly at him.

'Is Zed praising me? Does he agree with how I deal with the businesses of the Wen Group?' thought Jean.

She felt warm and happy as she turned over this thought in her head. Overwhelmed, she tiptoed and leaned against him to kiss him on the cheek.

”That's all your credit. Without you, I couldn't have changed so much and become so strong,” Jean whispered close to his ears.

Zed was pleasantly surprised at the unexpected kiss. Her sudden show of affection nullified all doubts within him.

At that moment, his disappointment turned into a bright happiness.

'How could I think that we are not as intimate as before? How could I have had a sense of detachment?' Zed thought to himself.