Chapter 558 Only Because Of Him (1/2)

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,

”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!”