Chapter 919 Exhaustion (1/2)

To Jean's disappointment, it seemed that Zed wasn't concerned about her.

They had been a couple for a long time now, so simply breaking up with Zed wasn't the answer, either.

Jean sat and watched as James pounded as hard as he could into the punching bag. With each blow, the veins on his neck and arms popped out on every impact with the bag. Jean couldn't work out if it was sweat or tears that poured down his cheeks now and then.

After resting for a while, she stood up to continue punching the bag, wanting to vent out all her inner discontent and anger.

When James noticed that she was also punching the bag so hard, he stopped to watch her with a faint smile on his face. ”You look skinny. I didn't expect that you could be so strong!”

Jean ignored his comment and kept on punching the bag in the boxing training ground with all her might. Two hours had passed when Jean had finally run out of energy. When they packed up and left the gym, it was already getting dark outside. With a gloomy face, Jean pulled out her mobile to check for any messages or missed calls from Zed. However, she was disappointed to find that there was still nothing from him.

”Can you tell me your name now?” James walked up to her and asked while wiping his sweat with a towel.

”Jean,” she replied. After looking around the surroundings for a moment, she asked, ”It seems like this street is a bit remote. How can I get back home? Is there a taxi nearby?”

”Taxi? Are you kidding? There won't be any taxis nearby. We'll have to walk back. Don't worry, I often take this road, and I'm sure that it's very safe here,” James said and led the way for Jean.

Jean did another quick scan and found that no taxi was passing by, so she immediately caught up to James.

As she walked, she intermittently glanced at her cell phone in fear of missing any of Zed's calls. Initially, she thought that she hadn't received any because her cell phone had a weak signal. However, after restarting her phone and then checking the bars to see if she had good reception, Jean found that she still had nothing from Zed.

”Stop looking at your phone. He won't call you today!” James spoke as if he could read her mind at a glance.

Jean knitted her eyebrows with discontent. ”Then tell me, when will he contact me?”

James pondered over the question for a while and then answered, ”He may send you a message and tell you that he won't be back home tonight. He might also say that he didn't finish his job or some

”You're my wife in name only, on paper only. My heart and love will never be yours.”