Jean was back at home. Jenny was pacing back and forth in the living room. Her cell phone kept ringing, but she was too afraid to pick it up.She sat down on the settee and looked at Jean with a look on her face, as if she wanted to eat Jean alive.“You tell me, why didn’t you control yourself? As horrible as Patrick was, you didn’t have to cut off your nose to spite your face. I can help you fix Patrick and Selena. You didn’t have to ruin yourself for him.”Jean laughed self-deprecatingly. “I don’t want to be like that. I have had enough. I don’t want that.” She paused, her eyes reddening. “I don’t want to eat dirt like my mom. While those women are still enjoying a good life, my mom…” It was only then Jean showed the softer side of hers.She was only twenty-three.She wore no makeup. Hidden under her fair, delicate skin was uncompromising self-will.Jenny saw her face and softened her tone. She sat down next to her and gave her a hug. “Tell me, who is the man hurting you?”J
Jean arrived at Club Elegance. When she mentioned Anne’s name, someone brought her to the room.She was taken aback when she stepped into the room. Anne did not tell her on the phone that there would be so many people here.She did not like the way those men leered at her. It disgusted her, making her feel naked.“Oh, here is the superstar. Please come sit down here.”Anne quickly got up and brought Jean in front of Etan. “This is Etan. Etan Mann.”‘Etan Mann from the Mann family!’ Jean was surprised. She did not know that Anne’s boyfriend was Etan Mann, the eldest son of the Mann family.She had long heard about Etan Mann, a name synonymous with the rich and the powerful in this city.She now met him for the first time. Not that she had not seen men with such a good-looking face before—in fact, there were tons of such a man in show business. Yet her heart still fluttered involuntarily. She held out her hand to him. “Hello, I am Jean.”Her burgundy nails contrasted with the fai
Jason patted the woman’s legs, motioning her to go over.The woman stood up reluctantly, swaying her hips as she walked over.“Jean—”The woman was splashed with the wine mixed ice cubes in her face, and screamed.“You splashed me? How dare you!”The next second, Jean clutched the woman’s neck and pinned her on the table. “If your mom never taught you any manners, let me do that on her behalf!”The woman struggled to breathe. “L-Let me go—”Jean pressed against her legs and looked at those stunned faces around her with a smirk. “Who else wants to learn? Join her. I promise you will learn something.”The woman’s face reddened; she was struggling to breathe. The other women saw what happened, and no one dared to make a sound.Anne quickly intervened. “Let her go, Jean. She is dying.”Jean did not seem to hear Anne. She had a smile on her face, but it felt cold and dangerous, yet alluring.A fire was burning in her eyes, and she looked tantalizing.She was poisonous and too se
Jean looked frivolous as if she was an actual slut. Despite that, her eyes were lustrous and incredibly beautiful.The more she behaved this way, the more aroused Jason was.“Can I jump the queue?” Jason asked.She blew a ring of smoke at his face. The smoke dispersed upon hitting him and left behind the smell of nicotine.“I am afraid not.”She chuckled into Jason’s ears. “Hey, boy. If you want me, you have got to follow my rules.”She knew that it was pointless to say anything else as they all would still see her as a shameless, mean woman who would do anything, anyway.They looked down on her but coveted her body.They thought they could trample on her dignity wantonly with the power in their hands.But she would not waste her time to explain, as they were not worthy of her time.She might as well tell them directly, ‘Yeah, I am the kind of woman you all are talking about. But you all will never get me.’As for fame, she couldn’t care less about it. She was in her worst m
Jean fell back on the settee. She put her hand to her throat and coughed violently, with traces of tears in her eyes.She tried to get up from the settee. But her vision went dark, and her body tumbled forward.Just as she thought she would hit the floor, she fell into a wall of muscles.A hand grabbed her arm and pulled her up with ease.She looked up and saw Etan’s unconcerned face. “Thank you,” she said.She tried to pull away, but his grip on her was too strong.Anne gritted her teeth. She was jealous of Jean. Was Etan not fastidious? So how come he touched Jean while was apathetic toward her, no matter what she did to please him? He even frowned at her whenever she tried to get close to him. Yet, he allowed himself to touch Jean.“What perfume do you use?” Etan asked.That was quite a personal question.While his face remained expressionless, he stared at Jean with a burning desire in his eyes.He smelled a scent on Jean—the familiar scent that made his heart flutter.T
“It was my fault. I shouldn’t have asked you to come. But now you have got Jason’s attention. I am afraid that from now on…” Anne shook her head with a sigh, “I am sorry. I didn’t know they would behave like this. Had I known it earlier, I wouldn’t have—”“Did you really have no idea, or did you just want to use me to please your boyfriend’s friends?” Jean interrupted her.Anne looked at her in disbelief, her mouth agape.The next second, tears flowed down her cheeks, as if not Jean, but she was the victim.“How can you say that? I thought you knew me well?” Anne said.Jean said nothing but just looked her in the eyes.She was unsure if it was her or the alcohol. She could not see the slightest guilt in Anne’s eyes.But her stare unnerved Anne.“I know you are angry. What happened today is hard for you. I don’t blame you. We will talk about it later when you calm down.”Anne covered her face and left as if she was sad. But she knew she was just running away.Jean let the fauc
Jean gave a sarcastic smile. “Self-respect? Heck! Doesn’t a man like you love to see an easy woman like me? Whatever I do, you will still see my self-respect as pretension.”Etan’s tall figure completely overshadowed her. She looked petite in comparison.But she was special, as if a natural contradictory complex—bewitching yet restrained, and graceful yet cold.Men are inherently eager to conquer such a woman, but few of them could remain a gentleman in front of such a woman.“In case you forgot, it was I who saved you just now. Shouldn’t you be thankful to me?”“Be thankful to you? Do you think I’m so stupid that I know nothing, Mr. Mann? I thought you enjoyed watching me being bullied just now?” She sneered.He watched and did not intervene while others bullied her.It was not until Jason was about to rape her in front of everyone he intervened. But that was only because he did not want trouble for himself.This man was the most cold-blooded and horrible human on the planet.
Anne was anxious when she returned and did not see Etan in the roomThe thought of Etan bumping into Jean unsettled her.She breathed a sigh of relief when he finally returned.As Etan sat down, she moved closer to him with an apologetic look. "I am sorry, Etan. It was my fault. Please don't blame Jean—she just has a bad temper, a little spoiled being surrounded by guys. Otherwise, she is really nice."So the underlying message was, Jean was an easy woman, while she was a well-mannered, fine lady."I know." Etan gave a perfunctory reply. His phone vibrated in his hand. He took a look and got to his feet."I have something on. Someone will send you back later."Anne saw the impatience in his eyes. She quietly gritted her teeth, but maintained a gentle smile on her face. "It is okay. Go ahead. I can take care of myself."Her fingernails sank into the skin of her palms as she thought of the way Etan looked at Jean just now.Jean was a threat to her. She would not have peace of mi