Chapter 191 Compensation
The man frowned. “Stubborn as a mule.” What will be of her if he hadn’t turned up? The mouths of these rich women from the upper class will kill her in no time. Jean smiled. “It’s not your first day knowing me.”
She turned around and left as soon as she finished speaking, but she realized that the zipper on her clothes was stuck to Edgar’s coat. Before they realized it, one of them staggered and fell toward the other, causing their bodies to press against each other tightly.
What a coincidence. Jean frowned and forcefully pulled her zipper away from Edgar’s coat. Edgar reminded her coldly. “My suit is handmade from expensive materials.”
Jean lowered her head and started pulling even harder. “We have no other choice. I’m not to be fully blamed either. We have to get it done eventually. Otherwise… we don’t know what gossip will spread.”
Edgar’s eyes became colder when he saw her anxiousness and eagerness to get away from him. Why is she trying so hard to get away from him?
“You have to move too!” Jean continued to pull on her clothes, but it was still stuck tightly. It was difficult for her to undo it from her angle. She was even starting to consider cutting her clothes.
She had gotten it from the sales rack anyway. But if Edgar’s clothes were ruined, she would not be able to pay for it. The man’s stare fell on her head. He asked coldly. “How am I supposed to move? Like this?”
After he finished speaking, he leaned forward suddenly. The distance between Edgar and Jean grew smaller. They were so close that their shadows overlapped…
“No!” Jean pushed him to the side. However, that did not free them from each other. Instead, it made it easier for her to smell Edgar. His scent was as intrusive as him. “How then?”
His deliberate display of pretense made Jean extremely annoyed. She simply ordered, “Stand there and don’t move!” A mischievous glint flashed across the man’s eyes. Before he could speak, Jean took a key out of her pocket and yanked it hard along her clothes.
He frowned. It was too late to stop her. Jean managed to free her clothes from Edgar’s with her strength. Her zip still hung onto Edgar’s coat. But she was already far from Edgar.
“Okay, done.” Jean lowered her head and looked at the torn edges of her garment. She felt a little sad. She quite liked this garment. She had never expected that she would have to give it up for this reason.
But at this moment, the eyes of the man in front of her darkened. She had not wanted to be this involved with him. Edgar frowned and he remained quiet. An indescribable anger covered him when he saw Jean’s relieved look.
It made him more frustrated when he realized that he could not explain the reason he felt such anger.
“Mr. Royden, you’ll only have to take off your coat for a while and find someone to take the zip off your coat.” Jean said. Then she glanced at the direction behind Edgar. When she saw Nathan coming over, she said, “Then I shall not take up your time anymore.”
“Hold on.”
Jean frowned. She turned around and muttered reluctantly. “But I have damaged my own clothes…”
Before she could continue speaking, she spotted a huge hole in Edgar’s coat. Jean was dumbfounded. “I was very careful just now. I could not have damaged your clothes.”
Edgar’s cold voice sounded slowly. “Compensate me.”
“How… How can I afford to compensate you?” Jean gritted her teeth angrily. “If you insist, I can pay you in installments. You can charge me with interest.”
“Wouldn’t that be too easy for you?” You won’t not be able to pay for it for the rest of your life.”
That was true.
Jean pursed her lips. “What do you want to do about it then?”
Edgar leaned into her. “Go to my villa and be Susan’s helper.”
“What?”
“I will let you go when I feel like it.” His expression was grim and he did not look like he was joking.
Jean went pale. “You’re sick, Edgar Royden.”
“I will get my lawyer to send you a letter tomorrow if you refuse.”
When Nathan arrived, he saw Jean storm angrily toward the main banquet hall.
When he turned around to look at Edgar once more, he saw a faint smile on Edgar’s face. He thought that he was mistaken for a moment.
He looked closely, but the smile was gone.
He must have mistaken it!
Yes, that’s right. Why would Edgar smile? That would be queer of him.
“My grandmother wants to see you. If you don’t want to, I will tell them now that you’re not available.” Nathan said.
“Let’s go now.” Edgar agreed immediately.
Nathan was taken aback once more. He froze for a few seconds. “Let’s go upstairs.”
“Nathan, help me take my coat.” Edgar took off his coat and passed it to Nathan.
Nathan looked at the hole in Edgar’s coat and asked, “What’s this?”
“I accidentally tore it.”
Nathan frowned harder. If he was not mistaken, this coat was limited edition. The resell price was more than seven figures.
How careless could he be to ruin such an expensive coat?
Most importantly, Edgar did not seem angry at all to have ruined such an expensive coat.
Could he have done it deliberately?
The Knox family villa was huge. Jean had to walk a huge round along the corridor to return to the main banquet hall.
She was going to leave first. She would simply come up with an excuse if Ben asked her about it later.
But before she could get out, she was stopped by Tyler at the door.
“What did my sister do to deserve such humiliation? How dare you disrespect the Sans family? Are you tired of living?”
Tyler had always been impulsive, and he doted on his sister.
He had rushed over as soon as he heard that Ally cried at the Knox family’s banquet.
He scolded Jean the moment he saw her.
“A woman like you do not deserve to join the Eyer family’s banquet. Get out.” Tyler raised his hand as he spoke. He beckoned at the bodyguards behind him, signaling them to throw Jean out.
Jean sneered.
These siblings were fools. One does not think and the other one overthinks.
It was a tragedy for her to have met them.
Talk about bad luck.
“This is the Knox family’s place, and tonight is Mrs. Knox’s birthday banquet. What do you plan to do? Humiliate the Knox’s family in public?” Jean deliberately increased her volume so that the people around her could hear her.
She was alone anyway. There was nothing she feared.
Tyler gritted his teeth. “What nonsense are you spurting? I want to settle this with you. Come on out!”
“I’m here to celebrate Mrs. Knox’s birthday. Why should I go out?” Jean blinked. She decided to make use of the Knox family’s reputation so Tyler would not act rashly.
“You’re here to celebrate Mrs. Knox’s birthday? Are you even up to snuff?”
Tyler was too angry to notice his surroundings. He had to reprimand Jean.
Jean smiled faintly. “Well, that is up to the Knox family to decide.”
