A Night with Her Cruel Mate

Terence was startled. Before he could react, Mandy had already rushed over to Jean. "Are you okay?" she frantically asked. "Did you get hurt again?"

Terence noticed that Jean's face was shining with tiny beads of sweat. She grimaced in pain.

"What happened?" Terence asked with concern.

"She..." Mandy was ready to speak, but Jean stopped her. Forcing a smile, she looked at Terence. "I'm alright. My hand is still recovering, so it's not as agile as it was before."

Jean looked at him apologetically. "I'm really sorry for frightening you. I'll clean this up and get you another bowl of rice."

"There's no need." He looked at her and suspected that she was hiding something from him. He frowned and focused his attention on her. "Are you sure you're fine?"

"Yes, it's okay." Jean slowly nodded her head. Mandy was fidgeting next to her, anxiously wanting to say something.

Terence slowly watched Mandy's hesitation and wondered what was going on.

The dinner made Terence feel depressed. While Jean cleared the table after dinner, he was looking for an opportunity to give her his gift. Sadly, he didn't know whether it was the right time to do so.

Afraid that Terence would get bored, Jean gave him a plate of fruit and apologized again for her behavior. "I'm really sorry about tonight. I promised to cook you dinner, but I messed it up. If I knew this was going to happen, then I wouldn't have bothered you."

"It doesn't matter." Terence smiled. "Well, this is for you..."

her. "Open

it?" Jean asked Terence,

encouraged with a

the box, she found a Cartier bracelet. Blushing, she gave it back to

Terence insisted as he

at him. "I've been bothering you since I came back. I already feel quite embarrassed. I can't accept

help you a lot. I just lent you the empty house. But you gave me a pair of expensive cuff links as a gift and helped me find a spokesperson. You

me. You cut your wrist. Although it is not very conspicuous, I know that you are

only to show my gratitude, but I think that it'll help you cover your wound. Think of it as killing two birds with one stone." Terence laughed and gently took Jean’s hand in his. "Please accept it and let me put it on

She didn't expect that Terence would give her a bracelet. Deep inside, she knew

her sleeve. Suddenly, Jean winced in pain and withdrew her hand

Terence stared at Jean and asked, "What's

awkwardly and held out her other arm. "I think it'll

felt like she was hiding something from him. He felt

to say. She slowly lowered her head and said, "I

Without saying anything, he grabbed her arm and

previous wound, several blisters blotched her pale

cold and grim

back her injured hand and lowered the sleeve. "I'm fine. It's just

He looked at her and pressed on, "Is