"You have a guest?" Nelson frowned. He originally thought that the media had fabricated a story about
Terence and Jean. But now that she was here in his office, he began to suspect.
He wondered whether the news on Weibo was true.
Jean smiled at Nelson politely. She also came to Terence's office because of the news. She knew that
he wouldn't check entertainment news, so it was necessary for her to tell him about it. And she had to
clear her name of suspicion.
But she didn't expect Nelson to barge in.
"Why are you here?" Terence asked Nelson. He finally had time to talk to them after finishing part of his
work. He frowned at Nelson and asked, "Didn't you say that you were so busy recently?"
"Yes, I am super busy, but I can't just sit still when the news about you is overwhelming on the
Internet," Nelson said, annoyed. "What's wrong with you?"
"What do you mean?" Terence asked. As expected, he didn't know anything about it. He looked at
Nelson in confusion, his face contorting into a frown. "What are you talking about? I'm not an actor."
"Well, I think you should ask this lady," Nelson snapped.
He glared at Jean.
Although it was the first time that he had seen Jean, he didn't like her. He felt like she was hiding
something behind her innocent look.
Jean could feel the hostility radiating from Nelson's gaze, but she pretended not to notice. She looked
at Terence with apologetic eyes and said, "Terence, I'm here today because I want to explain."
"What happened?" Terence's face hardened after realizing that something had happened.
"Do you still remember when I asked you to buy a birthday gift with me two days ago?" Jean gave him
a bitter smile. "It was the day I went to buy you a pair of cuff links as a gift. I didn't know what was
happening. It seemed that the press took pictures of us and spread them online. They said..."
Her head sank in embarrassment. She was too shy to say it out loud.
Upon hearing this, Terence understood that the media had probably assumed that Jean was his
fiancee.
In today's society, the truth didn't seem to matter. What was more important was whether the news
could attract more attention.
Over the years, the media had been curious about his love affairs. While they were still married, he and
Julia were careful to avoid the media. But he had nothing to do with Julia, so why was it on the
Internet?
He frowned and stared at Jean with his eagle-like eyes.
Jean was aware of Terence's suspicion. She lowered her head and apologized, "Terence, it's all my
fault. If I hadn't invited you to go shopping with me, then this wouldn't have happened. I..."
Jean's apologetic expression immediately dispelled Terence's doubts.
It couldn't be her.
He couldn't help but give a wry grin. She was Jean, not the vicious Julia. How could she have done
such a thing?
"It doesn't matter." Terence tenderly looked at Jean and folded his arms. "It's not your fault. Don't blame
yourself."
"But I—" Although Jean was delighted to hear this, she didn't show how happy she was.
Before she could finish her words, Nelson interrupted her. "How did the media know you and Terence
went shopping together? And the pictures were so clear. It was you who informed the media, wasn't it?
Nelson fixated his gaze on Jean as he approached her. He grabbed her wrist and demanded, "Tell me,
who the hell are you? Why did you do that?"
Jean pretended to be flustered and stuttered, "I... I really don't know what happened. If I had known
that the media would feast on this, then I wouldn't have invited him to go with me..."
As she spoke, she began to cry. If any man saw her, it would've broken their heart. But Nelson stood
unmoving.
He really felt that this woman was hiding something.
"Alright, alright." Terence walked up and pulled Nelson away. He glared at his friend and hid Jean
behind him.
He believed that Jean wasn't such a scheming person, so he instinctively protected her. He looked at
his friend. "What are you doing? You're always so tender to women. Why are you so cruel to her?"
"I did it for you," Nelson said angrily. "Do you know that..."
He almost blurted out that Julia was in the hospital, but he stopped. He was so frustrated that he had
forgotten what she had told him.
"Let me introduce you to each other." Terence smiled and turned to Nelson. "This is Jean Gu, she's my
friend. This is Nelson Xu, a childhood friend of mine. We grew up together."
Terence patted Nelson on his shoulder and calmly said, "I believe the news has nothing to do with
Jean. It's all my fault. I was so careless that I didn't notice that the paparazzi were around. Hence, the
terrible situation."
"Terence!" Nelson didn't understand why Terence believed what Jean said. Did he really not doubt her
at all?
"Apologize to her now!" Terence snapped, patting Nelson on the shoulder.
"No, no, no..." Jean waved her hands in disagreement. "It's my fault, and Mr. Xu cares about you a
lot..."
"Why do you trust her so much?" After hesitating for a long time, Nelson finally dared to ask Terence
what had been bothering him.
In response, Terence grinned. "I know that Jean's a good girl. I believe this has nothing to do with her."
Jean smiled, delighted that Terence trusted her.
However, Nelson's face darkened. He shook his head and glared at his friend. "Maybe if you trusted
Julia more, then you wouldn't have ended up like this."
Upon hearing that, Jean and Terence looked uncomfortable
In a cold and menacing voice, Terence said, "Don't mention Julia in front of me."
Jean timidly looked at Nelson and asked, "You know my sister, Mr. Xu?"
"Your sister?" It was Nelson's turn to be stunned.
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