felt someone shoving her. Jean felt a sharp pain as she fell to the ground. As Jean turned t

our sister, Jean?"

r had raised his hand and slapped her. Before Jean could utter another word in her defe

Wen started beating her with the broom. Shirley, Jean's half-sister, was on the other side of the roo

he house. Covered in bruises and cuts, Jean had no other choice but to walk away. With no phone and no money, she couldn't e

that her father hated her biological mother and that after their divorce, this hatred had been shifted to Jean. Her position in the family had worsened especially after the births o

tion to her surroundings, she was surprised to find herself standing in front of Zed's villa. A cool win

to the gate but turning around without ringing the bell. Zed furrowed his brows as he watched her pace b

on her as he intended to study Jean's expression carefully. Any clue

, he noticed that Jean's hand was unusually red. He stood so suddenly that his c

startled. She took a step back as though intending to leave but saw

d, Zed grabbed and pulled them toward him. He frowned when he saw the wo

e asked in a low

ay and hid them behind her. She pr

. Decided on an alternate approach, he bent and hugged her instead. With

refully disinfecting her wound and bandaging it. Jean had never known Zed to be this gentle and caring.

asked coldly, as he finished

on of sadness, helplessness and anger overwhelmed her. She was heartbroken with how her family had treated her.

abbed his hands and looked at him with great expectation.

peechless. After a

herself. Her stepmother, half-sister, and father had been cruel to

room. He spotted his cell phone on th

dule of the lan

ternoon show that the ownership transfer o

op

do you

ang that I cancel

do it ri

stopped at the doorway when he realized that Jean had unbuttoned

umed Zed. Without thinking, Zed marched forward and began unbutton

nd looked at him in astonishment. "I'm injured and m

ft Zed dumbfounded. He just wanted to see her injuri

s, Zed reached out a

he remains of her torn clothes before

shape of the welts all over her body made it obvious that she had been h

he angrily pushed him away again and again. Her actio