Gwen remained silent, while Jean sat in the passenger seat explaining, "There's really nothing between me and Gwen."
"Today I had a gathering with my friends," Jean suppressed his temper and said to me, "After dinner, a few of us decided to go singing and I didn't expect to run into Gwen."
"You know Gwen's life is not easy, right?”
“She has elderly parents and young children to support and she's the only one supporting them. I saw that man dragging her into the car and I followed her to the hotel. If it weren't for me…"
Jean's voice was interrupted. It was from the back seat.
Gwen's sobbing voice came through, "Juliet."
"I never thought of competing with you for anything," Gwen cried until she could not breath, still saying, "It wasn't easy for me to get to where I am today. My ex-husband abused me and the children, that's why I divorced him."
"If only I didn't have that burden. If only I were innocent," Gwen suddenly stopped crying and looked at Jean affectionately, "I would definitely fight for him."
"Just because he's Jean!"
"Just because he's a good person!"
"Just because he—"
I slammed on the brakes.
The Porsche screeched to a halt on the road as I turned to look at Gwen's choked face and Jean's moved expression, then smiled.
"Since that's the case," I pressed the unlock button and rolled down the car window, "we've arrived at the hotel."
"Why don't I just grant you your wish?"
"You have the money for a room, right?" I said sarcastically, meeting Jean's shocked face. "This time you'll be doing it freely, with the permission of me, the original wife."
"Go ahead. No one will call the police and have you taken to the police station."
"As for whether you want to have another child," I glanced at Gwen's stomach, "that's your business."
Inside the car.
The cheap perfume was so strong it felt like it choked the air around me. I tried to control my tone, but I still ended up hurting Gwen’s pride.
As Gwen got out of the car, she shouted at me, "Juliet, you're going too far!"
As soon as Gwen got out of the car, Jean started yelling at me.
"I never thought you could be so heartless!" Jean grabbed my wrist. "Gwen has no relatives or friends in this city, where do you expect her to go alone so late at night?"
"How can you hurt an innocent person like this?" Jean yelled angrily, "Juliet, get out and apologize to her right now!"
My wrist was hurting from being grabbed so hard.