THE DAY WE MET

Chapter 6

Jane looked up and saw it was Zoe. She was wearing a white button-up shirt; she had rolled her sleeves, revealing her forearms. She hated to admit it, but she looked handsome for a woman. She could feel the eyes of the girls at the coffee shop on the girl.

"Don't tell me you're following me now," Jane muttered.

Zoe's lips twitched into a smile.

"If I say it is a complete coincidence to meet you here, would you believe me?"

Jane shook her head, giving her a disapproving look.

"Well, my heart hurts now. I thought you would be happy to see me, my wife. You left abruptly after getting the certificate without saying a word to me. I will leave-"

"Wait. Don't go," Jane interjected. She felt terrible that she had left her the moment they got the certificate. She thought she needed space to accept the fact that she was married again. Just that this time, it was to a complete stranger.

Zoe raised her brows. 'Was she asking her to stay?'

Zoe flashed a smile as she sat down in the chair Su Bei was previously sitting.

"Your wish is my command, love."

Jane rolled her eyes at her. A waiter came to take the order the moment she sat down.

"Would you like to order anything, ma'am?"

The waiter asked softly as she batted her fake eyelashes at Zoe, trying to flirt with her.

"I will have what she is having," Zoe said coldly. The waiter looked at Jane and frowned. "Okay."

No one spoke after the waiter left. Jane looked through the window while resting her chin in her hand while Zoe stared at her.

The scene was so beautiful that no one wanted to disturb it. The waiter furrowed her eyebrows. She hated Jane. She just had to sit down and look so beautiful. She had always hated women who were more beautiful than her. A dangerous light flashed through her eyes. While she was about to put the coffee on the table, she intentionally spilled it on Jane's hand, which was on the table. And because Zoe was busily looking at Jane, she didn't pay attention to the waiter.

Jane groaned in pain when she felt the hot coffee on her skin. Jane turned to look at her hand. Zoe stood up and gently held her hand when she realized what was going on.

"Go get water!" Zoe yelled at the waiter. The waiter ignored her and started crying.

"I'm sorry, please don't hit me," the waiter said as she tried to hold Zoe's shirt. Zoe pushed her away.

"Who is in charge here!" Zoe roared in the café. The noisy place suddenly became quiet. The manager ran downstairs when he heard the commotion going on.

"Ms. Lei, I… I…:

"Find me water immediately," Zoe interjected the manager.

"Here," the manager said as he gave them the bottled water, he was holding onto Zoe. Fortunately, he was about to drink the water when he heard the noise downstairs, bringing it along with him.

Zoe took it and looked at Jane. Looking at the woman who hadn't made a sound or cried out in pain made her heart tighten in pain.

She gently poured the water on the burn.

"Sorry… it will hurt a little."

Jane looked at the woman who was gently pouring the water on her burns as if she was afraid that she would get hurt, and she felt her heart soften. There seemed to be a little crack in her iced heart. She looked away, trying to hide the complicated emotions in her eyes.

"Let me take you to the hospital so it doesn't leave any scars, okay?" Zoe said softly as she looked at Jane.

"No, I'm fine. It's just a burn. Don't worry." Looking at the stubborn woman in front of her, Zoe was helpless.

Fortunately, it was just a slight burn, or she didn't know what she would do if it was worse. Someone dared to hurt Jane right under her nose. Rage coursed through her veins. After pouring water on the burn, she turned to the manager.

"Clean this up." Her frosty gaze fell on the waiter who was smirking as she looked at Jane. Suddenly she felt cold. Looking up, she met Zoe's chilly eyes. She swallowed nervously. This woman was perilous.

Just as Zoe was about to speak, she saw Jane move in front of her. Jane turned to look at the waiter and gave her an evil smirk. The waiter felt her body hair rise. She suddenly felt that this couple were a pair of demons. Their mere eyes could make her entire body feel cold. She hurriedly stood in front of Jane.

"Miss, I'm sorry! Please forgive me. It wasn't my fault you weren't paying attention when I put the coffee on the table," the waiter cried as she talked.

The people in the coffee shop started whispering. Their thoughts changed; thinking Jane was a rich person bullying the poor waiter.

Jane laughed. "You know what type of people I hate the most? A hypocrite likes you. You do something bad, then act like you are the victim. Since you want to act, I will play along," Jane said as she flashed the woman on the table with a smile.

"Let me have your coffee. I will pay for it."

The man stared at her and swallowed. He had never met a gorgeous woman with such a sinister charm. He nodded nervously.

Jane picked up the man's coffee and turned to look at the waiter.

The waiter stepped back when she saw the coffee in Jane's hand. "You… What are you going to do?"

Jane snorted, "Are you not making me the bad guy? Then I will be the bad guy."

Jane turned to the manager, "If you want this coffee shop to continue to run, you will prevent her from running," she said coldly as she approached the waiter.

The manager turned to look at Zoe, who owned the place. Zoe nodded when the manager looked at her. The manager quickly held the waiter about to run, and kicked her, which made her kneel.

Jane glanced at the people in the shop, and coldly said, "If I were you, I would be a darling and not record anything on my phone." The last thing she wanted to deal with was the media. The customers who had taken their phones out quickly put them away. They knew that this woman wasn't a force to reckon with.

The waiter shivered in fear. If she knew this woman was this terrible, she wouldn't have poured the coffee on her, even if she had the courage.

"Hmm. So, where should I start?" Jane whispered to herself as she stared at the waiter. She then turned to look at Zoe. She wanted to see if Zoe would be disgusted with her like everyone else. Feeling her eyes on her, Zoe smiled softly and said, "It doesn't matter where you start, as long as you're happy, that's all that matters."

Jane's heart skipped a beat. The surrounding people looked at them as if they were a pair of devils. Who in their right mind would encourage something like this? Shouldn't she ask her to stop? Jane sorted out her emotions and turned back to look at the waiter with a smirk on her face.

Jane drizzled a little coffee into the waiter's hand.

"Arghh…" the waiter screamed in pain.

"Oops, sorry, miss. It was an accident. I didn't mean it. I hope you're not angry," Jane said softly as she bowed her head like a kid who had just done something terrible. Zoe had the urge to ruffle her hair right now. She thought she looked so cute. Zoe didn't realize that she was the only weird person who found Jane cute. In the eyes of other people, Jane was a monster with no feelings. How could she intentionally pour hot coffee on someone and still act like it was an accident?

"You b***h! I won't let you go," the waiter said as she glared at Jane.

Jane let out a long breath. She wanted to scare this loser, but people like her will never learn. She squatted down and looked at the waiter's face.

"You know… I was thinking about letting you go, but you threatened me and I don't do so well with threats." After saying this, Jane got up and displayed an evil grin on her face.

The waiter had an awful feeling when she saw the evil grin on Jane's face.

"You… What… do you want to… to do?" The waiter said incoherently, because of fear.

Jane then threw the coffee at the waiter's face and placed the cup on the table.

"Arrggghhh… you're a devil! I won't let you go!" the waiter wailed in pain as she covered her face and glared at Jane. Her eyes were full of hate.

Jane laughed at what the waiter just said. "You're not the first person to call me a devil, and you will not be the last person to say it either."

The people around the room felt cold as they stared at the beautiful woman who was laughing. The light rays illuminated the window and fell on her, making Jane look more charming.

"You know… Since I'm in a good mood today, I will let you go. But if you cross me again, and I'm in a nasty mood…" Jane paused as she glanced around to warn everyone else around her not to cross her. After the altercation, she left money on the table, turned to the manager and said, "This is for any damages and also her hospital bill." Without waiting for his response, she gracefully left the coffee shop, completely ignoring the weird stares people were giving her. She had already gotten used to it.

The people in the café finally let out a sigh of relief when she left.

Zoe coldly glanced at the waiter and turned to the manager. "Put her on a blacklist. With her attitude, I wonder how she got the job."

The manager swallowed when he heard Zoe. He had slept with the waiter before giving her the job. This stupid woman just had to mess things up for herself.

Without waiting for the manager to speak, Zoe quickly ran out of the coffee shop and chased after Jane.

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Jane sat in her car and sighed. She felt guilty about what happened. Was she too extreme? But she knew that showing mercy to an enemy was cruel to herself. She was turning into this devil, and she hated it. She was missing the times she used to be pure and innocent. Her parents spoiled her so much, so she was willful. She remembered that her dad always said that whatever his little princess wanted, he would give it to her. Because of that, she turned into this carefree little girl. Those days were the happiest moments of her life. Thinking about her parents, she suddenly became pale. She had killed them. If it weren't for her, they might still be alive. Maybe she was the devil causing chaos for her loved ones.

The sound of someone knocking on her window took her out of her daze. Turning her head towards the window, her eyes met Lei Zoe's worried eyes.

"Are you okay?" Zoe asked as she looked at her. Even though Jane bowed her head to hide the emotions in her eyes, Zoe still saw it. Her eyes were filled with pain, as if she was blaming herself for something. "You shouldn't let irrelevant people affect your mood. At times, a little violence is needed to carry a message across to someone stupid. And besides, you looked really cool," Zoe said as she flashed her a smile.

Jane smiled and said, "Are you trying to make me feel better?"

Zoe scratched her head, embarrassingly, "Well, did it work?"

Jane shook her head. "No. It was lame." She tried to suppress her giggles, but she threw back her head and let out a rambunctious laugh when she saw how embarrassed the woman felt.

Lei Zoe was shocked when she saw a genuine laugh pouring out of Jane, splitting her mask into two. It showed her a glimpse of who Jane was behind her haughty beauty. For an instant, the emotional pain in Jane's eyes disappeared, and at that moment, she looked happy. She seemed like someone who wouldn't force a laugh about things that don't deserve it. Except for that evil grin. When she was planning on doing something wicked, Zoe could see pain lacing in her cynical eyes as if she remembered something.

"You look beautiful when you laugh. You should do that more often," Lei Zoe said as she smiled.