Chapter 14

Maria was angered and humiliated. Her hands fisted at her sides and she shook with the force of her outrage. She immediately turned to leave with Mia following her. That was slapping her in the face.

Grace felt as if she were watching a show. The minute she stepped out of the market, she saw a few people smashing a car that seemed to belong to Maria.

“What happened? Has she offended someone and that person is taking revenge?” Grace asked.

“Who knows?” Jason replied as his eyes glittered.

“Anyway, it’s none of our business.” Grace took Jason’s arm and walked to the bus stop.

Suddenly, Jason stopped walking. Grace turned to look at him and saw that he looked pale.

“What’s wrong?” Grace asked, looking worried. “Jay, are you okay?”

“N-nothing,” Jason stuttered. He shook his head as if to clear it.

“You look like you saw a ghost.”

His gaze cut swiftly to her.

The woman who stepped off the bus and disappeared into the market crowd…she’d looked too much like the woman who’d deserted her husband and son.

Surely, he was mistaken.

***

Grace frowned at him as they got ready for bed. She didn’t pry and he credited her for holding her tongue.

“Thank you for the phone,” he said and forced a smile for her benefit.

Her smile wobbled a bit, but she nodded. It was obvious she was worried about him.

But he was fine.

lights dimmed, he closed his eyes and

moment that Grace drifted to sleep. Her breathing evened out and she inhaled less

in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow in my footsteps. Even if you were to fall for

of his birthdays, Dad said, ‘The most unreliable thing in this world is love. When she no longer loves you, it will be useless even if you were to kneel before

you fall in love, you will realize that someone in this world has the power to control your emotions. She could make you live or d*e. However, if possible, Dad hopes that you

to make sense of his surroundings. It was the mansion but the

stay here! It’s cold… it’s so cold… Don’t stay here… if you continue

stormed out the door and he followed. He had to catch

me how much he loves me and

who’s talking to

“Don’t…go…”

talking about now? Oh, it’s him. He’s begging

catch hold of her, but it was

darker and he was about to drown. He

struggled to grab hold of something,

his ears. ”Jay, Jay, I’m not leaving, I’m not leaving. Don’t be

the woman who has asked

eyes were full of anxiety, her pink lips opening and closing as if she

him not to be

hard and then

saw that Jay had awakened, she heaved a sigh of relief. ”Jay, what

He had not had that dream for

had a nightmare.” Jason realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly as though she was

He’d thought it so s*lly when she’d said it, but there

was about to drown, he had

had saved

go of her and the warmth he’d felt

pit of

she became concerned again. “Are you

nothing.” He tried to suppress the pain. “It’s just… stomach cramps.

pain come

his emotions. But that had been

not experienced a physical

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