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.

closed

could mark the exact moment that Grace drifted to sleep. Her breathing evened out and she inhaled less

sat him down in the library and told him, ‘Jason, don’t follow in

is love. When she no longer loves you, it will be

he was in the living room. “Jason, one day, when you fall in love, you will realize that someone in this world has the power to control your

make sense of his surroundings. It was the mansion but

cold… Don’t stay here… if you

followed. He had to

me how much he loves me and is yet

that, who’s talking

“Don’t…go…”

Oh, it’s him. He’s begging

go!” Jason struggled to catch hold of her, but it was like trying to catch

area became darker and he was about to drown. He felt so terrible that

to grab hold of something, even if

something warm. A gentle voice rang beside his ears.

the woman who has asked me

Her dark eyes were full of anxiety,

him not to be

swallowed hard and

sigh of relief. ”Jay, what happened? Did you have a

He had not had that dream for

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

lifesavers? He’d thought it so s*lly when she’d said it, but there was no discounting

about to drown, he

had

immediately let go of her and the warmth he’d

spread in the pit of his stomach. He curled up

she became

tried to suppress the pain. “It’s just… stomach cramps. I’ll be fine in

the pain come

suppress his emotions. But that had been

experienced a physical reaction

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