Chapter 19

Jason stared at Grace’s sorry figure.

She was just a target in the game, but why… why did he feel uncomfortable when he saw her being treated like this?

It was because… even if she was a target in their twisted games, he could not allow others to touch her. Even if he wanted to

torture her, he was the only one who could do it. No one, no one else was allowed.

This is what he told himself.

After a while, he turned around and left.

Sean who was standing not far away looked at Grace’s back and a thoughtful look flashed across his eyes.

Lily, who was next to him, gnashed her teeth in anger. “Grace is really lucky. Greg, that idiot, can’t he be less ostentatious? He just had to disturb Jay!”

Sean shrugged, but his gaze remained on Grace.

Terrence greeted Manager Wang.

Terrence stared at Greg as if he was looking at a dead man.

They were all the same, these wealthy young men. Too much

money, too little control. Always someone to clean up their

messes. But Gregory, he had gone too far today. And the foolish man was about to pay the price for provoking someone under Mr. Reed’s protection.

It was a coincidence that Mr. ReedMr. Reed happened to be al the club today, and had seen what had just happened.

What might have befallen the young woman had they not been here?

through with his assault on her? Terrence had heard the commotion- the ‘disturbance’ as his boss had called it-and he’d seen the Stevens heir and several other people watching on while Miss Cummins was nearly drowned in a decorative pond.

all the

at his role and as the direct liaison to Reed Group’s President. Terrence took

Mr.

what his young boss would expect.

guard at the side, “Whatever he did just

order. Two strong and powerful guards dragged Greg directly to the side of

head, and dunked him into the water over and over again, just like Greg

spectate, as well as Sean

that things would

seemed to have no intention of going easy on him. Manager Wang had

real

only one of the shareholders of this club. At present, merely the son of a shareholder had

his head and his gaze fell

said, “I’m sorry for letting

word this young couple had said to Grace. “Mr. Reed said that he won’t

Terrence left without waiting for the two to

returned to the Sanitation Service Center,

drenched? Did you fall into the river?” Claire asked. Then she saw the

“The documents… never mind, just now… I accidentally

you need to go home and change out of your clothes-and dry your hair,” Claire

Grace nodded.

stood by awkwardly while Grace grabbed her purse and phone from her locker. “Hey, I’m not sure this is even the right time, but Chase asked me about you. He’s interested. And he’s a

and instead of encouraging him, why don’t you tell him not to put his hopes in me anymore? It’ll only be

you really don’t have the heart to take a chance on him, I will tell Chase. But I want it noted that I think you’re wasting a

was too tired

is no way to live through. You don’t really want to be alone until

handsome face appeared in Grace’s

romantic sense. But they’d be family. And

Claire,” Grace said

walk home.

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