My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!

Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Grace shook her head to clear it.

This was her ‘brother’ and he likely didn’t mean what he’d said the

way she was taking it.

It was an innocent question. She shouldn’t read too much into it.

This attraction she felt…was one-sided and couldn’t go anywhere. If she crossed that line, she’d only stand to lose him. He deserved better than that.

They both did.

She swallowed hard and averted her gaze.

“Of course, I would be sad over you. I care for you deeply.”

“As you did for Sean before you learned the truth about him?”

Actually, she felt more for Jay. But she couldn’t tell him that. If he misinterpreted her meaning, there would be no putting the genie back in the bottle.

And the last thing she wanted was any awkwardness or distance between them.

She valued his friendship too fiercely.

Grace cleared her throat and said, “I can love my younger brother

but that isn’t the same kind of love.”

“Oh?”

Jason wasn’t letting her off the hook, and the whole conversation

someone was forever and irreplaceable. I even… thought that lovers could live and die

a romantic notion, Jason thought.

the stuff of fairytales, 3D projector billboards, and living happily ever after. He had no experience with such

love… to live or

all-encompassing. All empowering.

experience such a thing?

mean for him?? Had

Of course

didn’t believe in that kind of love, and he

prove that it was honest and true, and lasting.

had feelings for her. There was a

that he also had become

of being next to her. He wanted to

her whereabouts, to be there

near her, and he was okay with

with enjoying someone else’s

really honest with himself, he

he couldn’t have

himself long ago to never fall

gentle tone of her voice

faint smile. He’d give her the out, for now, and fall back into their comfortable position of

Protecting her for life was as easy as lifting a finger for

so earnest and

pang of unease.

make her sad, yet… when she one day discovered that he was not Jay Smith, some vagrant worker,

President of Reed Corporation, how would

was likely an

woman had built up walls all around

wasn’t really a question of if he would hurt

break. However, she noticed that her colleagues were giving

pointing at her as they whispered amongst themselves.

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