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

romantic notion, Jason thought.

was the stuff of fairytales, 3D projector billboards, and living happily ever after. He had no experience with such things. His parents certainly were no example. Nor any

love… to live or die together. It

all-encompassing. All empowering.

did he suddenly want to experience such

him?? Had he fallen in love with her?

course not.

that kind of love,

did to prove that it was

he did admit, that he had feelings for her. There was a … sentimental attachment, yes. That was it. And physical

and realized that

of being next to

to be there

safety. He acknowledged that he liked being near her, and he was

was nothing wrong with enjoying

with himself, he

in love… he couldn’t have

long ago to never

would never make me sad, right?” The gentle tone of her voice resounded in

for now, and fall back into their comfortable position of brother/sister and this little insular

said. Because that was the answer she wanted to hear. And he meant it. Protecting her

him, her eyes so earnest and hopeful, he

pang of unease.

day discovered that he

Reed, President of Reed Corporation, how would she react to

likely an

up walls all around her and he’d been

really a question of if he would hurt

she noticed that her colleagues were giving her sidelong glances one at a time. Some

them were pointing at her

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