Chapter 90

She bit her lip lightly. “Relying on someone else is not as good as relying on yourself. Only when you rely on yourself can you not be disappointed.”

Jason nodded as if understanding. “Ah, I see what you think. And bigger expectations lead to bigger disappointments.”

“Yes.”

She had learned that lesson well after the accident, when she lost her family, boyfriend, job, and all the friendships she’d had previously.

“But I really want to be your benefactor, sister,” he told her. “What should I do?” He arched his brow slightly and studied

her calmly.

“If it’s Jay…” She smiled and continued, “Then, all right. I’ll wait for Jay to be my benefactor.”

“Why would you be willing?” he asked, trying to peel back the layers of what she was thinking and feeling.

“Because Jay would never disappoint me. Because…” She

paused and continued, “No matter what, you would never

abandon me, right?”

He responded with a low chuckle to her question. “You’re

I would never abandon

***

Jason saw that Grace

out of the rental unit. He

far from

Grace’s cramped rental,

The decor was

done as well.

was waiting for Jason in the room. When he heard knocks at

welcome his boss.

his boss, who usually paid no mind to anyone, let alone lowering himself to look after someone, would buy a house in the housing estate to look after Grace. Terrence knew his boss did this to manage

gave an account of the day’s company matters. As he rattled off the events of the day and went through his agenda, he couldn’t help but wonder why his boss hadn’t

to the hospital if nothing more than to gain a few hours away from her.

the briefing while quickly giving out

He then ordered Terrence

their overseas branches

conference.

their overseas branch companies appeared on-screen

exquisite decoration of the room, it was still relative to an ordinary citizen. Compared to Jason’s usual location, one could describe the

one of the executives even said so.

now? The background…looks like

a diplomatic way

his boss, wondering

handle the inquiry.

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