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
***
saw
he step out of the rental unit. He walked toward a
from Grace’s apartment.
Grace’s cramped rental, this suite was wider,
bigger. The decor
done as well.
waiting for Jason in the room. When he heard knocks at the door, he immediately opened it to
welcome his boss.
not expected 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 his workload. This house was essentially a mobile office, allowing Mr. Reed to facilitate
rattled off the events of the day and went through his agenda,
if nothing more than to gain a few
the briefing
Terrence to contact
overseas branches for a
conference.
branch
decoration of the room, it was still relative to
the
you right now? The
was a diplomatic way of saying
sharply at his boss,
the inquiry.
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