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

would never abandon you,

***

night, only when Jason saw that Grace was deeply asleep

out of the rental

from Grace’s apartment.

Grace’s cramped rental, this suite

bigger. The decor

done as well.

the room. When he

welcome his boss.

after

events of the day and went through his agenda, he couldn’t help but wonder why his boss hadn’t

than to gain

briefing

ordered Terrence to

their overseas

conference.

overseas branch companies appeared on-screen one at a time

of Jason’s current location. After all, despite the exquisite decoration of the room, it was still relative to

– and one of the executives

right now? The

a diplomatic way of

sharply at his boss, wondering how he

the

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