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

***

saw that Grace was deeply

of the rental unit. He walked toward

far from Grace’s apartment.

unlike Grace’s cramped rental, this suite was

much bigger. The decor was rather

done as well.

he heard knocks at the door, he

welcome 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

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

Grace back to the hospital if nothing more than to gain a few hours away

listened to the briefing while quickly giving

ordered Terrence to contact

their overseas branches for

conference.

a moment’s time, the high-level management of their overseas branch companies appeared on-screen

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

and one of the executives even said

now? The background…looks like a…

a diplomatic way of saying

glanced sharply at his boss,

handle the inquiry.

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