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

from Grace’s apartment.

Grace’s cramped rental, this suite was wider,

and much bigger. The decor was

done as well.

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

welcome his boss.

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

day’s company matters. As he rattled off the events of the day and went through his agenda, he couldn’t help

more than to gain a few hours away

briefing while quickly giving

ordered Terrence to

overseas branches for

conference.

a moment’s time, the high-level management of their overseas branch companies appeared on-screen one at a time and they began their

of Jason’s current location. After all, despite the exquisite decoration of the room, it was still relative to an ordinary citizen. Compared to Jason’s usual location, one could describe the room he was currently in as

one of the executives even said so.

you right now? The background…looks like a… unexpected hotel.”

way of

glanced sharply at his boss, wondering how

handle the

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