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,
***
when Jason saw
of the rental unit. He
from
Grace’s cramped rental, this suite was wider,
bigger. The decor
done as well.
room. When he
welcome his boss.
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
of the day and went through his agenda, he couldn’t help but wonder
more than
listened to the briefing while quickly giving
Terrence
of their overseas
conference.
moment’s time, the high-level management of their overseas branch
of the room, it was still relative to an ordinary citizen. Compared to Jason’s usual location, one could describe the room he
– and one of the executives even said so.
now? The background…looks like
was a diplomatic way
glanced sharply at his boss, wondering
handle the inquiry.
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