Chapter 8

As the hours ticked by, Grace worried that something had happened to Jay. He didn’t have a mobile phone so she couldn’t even make a phone call to contact him.

Maybe he’d already moved on, and her whole vision of a sibling and having some semblance of a family was just a pipe dream.

Grace went outside and walked to the entrance of the residential community. She kept looking around, hoping to see some sign go him.

After God-knows how long, she finally saw a familiar figure walking towards her.

“Jay!” Seeing him approach, she finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Jay eyed the figure that was rushing towards him and could not help but be slightly startled.

He looked at her as she ran over to him. She was panting slightly, her face completely red from the cold, and yet her pretty eyes were bright.

“Great, you’re finally back,” she said.

“Sister, are you… waiting for me?” He gently touched her cheek, and the coldness seeped into his fingertips. It seemed that she had been waiting outside for a long time.

“Yes, I was so worried because you hadn’t come back yet and it’s late. Fortunately, you’ve come back safely,” she said with a smile.

He rolled his eyes slightly. She was worried about Jay-the-homeless-man instead of Jason from the Reed Conglomeration. However, if she found out that he was that Jason in the future, would she still worry about him so much?

Not likely.

was working.” He made up some

She nodded.

help you warm them up.” As he said this, he held her cold hands in his palms. Taking the same action as she did last time,

hands gradually warm up. It was such a cold day, but… it

so good to have you home,” she muttered in a low

“I’ll keep that in mind. I hope you won’t regret saying that in the

it,” she said. “Well, my hands are warm now. Let’s go back to the house and I’ll heat up the food.”

in the car, Terrence couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Mr. Reed must have just been… warming the hands

Even Jennifer Atkinson, who had once been Mr. Reed’s fiancee, had never been treated

Grace. The same woman

It made no sense.

Mr. Reed going to the club and picking up the drunk Grace at the door, Terrence felt that his brain was not working

mind? Had Grace taken up space in his

Surely not.

other’s eyes, he couldn’t help but wonder if this

headquarters, when Terrence reported on Jason’s schedule and work, his gaze

his boss’s hands were beautiful and that was saying something because he didn’t think of hands or men in that way. Terrence had seen this

hands being used to keep another person’s hands warm, let alone those of a

wrong with my hands?” Jason’s voice suddenly

Jason. “This is the invitation. In two weeks, Lily

Jason glanced

course, he understood the intentions of the families in sending this invitation. After all, Jennifer Atkinson, the eldest daughter of the

a private hospital in the city. Terrence stood outside the ward. Jason

and it was his efforts that grew his family’s fortunes.

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