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.

corner of his mouth, he said, “I was working.” He made up some

She nodded.

cold. I’ll help you warm them up.” As he said this, he held her cold hands in his palms. Taking

It was such a cold

you home,” she muttered

smile. “I’ll keep that in mind. I

house and I’ll heat up the food.” She pulled him into the complex

he was seeing. Mr. Reed must have just been… warming

seen Mr. Reed do this to any woman. Even Jennifer Atkinson, who had once been Mr. Reed’s

same woman

It made no sense.

to the club and picking up the drunk Grace

Reed’s mind? Had

Surely not.

stared at the couple across the parking lot, holding hands and staring into each other’s

Reed headquarters, when Terrence reported on Jason’s schedule

saying something because he didn’t think of hands or men in that way. Terrence had seen this pair of hands choking someone without mercy, almost taking that person’s life. Mr. Reed didn’t care about getting

another person’s hands warm, let alone

Jason’s voice suddenly sounded in Terrence’s

and quickly turned his eyes away. He handed an invitation card to Jason. “This is the invitation. In two weeks, Lily and Sean

Jason glanced

families in sending this invitation. After all, Jennifer Atkinson, the eldest daughter of the Atkinson family, had once been his fiancee. They wanted to see his attitude. “Then let’s

the afternoon, Terrence accompanied Jason to a private hospital in the city. Terrence stood outside the ward. Jason pushed open the door

and it was his efforts that grew his family’s fortunes. But his only son had run away from home

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