Chapter 19

Jason stared at Grace’s sorry figure.

She was just a target in the game, but why… why did he feel uncomfortable when he saw her being treated like this?

It was because… even if she was a target in their twisted games, he could not allow others to touch her. Even if he wanted to

torture her, he was the only one who could do it. No one, no one else was allowed.

This is what he told himself.

After a while, he turned around and left.

Sean who was standing not far away looked at Grace’s back and a thoughtful look flashed across his eyes.

Lily, who was next to him, gnashed her teeth in anger. “Grace is really lucky. Greg, that idiot, can’t he be less ostentatious? He just had to disturb Jay!”

Sean shrugged, but his gaze remained on Grace.

Terrence greeted Manager Wang.

Terrence stared at Greg as if he was looking at a dead man.

They were all the same, these wealthy young men. Too much

money, too little control. Always someone to clean up their

messes. But Gregory, he had gone too far today. And the foolish man was about to pay the price for provoking someone under Mr. Reed’s protection.

It was a coincidence that Mr. ReedMr. Reed happened to be al the club today, and had seen what had just happened.

What might have befallen the young woman had they not been here?

What would befall Gregory if he’d successfully followed through with his assault on her? Terrence had heard the commotion- the ‘disturbance’ as his boss had called it-and he’d seen the Stevens heir and several other people watching on while Miss Cummins was nearly drowned in a decorative pond.

all the

the direct liaison

Mr.

what his young boss would expect.

the security guard at the side, “Whatever he

and powerful guards dragged Greg directly to the side

the water over and over again, just

those ex-classmates who came out to spectate, as well as Sean and Lily, they were all a

would have thought that things would develop like

of going easy on him. Manager Wang had no intention of

They all knew who the real muscle

merely the son of a shareholder had been sacrificed. Manager Wang knew the other shareholders would want to be on the right side

his gaze fell on Sean

to her senses. She smiled and said, “I’m sorry for

that he won’t have time to

left without waiting for the two to react.

Sanitation Service Center, still shaken.

you fall into the river?” Claire asked. Then she saw the state of Grace’s torn clothes,

slowly said, “The documents… never mind, just now… I accidentally fell into

day, you need to go home and change out of your clothes-and dry your

Grace nodded.

not sure this is even the

to be in a relationship now. Why don’t you help me with Chase and instead of encouraging him, why don’t you tell him not to put his

a chance on him, I will tell Chase. But I want it noted that I think you’re wasting a great opportunity here.’

She was too

through. You don’t really want to be alone until you

face appeared in Grace’s mind.

have Jay. Well, not in the romantic sense. But they’d

Claire,” Grace said before starting

walk home.

the evening, when Grace returned to

I’ll get dinner started in a moment.

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