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.

Raising the corner of his mouth, he said, “I was working.” He made up some job about handing out flyers.

She nodded.

are cold. I’ll 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, he rubbed the backs of her

It was such

have you home,”

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

are warm now. Let’s go back to the house and I’ll heat up the food.” She pulled him into the complex and did not notice a black car parking at the corner of the street just

Mr.

any woman. Even Jennifer Atkinson, who had once been

The same woman who was the cause of Jennifer Atkinson’s car

It made no sense.

picking up the drunk Grace at the door, Terrence felt

was going on in Mr. Reed’s mind? Had Grace taken

Surely not.

across the parking lot, holding hands and staring into each other’s eyes, he couldn’t help but wonder if this unlikely situation was real

reported on Jason’s schedule and work, his gaze could not help but turn

or men in that way. Terrence had seen this pair of hands choking someone without mercy, almost taking that person’s life. Mr.

to keep another person’s hands warm, let alone those of a woman who had been

Jason’s voice suddenly sounded in Terrence’s

quickly turned his eyes away. He handed an invitation card to Jason. “This

Jason glanced

the eldest daughter of the Atkinson family, had once been his fiancee. They wanted to see his attitude. “Then let’s go and have a

Terrence accompanied Jason to a private hospital in the city. Terrence

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

years later, the only two things that would come back to the Reed family were a

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