Chapter 105

After hanging up, Grace grabbed the hairdryer and dried her hair to the beat of a cheerful tune.

Devin walked in and saw her grinning. His lips curved up too. He sauntered over, handing her a tube of ointment.

She examined it, checking out the ingredients, while he fetched a cotton swab from the cabinet and settled next to her.

“What’s this for?”

“Scar healing. It works wonders.”

It warmed Grace’s heart that he remembered her leg scars.

Devin asked her to pull up her pant leg, then applied the ointment to a swab, and gently smoothed it on her scar.

His careful attention brought a flicker of feeling to her eyes.

After a pause, she found the courage to ask a question that had been bugging her.

said I wanted to marry you to escape the Kaufman family, you agreed right away. Was it really just to pay back my mom for saving

been on my case about settling down.

“How do you

Chapter

stuff?”

swab down after dabbing on the ointment. Then he gave her the hot

situation. When I heard she passed away. I thought about bringing you into the Hudson family. But the servants at the Kaufman’s home said Antonio was good

Grace felt a bit emotional.

really sweet to her, especially after her mom passed

out to take her mind off things, trying to lift

time, Grace thought he had feelings for her. Grieving and lonely, she gave him her heart after holding onto it

realized Antonio’s care

he stood up for her in public? It was just

Antonio wasn’t into her, not one bit.

a long–time companion. To

her was more about

his heart

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