Chapter 90

She bit her lip lightly. “Relying on someone else is not as good as relying on yourself. Only when you rely on yourself can you not be disappointed.”

Jason nodded as if understanding. “Ah, I see what you think. And bigger expectations lead to bigger disappointments.”

“Yes.”

She had learned that lesson well after the accident, when she lost her family, boyfriend, job, and all the friendships she’d had previously.

“But I really want to be your benefactor, sister,” he told her. “What should I do?” He arched his brow slightly and studied

her calmly.

“If it’s Jay…” She smiled and continued, “Then, all right. I’ll wait for Jay to be my benefactor.”

“Why would you be willing?” he asked, trying to peel back the layers of what she was thinking and feeling.

“Because Jay would never disappoint me. Because…” She

paused and continued, “No matter what, you would never

abandon me, right?”

He responded with a low chuckle to her question. “You’re

right. I would never abandon you, Sister.”

***

when Jason saw that Grace was deeply asleep

step out of the rental unit. He walked toward

far from Grace’s

cramped rental,

much bigger. The

done as well.

Klein was waiting for Jason in the room. When he heard knocks at the door, he

welcome his boss.

had not expected his boss, who usually paid no mind to anyone, let alone lowering himself to look after someone, would buy a house in the housing estate to look after Grace. Terrence knew his boss did this to manage his workload. This house was

an account of the day’s company matters. As he rattled off the events of the day and went through his

Grace back to the hospital if nothing more than to gain a

to the briefing while quickly giving out

ordered Terrence to

overseas

conference.

branch companies appeared on-screen

it seemed as if the high-level management were very curious about the backdrop of Jason’s current location. After all, despite the exquisite decoration of the room, it was still relative to an ordinary citizen. Compared to Jason’s usual

– and one of the executives

now? The

way of saying

his

handle the inquiry.

such unnecessary questions. Continue with the

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