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.”

***

Jason saw that Grace was

out of the rental unit. He walked toward a house

far from

unlike Grace’s cramped rental, this suite was wider,

much bigger. The decor

done as well.

in the room. When he heard knocks at the door, he immediately opened it to

welcome his boss.

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 essentially a mobile

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

than

to the briefing while quickly giving

ordered Terrence to contact

their overseas branches for a web

conference.

management of their overseas branch companies appeared on-screen

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

and one of the executives

now? The

was a diplomatic way of

at his

the

such unnecessary questions.

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