Chapter 65

The cold glint in Jason’s dark eyes sent shivers down Sean’s spine.

“What gave you the impression you were permitted to ask questions?” Terrence remarked. “When you shouldn’t ask something, don’t.” Terrence shoulder-nudged Sean toward the door. Beneath his breath, he muttered, “How can you not understand this, Mr. Stevens?”

Sean’s face went pale and he left feeling embarrassed.

That one question could’ve been a serious misstep on his behalf.

Sweat beaded on his brown as Terrence opened his car door.

Jason leaned against the back of the sofa and took out a cheap mobile phone. There was only one number in the contacts list.

He pressed that number. After a while, a gentle female voice sounded from the other end of the phone.

“Sister,” he said slowly. “What do you want to eat for dinner? I’ll bring it back for you,” he said softly. The coldness in his eyes was replaced with tenderness.

At night, Grace was wiping the photo frame that held her mother’s photo with a paper towel. She had gone to buy a small desk just to house this photo and she made it a point to dust it

her mother’s belongings had been left with the CumminsFamily. This photo was the only item she had left with which to

sat to one side,

a… uh, a bus ticket?” Grace asked. In the past two days, many of her colleagues from the Sanitation Service Center had been struggling

I don’t have a ticket.”

once. “I can pick one up for

tomorrow.”

realized what she was trying to ask.

to go home?” she asked in surprise.

a home.” Even though he had stayed in the Reed Residence for so many years, he had never felt at home there.

no family, but… didn’t people normally have relatives or something?

she voiced her doubts, he smiled

to go around visiting them.” As for the old head of the Reed family, although they were grandfather and grandson, family affection was something that didn’t exist in the Reed

he was good enough and powerful enough, grandfather wouldn’t care about anything else. But if he ever disappointed the family, even if

of the blood in

of it. He remembered how when he was a child, grandfather had looked at him in disgust several times and said with a ferocious. expression, “Why do you have that woman’s blood in

many times already. The infractions ranged

show his capabilities in the boardroom that grandfather’s attitude towards

the fact that he had that woman’s blood in him was a fact that

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