Chapter 83

“If I’m dismissed, I don’t have anything to fall back on. The

accident… all of my savings were cleared out with court fees

and fines. I need this job. It pays the rent and buys our food…”

“You still have me!” he shouted.

Grace gasped. Jay never yelled. He was always calm. Even in

horrible situations-violent situations-he was not so volatile.

“I’ll earn money to take care of you,” he said more quietly. As if the outburst never happened. “Don’t give it another thought.”

Grace stared dazedly at the man before her. She believed

him. Even though he didn’t have a steady job and no home of his own, she trusted his word. Indeed, his words had given her an unprecedented sense of security.

Maybe she didn’t have to go it alone. Maybe she did have someone she could rely on.

“Make the call.” He brought the phone before her.

She hesitated for a few seconds, then took the phone and called her manager on-call at the Sanitation Center.

As the phone rang and she waited to be connected to her manager, she felt her blood pressure rise. She didn’t love this job, but she really didn’t want to lose it. She trusted that Jay could provide for them, but she didn’t want that responsibility

to fall to him.

“Hello, Mrs. Jacobson,” she said politely when her boss answered. Then she gave a summary of the accident, leaving out the whole “I was pushed by Zoe Stevens and bullied by my

ex-fiancee’s new fiancee Lily Atkinson.”

would tell her no. Or that she’d

were no extra hurdles. To her total

her health and suggested she take

a week if she needed to. Furthermore,

the minimum wage and her salary

affected.

believe it.

happened?” Jason asked.

“She said yes.”

her foot, and his hand slipped around to massage her

in a breath.

gaze cut to

told me to take more time.” Grace

“That particular manager has

toward me…”

it. You’re injured. It’s

of goodness from her foot to the top

her like this? Sean never

their most intimate times, he wasn’t one for much foreplay.

race from the sole of her foot, up her leg to all those other places, Grace felt her face

his strong hands, those long fingers, tracing higher up her legs, to where they v-ed. And once her thoughts took that turn, she couldn’t look at him without imagining the things he could do to

she hurriedly said. Ankles… who knew she had such

his fingers were still gripping her leg. “Let me

wet.” At least her legs

Sister,”

was the meds from the hospital. Maybe it was his touch,

Whatever the reason…

She wanted him.

Then he swept her into his arms again, only this time, as he cradled her,

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