Chapter 49

Grace shook her head to clear it.

This was her ‘brother’ and he likely didn’t mean what he’d said the

way she was taking it.

It was an innocent question. She shouldn’t read too much into it.

This attraction she felt…was one-sided and couldn’t go anywhere. If she crossed that line, she’d only stand to lose him. He deserved better than that.

They both did.

She swallowed hard and averted her gaze.

“Of course, I would be sad over you. I care for you deeply.”

“As you did for Sean before you learned the truth about him?”

Actually, she felt more for Jay. But she couldn’t tell him that. If he misinterpreted her meaning, there would be no putting the genie back in the bottle.

And the last thing she wanted was any awkwardness or distance between them.

She valued his friendship too fiercely.

Grace cleared her throat and said, “I can love my younger brother

but that isn’t the same kind of love.”

“Oh?”

Jason wasn’t letting her off the hook, and the whole conversation

was making her want to cringe. “It’s two different feelings. I thought loving someone was forever and irreplaceable. I even… thought that lovers could live and die together.”

notion, Jason

had no experience with such things.

love… to live or

all-encompassing. All empowering.

did he suddenly want to experience such a thing? And with Grace.

Had he fallen in love

course not.

kind of love, and he

to prove that it was honest and true,

he did admit, that he had feelings for her. There was a

studied her and realized that he

with the feeling of being next to her.

whereabouts, to be there when she came

ensure her safety. He acknowledged that he liked being near her, and he was okay with it. Why else would he have played this game

was nothing wrong with

he was really honest with himself, he was falling into deeper

love… he couldn’t have done that.

to himself long ago to never fall in

Jay would never make me sad, right?” The gentle

out, for

was the answer she wanted to hear. And he meant it. Protecting her for life was as easy as lifting a finger for him. Hell, his accountants could probably find some tax write-off for

she stared at him, her eyes so earnest and hopeful, he felt a

pang of unease.

to make her sad, yet… when she one day

President of Reed Corporation, how would she react to the

likely an

built up walls all around her and he’d been

really a question of if he would hurt her, but when.

finished sweeping the streets with Claire, they returned to the Sanitation Center for their lunch break. However, she noticed that her colleagues were giving her

of them were pointing at her as they whispered amongst themselves.

walking toward her from the supply closet, who then pulled her aside and quietly asked, “Grace, were you

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