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.”

a romantic notion, Jason thought.

of fairytales, 3D projector billboards, and living happily ever after. He had no experience with such things.

live or die together. It seemed

all-encompassing. All empowering.

did he suddenly want to experience

him?? Had he fallen in

Of course not.

didn’t believe in that kind of love, and he challenged anyone

that it was honest and true, and

had feelings for her. There was a

her and realized that he also had

with the feeling of being next to her. He wanted to

be there when she came

he liked being near her, and he was okay with it. Why else

with enjoying someone else’s company.

with himself, he was falling into deeper emotional territory.

he couldn’t have

made a promise to himself long ago to never fall in

The gentle tone of her voice resounded in his ear.

cheeks and a faint smile. He’d give her the out, for now, and fall back into their comfortable position

Protecting her for life was as easy as lifting a finger for

she stared at him, her eyes so

pang of unease.

to make her sad, yet… when she one day discovered that he was not

of Reed Corporation, how would she react to the lie

likely

woman had built up walls all around her and

wasn’t really a question of if he would hurt her, but

After she 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 sidelong glances one at a time. Some glances were looks of curiosity, while others

at her

walking toward her from the supply closet, who then pulled her aside and quietly

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