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

to live or die

all-encompassing. All empowering.

experience such a thing? And with

mean for him?? Had he fallen in love with her?

Of course

in that kind of love, and he challenged

was honest and

had feelings for her. There was a … sentimental attachment,

her and realized that he also had

feeling of being next to her.

her whereabouts, to be there when

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

with enjoying someone

honest with himself, he was falling into deeper

to fall in love… he couldn’t

to never fall in love with

right?” The gentle tone of

the out, for

will never make you sad,” he said. Because that was the answer she wanted to hear. And he meant it. Protecting her for life was as easy

at him, her eyes so earnest and hopeful, he felt

pang of unease.

promised not to make her sad, yet… when she one day discovered that he was not Jay Smith, some vagrant worker, and

Reed, President of Reed Corporation, how would she

was likely

all around her and he’d been let

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

went to work the next day. After she finished sweeping the streets with Claire, they returned to the Sanitation Center for their lunch break. However, she noticed that her colleagues

at her

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

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