Chapter 78

Grace found the name ‘Jay’ in her contact list on her phone and called his number. After a while, the call connected and

Jay’s voice came from the other end of the line. “Hello.”

“I have something to do. I’m afraid that I will be back late today. You… you can prepare dinner for yourself,” Grace said.

“What do you mean ‘you have something to do’?”

“Just tell him that you’re in the hospital right now,” Lina interrupted.

“What does she mean you are in the hospital right now?” There was a pronounced change in Jay’s tone.

“I took a fall, and now I’m waiting for X-rays.”

“In the hospital?” Jay said as if confirming.

“Yes.” Grace sighed.

“Which hospital?” Jay asked. “I’m coming now.”

“You don’t have to come. Lina is here with me. Just wait for me at home,” she said in a hurry. “I’ll be there as soon as I can.”

The other end of the phone was silent. After a long minute, Jason repeated his previous question, “Which hospital?”

Grace bit her lip and replied, “First City.”

Chills wracked her body and her stomach dipped at the thought of inconveniencing him. She had lost her mother

when she was a child and her family had kept her at arm’s length for most of her adolescence. Prison, that had shown her that she was truly on her own.

Grace really didn’t feel comfortable troubling others for anything. No one owed her anything. And she was capable of handling life’s issues on her own.

Well, mostly.

If it weren’t for Lina, she would have come to the hospital

alone without saying a word to anyone. It wasn’t that she

thought she’d broken any bones, but she’d hit her head really

she was

internally bleeding.

now,” Jason said.

his secretary Terrence. “Investigate what happened to Grace

today.”

As you

is at First City

“I expect a report before

arrive there.”

Terrence answered

this call, Terrence looked at his mobile phone in a daze.

knew Mr. Reed’s moods. and tone well enough to interpret

serious.

be hell to pay if his instructions

to the T.

her-much as he would any

her. He gradually spent more time at that apartment until he’d

been

had been slightly shaken, now, he was calling in every favor and demanding to know every detail of her accident

and her treatment.

wasn’t counting the slights against

retaliated on her behalf.

he was waging an all-out

this young woman.

woman who’d killed his

It was… unsettling.

was calculating. Cold. He didn’t exhibit

anything. Not his former future

was most

as Grace was waiting for the results of an X-ray scan, a nurse suddenly came over

hospital. The rooms were single bed,

“Why have you brought me here? Dr.

young man smiled. “He’s the best there is, so I

rolled into a nice

and clean. A large television was up on one wall

side

had scarcely stopped rolling

room

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