Chapter 100

“Will you be going?” Jason asked.

Grace nodded. “But you…” She hesitated for a moment. “Do you want to go with me?”

He was quiet for a moment then said, “I have to work overtime the night before. The boss said that I will get triple the rate if I do. How about you give me the address? I will go find you the

next day.”

“All right,” Grace said.

However, she then bit her lips and said hesitantly, “But when you show up with me over there, some of my relatives might give you a hard time. When that happens, don’t mind them.””

Jay gave her a faint smile. “Don’t worry, I won’t pay any

attention to it.”

At this moment, she was the only person he cared about.

The closer it got to Thanksgiving, the fewer people would be seen on the road. Many people had already returned to their

hometowns.

Her mother’s hometown was a small town on the outskirts

of Emerald City. It was not far away, and it would only take

about an hour and a half to get there by bus. Therefore,

relatively speaking, she would have to compete for a bus

ticket home with many other people who were also looking to

get out of the city for the holiday.

While Grace was still booking the tickets, she asked Jason, “Jay,

do you have your ID card? I’ll book a ticket for you.”

As a matter of fact, she had never seen his ID card.

already booked a ticket,”

not say anything else after hearing that. Instead, she took out the scarf that she had been hiding in the past few days and

it too short?” she studied

said. Her scent seemed to

feel as though he

ahead and finish up knitting the ends of it so that you can wear it for the holidays. But it will take some more time before

clasped her hands as she fiddled with the scarf.

eyes lifted to his. Goodness, he was so

tracing tiny circles on

“It’s beautiful.”

at the scarf, he was looking at

the forefront of

friendship could

with a will of its own, her body leaned

smiled faintly, his gaze dropping to

sucked in a

was more to her than anyone else in

been.

him. More than she

herself.

his head and

eyes fluttered

started

If it had even been

countertop and grabbed her

“Hello Lina.”

in her apartment during the holidays, but when she heard that Grace was going to visit her mother’s hometown, she couldn’t help

small talk. No skirting around

want her to go

won’t be alone. Jay will go over to accompany

heartless those people were when her friend got into trouble back then. They’d not been kind to Grace in the years

like them, Grace. No offense. They were all fine to ride off your success and take money when you were working, but

fell on hard times, they

didn’t argue the point. It was true

bit of it.

Grace said. “She’s the only one of them who’s been good to me,

she has left.”

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