Chapter 47

Grace pursed her lips, finding Sean’s offer to be absurd. He…what exactly? Wanted to assuage his guilt by getting her a job? It was his fault she’d been unemployable everywhere else in the city.

She started to walk away from him.

“Don’t walk away from me,” Sean said angrily. “I’m still talking to you. Seriously, Grace. I’m already taking a risk by offering to help

you!”

“Did anyone ever ask you to take that risk?” Grace asked flatly. “Did you ever hear of too little, too late, Sean? When I needed you most, you abandoned me.” She shook her head.”There is no need for this. Moreover, aren’t you afraid that your fiancee will hear?”

“Hear about what?” a sharp voice asked. Sean’s eyes widened. “What is it that you’re keeping from me?”

Sean froze. He released his grip on Grace’s arm immediately and turned to look at Lily, who was walking toward him.

“It’s nothing,” he said quietly.

Lily arched a brow. “Hmm.” She swept up to Sean and looped her arm through his. “Sean, darling, why did you stop to talk to this kind of person? Aren’t you afraid that Jason Reed will hear about

it? You know my sister is the only woman Jason ever loved. Although my sister has been dead for three years, he has never had another woman…”

Although Lily did not complete her sentence, everyone knew what

she meant.

Sean’s face paled when he remembered the Projection Ads that

had been taken down and Jason Reed’s refusal to attend their

engagement banquet.

There were far-reaching effects of angering Mr. Reed. Effects

neither he nor Stevens Corporation could afford.

His family reckoned that it was because of Grace that Jason had

refused to meet them. But now, he didn’t know what to think.

only fit to be a sanitation worker.” Lily

you’re so good

She was

actions weren’t helping, and for once, Sean wished she would just shut up instead of

already out of prison?” She tapped her chin with her free hand. “He made your life a living hell

Grace shuddered.

doesn’t know it already, he just might recognize you on the news from our interviews today. Maybe you should think about relocating. I believe that before long, you will no longer be

Sean, holding him

them leave.

headed toward a section of the highway, riding on the bicycle provided by the Sanitation Service Center.

emotions she had for him, had died

amity. He was just…dead

Lily holding each other intimately, bah. They deserved each

her work, oblivious to a figure who

corner,

agency, reporter Brian was

Sanitation Service Center to offer her

the sanitation workers.

kind of fluff piece he wanted to cover, but she’d been

darling, and his boss had set

covered it.

dark-haired woman appearing on the screen, he

frown. He found this woman familiar, but

had seen

this woman? Why does she

watched the news footage over and over again, and then he

some other details popped out to

clenched the gift

when this woman exited the center and

press conferencie.

of the

had. On the contrary, she looked positively

be there. Which was odd, considering every

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