Chapter 8

As the hours ticked by, Grace worried that something had happened to Jay. He didn’t have a mobile phone so she couldn’t even make a phone call to contact him.

Maybe he’d already moved on, and her whole vision of a sibling and having some semblance of a family was just a pipe dream.

Grace went outside and walked to the entrance of the residential community. She kept looking around, hoping to see some sign go him.

After God-knows how long, she finally saw a familiar figure walking towards her.

“Jay!” Seeing him approach, she finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Jay eyed the figure that was rushing towards him and could not help but be slightly startled.

He looked at her as she ran over to him. She was panting slightly, her face completely red from the cold, and yet her pretty eyes were bright.

“Great, you’re finally back,” she said.

“Sister, are you… waiting for me?” He gently touched her cheek, and the coldness seeped into his fingertips. It seemed that she had been waiting outside for a long time.

“Yes, I was so worried because you hadn’t come back yet and it’s late. Fortunately, you’ve come back safely,” she said with a smile.

He rolled his eyes slightly. She was worried about Jay-the-homeless-man instead of Jason from the Reed Conglomeration. However, if she found out that he was that Jason in the future, would she still worry about him so much?

Not likely.

Raising the corner of his mouth, he said, “I was working.” He made up some job about handing out flyers.

She nodded.

hands are cold. I’ll help you warm them up.” As he said this, he held her cold hands in his palms. Taking the same action as she did last time, he rubbed the backs of her

hands gradually warm up. It was such a cold day, but… it

it’s so good to have you

lips curved into a smile. “I’ll keep that in mind. I hope

regret it,” she said. “Well, my hands are warm now. Let’s go back to the house and I’ll heat up the food.” She pulled him into the complex and did not notice a black car parking at the corner of the

believe what he was seeing. Mr. Reed must have just been…

to any woman. Even Jennifer Atkinson, who

same woman who was

It made no sense.

the club and picking up the drunk Grace

was going on in Mr. Reed’s mind? Had Grace taken up space in

Surely not.

he stared at the couple across the parking lot, holding hands and staring into each other’s eyes, he couldn’t help but wonder if this unlikely situation

at Reed headquarters, when Terrence reported on Jason’s schedule and work, his gaze could not help but turn to Jason’s

were long and slender. Terrence would even go so far as to say his boss’s hands were beautiful and that was saying something because he didn’t think of hands or men in that way. Terrence had seen this pair of hands choking someone without mercy, almost taking that person’s life. Mr. Reed didn’t care about getting his hands bloody, and the thought of it could make

used to keep another person’s hands warm, let alone

hands?” Jason’s voice suddenly

eyes away. He handed an invitation card to Jason. “This is

glanced at the

After all, Jennifer Atkinson, the eldest daughter of the Atkinson family, had

city. Terrence stood

world. He’d built the Reed empire and it was his efforts that grew his family’s fortunes.

to the Reed family were

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