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.

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

It was such a cold day, but…

have you

smile. “I’ll keep that in mind. I hope you won’t regret saying that

I’ll heat up the food.” She pulled him

in the car, Terrence couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Mr. Reed must have just been… warming the

never seen Mr. Reed do this to any woman. Even Jennifer Atkinson, who had once been

Reed was doing this to Grace. The same woman who was the cause of Jennifer Atkinson’s

It made no sense.

and picking up the drunk Grace at the

Mr. Reed’s mind? Had

Surely not.

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

on Jason’s schedule and work, his gaze could not help but

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

person’s hands

Jason’s voice suddenly sounded

nothing.” Terrence came to his senses and quickly turned his eyes away. He handed an invitation card to Jason. “This is the invitation. In two weeks, Lily and Sean Stevens will get officially

glanced at

sending this invitation. After all, Jennifer Atkinson, the eldest daughter of the Atkinson family, had once been his fiancee. They wanted

the afternoon, Terrence accompanied Jason to a private hospital in the city. Terrence

and it was his efforts that grew his family’s

only two things that would come back to the Reed family were a handful of ashes and a

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