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.

in his palms. Taking the same action as she did last time, he rubbed the backs of her hands

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

so good to have you home,” she

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

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

was seeing. Mr. Reed must have just

Reed do this to any woman. Even Jennifer Atkinson, who had

Reed was doing this to Grace. The same woman who was

It made no sense.

the drunk Grace at the door, Terrence

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

Surely not.

and staring into each other’s

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

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 people shiver and give them

never seen this pair of hands being used to keep another person’s hands warm, let alone those of a woman who had been locked up in

wrong with my hands?” Jason’s voice

quickly turned his eyes away. He handed an invitation card to Jason. “This is the invitation. In two weeks, Lily and Sean Stevens will

Jason glanced at

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

the city. Terrence stood outside the

in the ward had once dominated the world. He’d built the Reed empire and it was his efforts that grew

come back to the Reed family

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