Chapter 14

Maria was angered and humiliated. Her hands fisted at her sides and she shook with the force of her outrage. She immediately turned to leave with Mia following her. That was slapping her in the face.

Grace felt as if she were watching a show. The minute she stepped out of the market, she saw a few people smashing a car that seemed to belong to Maria.

“What happened? Has she offended someone and that person is taking revenge?” Grace asked.

“Who knows?” Jason replied as his eyes glittered.

“Anyway, it’s none of our business.” Grace took Jason’s arm and walked to the bus stop.

Suddenly, Jason stopped walking. Grace turned to look at him and saw that he looked pale.

“What’s wrong?” Grace asked, looking worried. “Jay, are you okay?”

“N-nothing,” Jason stuttered. He shook his head as if to clear it.

“You look like you saw a ghost.”

His gaze cut swiftly to her.

The woman who stepped off the bus and disappeared into the market crowd…she’d looked too much like the woman who’d deserted her husband and son.

Surely, he was mistaken.

***

Grace frowned at him as they got ready for bed. She didn’t pry and he credited her for holding her tongue.

“Thank you for the phone,” he said and forced a smile for her benefit.

Her smile wobbled a bit, but she nodded. It was obvious she was worried about him.

But he was fine.

As the lights dimmed, he closed his eyes and breathed deeply.

mark the exact moment that Grace drifted to sleep. Her breathing evened out and she inhaled

the library and told him,

most unreliable thing in this world is love. When she no longer loves you,

realize that someone in this world has the power to control your emotions.

of his surroundings. It was the mansion but

It’s cold… it’s so cold…

followed. He had to catch her. He couldn’t let her

he loves me and is yet unable

talking

“Don’t…go…”

about now? Oh, it’s him. He’s begging the woman. If

go!” Jason struggled to catch hold of her, but it was like trying to catch the

drown. He felt so terrible that he found it

grab hold of something, even if

A gentle voice rang beside his ears. ”Jay, Jay, I’m not leaving, I’m not leaving. Don’t

who has asked

pretty face. Her dark eyes were full of anxiety, her pink

was telling him

hard

heaved a sigh of relief. ”Jay, what happened? Did you

frowned. He had not had that dream for some

I had a nightmare.” Jason realized he was holding Grace’s hand tightly as though she

was that nonsense she’d talked about straws and lifesavers? He’d thought it so s*lly when she’d said it, but there was no discounting that her presence brought him

while he was about to drown,

it had saved

her and the warmth he’d

dull ache spread in the pit of his

she became concerned

the pain. “It’s just… stomach

come because

cramps whenever he tried to suppress his emotions. But that had been

experienced a physical reaction

had reached into his abdomen and

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