Chapter 99


    Chapter 99


    Grace did not know how many times she had told the nice old woman from their neighborhood that Jay


    was not her boyfriend, but her “brother.” However, when the olddy found out that there was no blood


    rtionship between the two of them, she was still dead-set on treating them as a couple.


    The old woman all but cackled at the absurdity. She said with a smile at that time, “Maybe not now. But,


    you will be in the future. What brother and sister? It’s just a figure of speech. Your friendship now will be


    the basis of your rtionship to grow from.”


    That sounded pretty profound. But Grace couldn’t allow herself to hope for such things.


    She stood to lose too much.


    She could only hope that things would stay as they were with Jay. If they did, she would count herself


    lucky indeed.


    As for Jay, when the olddy called him her “boyfriend,” he never protested or tried to argue that they


    were siblings, he would even respond with a smile.


    Jason put Grace down on a stone bench in the small park, and


    then said, “It’s colder today. I’ll go get you more clothes to help youyer up.”


    “Mm. Okay,” she agreed.


    When he came back with more clothes, he saw that the


    aunties in themunity seemed to be surrounding her and talking to her. She then blushed and


    waved her hands repeatedly as if denying something.


    Jason’s footsteps could not help slowing down. He only felt that the blush on her cheeks was so cute,


    and it made her look


    adorable.


    When the aunties saw him, they immediately left with grins on their faces. Before leaving, they even


    winked at Grace, which made her face even redder.


    “What’s wrong?” Jason walked up and wrapped anotheryer of clothing around her.


    Her almond-shaped, jet-ck eyes looked a little embarrassed and she bit her lower lip as she nced


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    up at him. He’d thought her adorable and she was, undeniably so, but she was beautiful too.


    Radiant, even.


    With something in her that just seemed to glow.


    The olddies had recognized it. Maybe on some instinctual level, he had too, when he first saw her


    that night on the street.


    Grace was… good.


    Her soul was kind and giving.


    She was strong.


    But not so strong as to be inflexible.


    He marveled at her resilience and her ability to give. Despite everything that was taken from her, she


    continued to be


    generous to others.


    And that was quite incredible, in his humble opinion.


    Her face flushed bright red as he continued to stare at her, until her cheeks looked like the skin of an


    apple. One couldn’t help wanting to take a bite.


    All of a sudden, a burst of lust sprang up in Jason’s body. He calmly suppressed the physical reaction,


    but he had a strange feeling in his heart.


    It seemed that her influence on him was…growing. Even just


    the blush on her face made him… want her.


    “They… they thought you were my boyfriend,” she whispered.


    “Isn’t this something that they’ve known for a while?” he


    asked.


    “Then they said that you were too beautiful.” She was even


    more embarrassed now.


    “And then?” he asked.


    “After that, they started teaching me some husband-taming


    moves.” She couldn’t bring herself to tell him the details.


    “Well then, in the future, you can use them on me to see if


    there’s any effect,” Jason said.


    “Why, you too…” Grace bit down on her lower lip in


    embarrassment.


    His throat could not help tightening up at this sight.


    At this moment, her phone suddenly rang. She picked it up and answered. Her face immediately


    changed, and she responded in a low voice.


    After finishing the call, she looked at him and said, “I will go back to my mother’s hometown during


    Thanksgiving this year. Just now, a call came from my mother’s side saying that my


    grandma wants to see me.”


    When her father married her stepmother, he first threw her


    back to her mother’s hometown. During that time, it was her


    grandmother who had taken care of her, until she couldn’t


    any longer, due to her poor health. Grace’s dear paternal grandfather then stepped in and took over.


    After that, Grace could onlye back during the winter and summer holidays. After she graduated


    from high school, she would sometimes save enough money to buy a bus ticket, and she would go


    back to see her grandmother-until the disaster that happened to her three years ago…


    At that time, her grandmother was already in worse health


    and often needed to rest in bed, and other rtives were busy


    trying to distance themselves from Grace. Even when she gave them a call, she would always be


    heartlessly hung up on.


    This time, it could be said that it was the first time her


    mother’s side had called her in three years.


    “Jay, my family on that side has avoided me since the ident.


    It’s… why would they call me home to her now?”


    Jason could imagine. And it filled his heart with dread.


    Author’s Note: Thank you for all your love on Grace and


    Jason and I had read all yourments. I know I made some mistakes throughout it. I am so so so so


    sorry about the names and they are going back now. Justment and ask.