He was like an obedient puppy that was allowing her to dry his hair. At this moment, Grace had a weird feeling. It was as if she was his ruler and he was bowing down to her.
She could not control the laughter in her heart. Gosh, why did she have this thought? She might just be an ant in front. of Jason. She would not be able to fight back if he decided to crush her.
Did she only have this illusion because he was being docile.
and tame?
After a long while, she removed the towel after she felt that it was almost done. “I’m done.”
At this moment, his hair was messy. His bangs were covering his forehead and half of his eyes. Grace felt like she was seeing Jason from back then.
Those black eyes hid behind his bangs and were staring at her intensely. It was as if he was trying to absorb everyone’s soul undetected. One would want to take a look at his true face.
Grace could not help but reach out her hand to push away his bangs so that she could see the eyes behind his bangs clearer. They were cold, flirtatious, and there was also a hint of unforgettable pureness and beauty.
At this moment, there was a rare gentleness in the eyes that were staring at her. It was as if she was the most important person to him.
Grace quivered and came back to her senses. When she was about to retract her hand, Jason grabbed it and placed her hand on his cheek.
“What’s wrong? Do you not like my face? Didn’t you say that look very handsome and you won’t be able to get sick of looking at me every day?” he said in a low voice. His voice was hoarse, and he was rubbing against her hand with his face. It was as if he was yearning for her.
Grace wanted so badly to take back what she said before.
Her face was red. She turned her head away to stop looking at him. She would feel more uneasy if she kept looking at him.
Suddenly, her gaze landed on a bowl that was on his desk. To be exact, the bowl was already empty. However, she could still see the black and brown residue in the bowl.
“You took Chinese medicine?” Grace asked subconsciously and looked at Jason weirdly.
“Yeah,” he replied briefly.
“Are you sick?” she asked.
“It’s to nurse my stomach. Didn’t you say I have to nurse myself back to health, Sis? I listened to what you said,” he replied with a smile on his face. He looked like he was asking for praises.
Grace did not know what to do. Should she pat him on his head to praise him?
“Um… That’s good,” she said that after pondering for a long while.
“I’ll listen to you. So, are you willing to like me?” When he said that, she started to feel slightly hesitant.
If… If he was not Jason, perhaps… she might like him.
However, he was Jason. During the three years in prison, hist existence was like a nightmare to her. He was someone she feared from the bottom of her heart.
Grace felt that she did not even know what was going on. between her and Jason anymore. She was scared of him. She was terrified of him, but sometimes, she could not control herself from worrying about him.
When he looked at her with such a serious expression on his face and said those touching words, she would once again be at a loss.
Was he really treating her as a game or was he being serious? What about her? Did she feel anything for him?
She could only let this progress slowly. It was as if she had sunk into a swamp. She wanted to get out of there, but she was sinking deeper and deeper instead.
She finished delivering all of the takeouts. Grace went back to the restaurant and was stunned. Someone was sitting in the restaurant. According to reason, this person-Brian-would never appear in such a small restaurant.
He was wearing a fitting suit. His handsome face looked elegant, but he still looked as unapproachable as ever. This man could appear at a luxurious party or a budget cafe with a nice atmosphere. He could appear at the balcony of a presidential suite, but he would never appear in a small and cheap restaurant.
This time, Grace did not see Kyla anywhere. However, Mrs. Corbyn was at the counter.
At this moment, Brian saw Grace. He stood up and walked to her. “I didn’t think that you’d actually be working here.”
“How did you know?” she asked curiously.
“I saw you on your battery-powered bike yesterday. I saw the words ‘Yan Yan Restaurant’ on the delivery bag behind your bike, so I came here,” Brian said. There was a hint of kindness on his indifferent face that even he did not even notice.
“Grace, there are three more orders. Please deliver them,” Mrs. Corbyn called out to her.
“Okay.” Grace walked to the counter and took the takeouts that were placed on the counter.
Mrs. Corbyn asked Grace in a small voice, “Is that your friend?”
Grace shook her head and said, “Just an acquaintance.” She did not say he was her friend because she did not think she was able to claim connections with him.
However, she felt strange. Even if he saw the restaurant’s name on her delivery box, he did not need to come and eat here.
Was he… waiting for her? This thought appeared in her brain briefly, but she shut it down quickly.
When she was about to exit the shop with her takeouts, Brian asked suddenly, “Are you going to deliver those?”
“Yeah, my main job here is to deliver takeouts,” Grace answered.
“Did Jason ask you to do a job like this?”
“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this job,” Grace said nonchalantly. “I like being able to earn my own money. I think that’s great.”
As she said that, she walked toward her battery-powered bike and put the food on the bike.
“Wait.” He grabbed her instantly. “Are you mad? I didn’t mean to look down on your job with what I said just now.”
She looked at him weirdly. “I’m not mad.” If she were to be mad about this, she would have died from anger a long time ago.
“If you want to, I can find a better job for you,” Brian said.
“Mr. Hart, I don’t think we’re that close. You don’t need to help me find another job. I’m perfectly happy with what I’m doing. now,” Grace said and glanced at his hand that was holding hers. “Can you let go? I need to deliver these.”
The dark pair of eyes stared at her. After a while, he finally let go of his hand. Not close? However, he knew her better than she knew herself,
He knew about her past from his conversation with Evelyn. He knew everything about her, from her youth to her adulthood…
“You’re happy with what you’re doing now?” He chuckled softly. “A former lawyer is happy with being a delivery person?”
Grace’s eyes became dim. Lawyer… It sounded so far away from her now.
After getting on her battery-powered bike, she heard Brian’s voice again. “It seems like there’s something I don’t know between you and Jason. If you can’t stay with him anymore, you’re more than welcome to come to me.”
Her body tensed up. Then, she drove her bike away.
Even if she left Jason, she would not go and look for the young master of the entertainment industry.