Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
That thought had crossed her mind several times now. Even if he was not fooling around with her now, how long could his so-called affection last? She did not have much confidence in this regard.
Maybe a year, two years… Maybe only a few months.
“Tell me, what do I have to do to convince you that I’m not fooling around?” He stared at her, and the words his thin lips spat out next almost made her jump off the sofa. “Why don’t we get married, then? Will you believe that I’m serious?”
Grace felt her heart skip a beat. “Get married?” Was he kidding? How could he just utter those two words so casually?
“Yes, get married,” Jason said confidently. “I never want another woman in my life, which means you are the only woman I’ll ever have by my side. In that case, what’s wrong with marrying you?”
“But…”
“Or do you have no intention of marrying me, Sis?” His fingertips brushed lightly against her cheek.
She was bewildered and could only feel her heart racing. Her cheek that was being touched by his fingertips was also burning.
She had never thought of marrying him. They had just started dating so suddenly too! She never even thought that they would be boyfriend and girlfriend one day.
Her expression immediately told him that she had never thought of it. Jason did not know whether to laugh or cry.
If it was any other woman, they would have fantasized about marrying him long ago. Many women had approached him, thinking of marrying into the Reed family.
She, on the other hand, had not thought of it at all.
“Didn’t you agree to date me on the condition that we’ll get married? Or are you going to play with my feelings and get rid of me, Sis?” he said as he stared at her with those bright, amorous eyes.
Grace almost choked. Play with his feelings… None of these words seemed to fit him, let alone ‘get rid of him.
“Or you’re already thinking of breaking up with me?” He pressed further.
She was stunned and tried to open her mouth to speak, but his lips settled on hers before the words could escape her mouth.
He kissed her hard, so hard that he pried open her teeth and swallowed all she had to say.
“Umm…” She subconsciously wanted to turn away to avoid the kiss.
However, his fingers grabbed her chin to keep her from moving.
The kiss was so intense that it almost choked her. When it was over, Grace felt a little weak. Half of her body was being propped by his arms.
“You’d better not even think about breaking up,” muttered
Jason with endless persistence in his bright eyes. “Now that you’ve promised to date me, I’m the only person you can date from now on! I, too, will only date you.”
His voice was silky and lovely. It was like an invisible net grabbing her tightly!
When Grace finally finished her lunch in Jason’s office, she looked at the time, hurriedly cleaned up, and left the office.
When she got out, she met Terrence who was polite and somewhat reverent as he said, “Are you leaving, Miss
Cummins?”
“Yes,” replied Grace.
“Be careful on your way back,” said Terrence.
After Grace got into the elevator, a mid-level executive beside Terrence could not help but ask, “Who… is she, Terrence?”
After all, the woman was dressed in cheap clothes and did not look like someone from the company.
However, Young Master Reed’s private secretary was treating the woman so reverently.
After all, there were very few people in the company whom Terrence would treat respectfully.
“She’s…” Terrence somewhat thoughtfully said, “someone we cannot mess with.”
She was the one Young Master Reed treasured! If anyone messed with her, they would probably be doomed.
Grace went back to the restaurant and continued with her deliveries.
Jason would always order a lot of food. Then, he would ask her to deliver them to Reed Group and ask her to stay for lunch. She felt guilty for doing this. It was as if she was doing something personal at work.
However, she could not refuse Jason’s orders. After all, the food he ordered every day was a good income for the restaurant.
“Hmm. Where’s Kyla? She’s not back yet?” Grace finally realized that Kyla Corbyn was not in the restaurant after delivering a few more orders. It had been Mrs. Corbyn taking care of the cash register.
“Nelson has a cold. Qianyun took him to the community health.
center to get some medicine,” said Mrs. Corbyn.
In the afternoon, Kyla Corbyn came back to the restaurant with Nelson on her back. The boy was heavily asleep on his mother’s back. Grace immediately carried the little one down and asked, “Is Nelson okay?”
“It’s just the common cold, not a big problem,” said Kyla Corbyn as she forced out a smile.
Grace looked at the exhaustion on her face and could not help saying, “You look tired. Do you want to go and have a rest? The restaurant is empty now anyway!”
Kyla Corbyn shook her head. “I’m alright. I’m just worried about Nelson. I’m scared that he doesn’t know how to express his discomfort. After all, some things are harder to express through sign language than speaking. Plus, he’s still young and does not know much sign language. I just hope he doesn’t get sick again before he gets a cochlear implant.”
Grace looked at Nelson who was fast asleep. “Will he get a cochlear implant in two months?”
“Yes.” With that, Kyla Corbyn finally smiled a little. “Although it’s a cheaper model, he can hear things and learn to speak after having the implant. I’ll get him a better one when I get rich in the future. This is pretty much what the rest of my life. will be, but I do hope that he can live a good life.”
“It will be. Besides, Kyla, you have a great deal of life ahead.
of you. That’s such a pessimistic thing to say. Maybe it’ll get better in the future,” said Grace.
Kyla Corbyn looked at Grace in surprise. “You seem to have changed a little.”
“Changed?” Grace was confused.
“Yes, when you first came to my store, you seemed depressed, as if life was crushing you down. But look at you now, your depression seems to have dissipated. It’s like you have hope. for the future,” said Kyla Corbyn.
Did she… have any hope for the future? Grace was stunned. Was it because Lina was helping her look into the case? Was it because… there was a new beginning between her and Jason?
That night, when Grace came out of the small restaurant, she saw a car parked not far from the restaurant. It was Jason’s car!
She stepped forward. The door was already open. Jason was sitting in the back seat as he said to her, “Get in.”
“I’m going back with the electric bike, or it’ll be a lot of trouble for me to come here tomorrow morning,” she said. Who asked him to live in a place where his family owned so much land and property that there were no buses nearby? It was a long way from Reed Residence to the bus stop.
He looked at her with a smile as if he had heard a joke. “I’ll send you here tomorrow morning.” With that, he took her by the hand and pulled her into the car.
Grace was a little speechless. Considering that she only earned 4,000 dollars a month, how could she take a Bentley to and from work?
It was like when she saw the news about driving a BMW to sell oranges.
“When did you arrive?” asked Grace. She was looking for a topic to talk about so that the atmosphere in the car was not too awkward.
Although she was dating Jason, she did not know how to get along with him.
“About half-past six?” he answered.