Chapter 23
“But I… I made you lose face in front of everyone, and even Greg…”
“That’s what they did. It had nothing to do with you, right?”
“It had something to do with me!” Mia shouted in her heart. This was the first time in her life that she desperately wanted to take responsibility for something. But the words wouldn’t come.
“Well, if there is nothing else, I still have to work,” Grace said, ignoring the bitter look on Mia’s face. She went around Mia and walked to the other side of the road to sweep the ground.
Although Grace did not know why Mia had come to her today, she did not intend to forgive her for what had happened that day.
Just as Grace was sweeping, a figure suddenly appeared in front of her. She looked up to see that it was Chase from the fleet.
Chase’s face was slightly red, and he said with great courage, “Grace, Claire said that you don’t want to be in love now, but… but… I’m sincere. I’m willing to wait for you. When… when you do want to be in a relationship, you can look for me.”
“It’s
a street
turn redder. “Claire said that you don’t have a boyfriend now. I will
saw his flushed face and somewhat nervous expression, she was a little stunned. At least
man, generally speaking, would be a
that she had been in prison, he would
moment, a voice suddenly sounded behind her. “Sister, won’t you introduce
familiar figure walking towards her. The black down jacket, black trousers, and sneakers were all from discount stores, but on him, they looked stylishly good. However, his expression was a bit more, she wasn’t sure, but predatory came to mind. He didn’t outwardly reflect any anger, but something told Grace that Jason wasn’t nearly as calm as he appeared.
she replied automatically. “This is my colleague.
are you
he held Grace’s left hand, he rubbed his palms over hers. “Your hand is a
by the harsh wind. Obviously, they would get cold, but she was used to it. She didn’t wear gloves most of the time because they