"No man will accept if I get divorced. I’m barren, Mr. Grant."
Jas was visibly frustrated each ti Kate ntioned her infertility. She always wailed in self-pity, thinking no man would accept her if she divorced Matt just because she couldn’t give birth.
The fact was Jas had a hard ti trying to block his business partners and employees to make a move towards Kate.
She never realized how attractive she was, no matter how often Jas told her about it.
"So what if you can’t conceive a baby? Your worth is not solely dependent on that," Jas said. "You have so many achievents in your life; you inspire many won, and so many n admire you. You are perfect, Katherine..."
"Ahaha... you’re really good at pep talking, Jas," Kate laughed awkwardly. "But in the end, all n want is a family. Most n see my infertility as a deal breaker. That’s why I’m stuck with Matthew."
"I’m not one of those n," Jas claid.
"W—What do you an?" Kate was surprised. She stared at Jas with cheeks that began to get hotter.
"I will marry you even if you can’t give a baby. You are more than enough for , Katherine," Jas said.
Kate gasped.
This was the first ti Jas ever confessed his feelings towards her.
All this ti, they had been in this sowhat ambiguous relationship. They didn’t do anything because Kate was big on monogamy and marriage loyalty, but even she couldn’t deny how close they had beco to the point that they were better off as a couple.
"Jas..." Kate murmured his na. "Do you think there is a chance for us to be... together?"
Jas gritted his teeth, turned around, and looked at the city below, "We don’t. I’m no longer with you, Kate."
Kate felt that her heart had been crushed. She didn’t understand her own feelings. She knew it was too late because Kate was conscious this was just a dream, and Jas died in a tragic car accident.
"But... you will have soone that will love you much more than I will ever do," Jas said. "He is reckless and immature at tis. But he has a good heart."
"He is braver than , and he will take the risk I won’t take just to have you," Jas said. He looked over his shoulder and smiled at Kate. "He is my little brother, Henry Grant."
Kate gasped again.
Her heart began to feel warm when Jas ntioned Henry. Up until this point, deep in her heart, Kate still wondered if she truly loved Henry or because Henry had the remnant of Jas inside her.
But his na was enough to warm her heart and give butterflies in her stomach.
"You might like at so point, but I doubt it’s the sa kind of like you have for Henry, correct?" Jas asked. "You obviously love him for all the good and bad in him."
Kate bit her lower lip.
Kate began to cry as she had never felt this vulnerable in her life.
She hated being vulnerable, but whenever she rembered about Henry, she wanted to feel vulnerable in front of him.
She wanted to be loved by him only.
She nodded while crying, "I want to fight for him, for us. I will go through hell and back if that ans I can be with him in the end."
Jas was satisfied with Kate’s answer, "Please love him back, and he will protect you until his last breath. I give you two my blessing."
"Goodbye, Katherine."
Kate saw Jas slowly vanishing into thin air, and the area around her crumbled into pieces.
Kate gasped, and she opened her eyes imdiately.
Her chest heaved, and her body was sweaty. She stared at the ceiling and wondered where she was right now.
She rembered passing out after escaping from that perverted intruder with Mai. She didn’t know what happened, but seeing that her body was still intact and she felt no pain in her stomach, she assud she was sohow saved.
Kate looked around and saw the morning sun basking in Michael’s face, who slept on the couch. He frowned a few tis, and when Kate made the slightest move, he opened his eyes imdiately.
Michael’s eyes widened when he saw Kate staring back at him. He got up from the sofa and rushed to Kate’s bed.
"Kate! Are you alright? Do you feel any pain sowhere? Let call the nurse to check on you!"
Kate didn’t even have a chance to speak before Michael dashed out of the ward to find a nurse.
"What’s wrong with him? I’m perfectly fine. I was just exhausted before," Kate said. She sat on the bed, took another good look around her, and was positive she was in the hospital.
She saw another bed beside hers and wondered if Mai was hospitalized here as well. After all, she was the one who received a painful punch in the stomach.
"Where is she anyway? Is she alright?" Kate wondered. "But seeing how Michael seed normal, she thought Mai must be doing just fine."
As she was thinking about Mai, the woman walked out of the bathroom, and her eyes glimred instantly when their gazes t.
"KATE!" Mai tried to run towards Kate but stopped halfway after feeling terrible pain in her stomach.
"M—Mai, don’t rush. You’re still wounded!"
"Ahaha... you’re right," Mai walked slowly towards her bed and sat on it while facing Kate. "How are you feeling right now? Good? Okay? Bad?"
"I’m just fine," Kate replied. "You should worry about yourself. After all, You’re the one who was most wounded by that attack."
"Oh, I’m just fine. It’s just a small scratch," Mai said, but Kate knew that was a lie.
"Really? Let see your wound."
"You don’t need to—"
"Mai, let see your wound."
Mai pouted.
She didn’t know what was wrong with Michael and Kate and why they were so worried about her. She might be small, but she was tougher than she looked.
But Kate’s urging eyes forced Mai to roll her shirt again and showed the wound that had been treated with a cream from the doctor.
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