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“You are my girlfriend and a member of my staff. Why do I have no right?” Mason said coldly.
Grace looked into his eyes, “I have submitted my resignation. We have broken up!”
“You have submitted it, but did I agree to it? Labor Contract Law stipulates: When the company hasn’t violated any rules, the employee must submit their resignation at least one month in advance, and the company must then accept it; only then can someone resign. Moreover, you said we’ve broken up, but I never agreed to it. Do you think you are in charge of what happens between us?
“You are ridiculous, Mason!” His words made Grace angry, but she didn’t know how to refute him, so she snapped at him, “You want to be a child, but I am not. Let me go!”
Mason clenched his teeth and did his utmost to control his anger. He held Grace’s hands tightly and didn’t let her go even after her hands had turned red.
Emma stood beside them and found things had become unbearable for her. It seemed that Mason was going to break at any moment. No one could control him if he broke out. He had always been stubborn from a young age. Emma hurried to persuade him, “Mason, let’s get out of here and talk somewhere else. This is not the right place to communicate.”
Mason didn’t react to her plea, so Emma shook him by the arms. Grace turned her face to look out of the window. She was unwilling to be seen by strangers in the coffee house. Emma continued to plead with Mason until suddenly, Mason held Grace by the waist and dragged her out of the café.
Grace struggled to free herself but was no match for Mason’ strength. Emma kept pace with them while the waiter followed and yelled, “Miss, you didn’t pay for your coffees!”
Emma stopped and hurried to produce a twenty-dollar bill from her wallet and handed it over to the waiter. She told him to keep the change and ran after Mason and Grace.
Mason took Grace to the passenger seat, then he walked around to the driver’s side, slamming the door behind him. As soon as Emma got in the car, Mason drove away immediately, trying to escape the embarrassing scene he had left in his wake.
Mason drove the car straight to his house, took Grace out of the car, and brought her into his apartment. His apartment was a lavishly decorated two-story European-style house. It covered an area of more than one hundred square meters where only Mason and his maid resided. It was open and quiet. The maid, who was cleaning the house, was utterly stunned as Mason dragged Grace into the house, followed by his sister, Emma.
The maid didn’t say a word, but Mason recognized that she was uncomfortable and said, “Miss Brown, you can go home now. You needn’t clean up today.”
Noticing how flustered and angry he was, she put on her jacket and quickly made her way out of the house.
Grace was screaming, “Mason, you are crazy! Let me go,” as Emma stood beside them, unsure of what to do.
This time, Mason didn’t resist her and let her go easily. He looked at her coldly and said, “This is my home. Do you think you can go now without my permission?”
Grace clenched her teeth and stared at Mason. Eventually, Grace calmed down and said, “Okay, if you really want to talk to me, we can have a talk in public. What do you expect to win by keeping me here, Mason? My heart, my body, or do you just want to play some kind of sick power game with me?”
“Grace, what am I supposed to do? It is impossible to get you to listen to me like a reasonable adult!” Mason yelled.
“Mason, I did love you before, but that’s because I was naïve and ignorant of your deception. I knew you were a playboy, but I thought that just maybe you would be loyal to me. However, I waited for you for so long, and all you ever did was make me upset. All you want is my body. You treat me like any other woman in your life. I’m just here to be conquered, aren’t I Mason? No love exists between us. Perhaps you do love someone, but it’s not me. Now I can finally see clearly, and I want to leave, so why do you stop me? What the hell do you want? No matter how rich you are, you will never be powerful enough to keep me here. You are not a God, Mason, and you are just a man! You can’t get everything as long as I’ve got my pride! Why should I be your little plaything? Why should you fool me again and again?”
“How can you say that?” Mason replied.
“I just want to ask you one thing.” Grace snapped, sharply, “Do you love me now? I know you didn’t love me before, but your sister told me that you cared about me. I know what you’ve been doing recently to try and win me back, but I still can’t trust you that easily. So, I want to ask you, and I want you to answer me honestly. Do you love me now? If you say yes, then perhaps I can trust you and stay here. If not, then please let me go! You have no right to keep me here!”
Grace’s words seemed to have a powerful effect on the room, and everyone had fallen silent. Emma looked at her brother, waiting for a response.
Mason stared at both of them for a while in silence but offered no response. Emma lowered her head and thought about what Mason might do next. She considered what Mason had done recently, how extreme his behavior had been. She wasn’t sure about him anymore. It was clear to her that Mason did care about Grace, but if he really loved her, then she didn’t want to believe it. For years, she had been in love with Mason even though she knew she couldn’t be with him. She knew he was her anchor and would keep her safe because she was always in her brother’s heart. If one day, her brother were to leave her…
“How, can’t you speak?” Grace asked again, interrupting Emma’s train of thought.
Mason had kept eye contact with Grace during everything she had said to him, but at last, he suddenly lowered his eyes and grabbed the corner of the sofa, nervously. She understood now that he wasn’t able to say it. Then, she nodded and sneered, “Mason, do you dare not to admit it, or are you simply unable to speak anymore?”
Mason kept his mouth shut, trying to figure out what to do or say. Grace laughed and said, “Now that we know you’re incapable of answering me, don’t keep me here any longer!” disappointed and exhausted, Grace turned to leave.
Emma looked at her but did not attempt to stop her. Then she turned to Mason, unsure of what to feel for him.
Mason stood completely still, unable to find the right words to say. Even after Grace had left, he didn’t chase after her. Mason never looked inward. At first, he did not like her, and he’d only wanted to satisfy his lust. But he was surprised by his own sadness now that they had broken up. He wasn’t sure whether he loved her or not. If he wasn’t sure, he couldn’t bring himself to promise her anything because he had such a complicated family. How could he ask her to commit her life to such a family if he wasn’t sure that he loved her?
Emma walked over to him and said, gently, “Brother, she is gone.”
“Let her go!” Mason replied
