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“I see. Mrs. Thomas, I have thought about it, and even if you’d said nothing to me at all, I would still want to leave him. Don’t worry,” Grace answered in a low voice.
Mrs. Thomas finally seemed to relax and said, “We would make it up to you. $100,000 or $200,000? Is it enough?”
Grace thought Mrs. Thomas must not respect her at all. How could she measure her with money? Did the rich always behave this way? No wonder Mason could be arrogant sometimes.
Mrs. Thomas looked at Grace and figured that she was not satisfied with the amount, she asked again, “How much do you want? $500,000, $1,000,000?”
“Mrs. Thomas, I think you have me wrong!” Grace finally snapped at her and raised her head, “I don’t need money. I will leave him alone because that’s what I want!” Grace stared angrily into Mrs. Thomas’s eyes for a moment before turning to leave.
Emma found Grace walking toward the exit and ran over to her, inquiring, “Miss Tyler, where are you going? Don’t you want to wait for my brother to wake up?”
Mrs. Thomas appeared soon before Grace could say anything. “Let her go!” she said coldly.
Emma turned her head and looked at Mrs. Thomas and then looked at Grace. She just didn’t know what to say. Grace said to Emma sternly, “You needn’t stop me. Let me go. I have seen Mason already. You can take care of him.”
Grace was about to leave when Mason’s cousin suddenly yelled from the other end of the corridor, “Mason is awake! He’s woken up!”
Everyone who’d been waiting stood up immediately. Mrs. Thomas rushed over quickly, the sound of her high heels resonating through the corridor. Emma was very happy. She was on her way to the ward where Mason was being kept, but she ran back when she saw Grace was about to leave. “Miss Tyler, how can you leave now? My brother has just woken up. You should at least let him see that you’ve come to visit!”
“Miss Thomas, I…” Grace was unsure as to whether she should see him or not. However, by this time, Emma was almost dragging her to the ward. Grace had come so far and really wanted to know how he was, so she followed her reluctantly.
Mason woke up. The doctor notified the family that they could see him now. All his family members came in and surrounded his bed while Grace stood in the corner.
Mason stared at Grace the entire time that his family smothered him with affection. Finally, he said to everyone around him, “Let me talk with Grace alone!”
No one had expected Mason to say that. They all turned around and looked at Grace. She noticed a sadness in Emma’s eyes. Meanwhile, Mrs. Thomas was looking even more cold-hearted than before.
Even standing in the corner, Grace became a little uneasy when she suddenly noticed so many people looking at her. She looked at Emma and Mrs. Thomas before lowering her head, embarrassed.
“Mom, Dad, you go out first please,” said Mason, his voice deep and weak. Grace suspected that the damage from the alcohol must have affected his speech.
Everyone left the room uneasily, leaving only Grace standing there lost for words.
The ward suddenly appeared a lot larger than before. Grace felt even more uneasy. She lowered her head and squeezed the handle of her bag tightly. She dared not to look at Mason, unsure of what to say.
Mason lifted his eyelids with difficulty. He looked at her and said, gently, “Grace, come here.”
Grace raised her head and looked at him. She hesitated for a long time and finally walked over to him, standing beside his bed. Coldly, Grace said to him, “Mason, I didn’t want to stay here. Emma was the one who made me stay.”
Mason wanted to touch her but was unable to move his arms, “Come sit beside me.”
Grace stared at him. Though she pitied the state that he was in, she still remained standing. She didn’t know what to say to him. “I needn’t sit down. I will leave after I’ve said what I need to say. We are not right for each other. I won’t ever be with you, so I’m not going to do what you ask whether I caused the car accident or not. I have promised Emma that I would see you, but we have broken up over whether you love me or not.” Perhaps Mrs. Thomas was right after all. They were not right for each other. His family was against them. Moreover, she had no idea whether Mason loved her or not. There was no need for her to stay with him.
With one last look at Mason, Grace turned to leave. Grace stopped, however, when she suddenly heard Mason saying in pain, “How did it all come to this? Do you know?”
Grace had never heard Mason sound so desperate. It sounded as though the pain came from deep within his heart. She stopped but didn’t turn around.
After a moment, Mason suddenly said, “Grace, I’ve realized how deeply I’ve fallen in love with you. Believe it or not, I can feel it now.”
Grace was stunned. She turned around and stared at Mason blankly, unsure of what to say.
Mason continued, “I am sorry for what I did to you. At first, indeed, I didn’t care about your feelings. I thought you were just another woman who would do whatever I said, so I didn’t know how to cherish you. I never felt anything close to being worried until you wanted to resign for the first time. In order to keep you, I told you that you could be my girlfriend. Afterward, I didn’t regret it at all. I began to enjoy the life I had with you. I felt genuine happiness when I saw your face light up on your birthday. I suddenly found that I could become happy by making you happy. Then we often quarreled with each other because of misunderstandings. You were upset, I also felt angry. You didn’t trust me at all, and I always shied away from telling you how I truly felt.”
Grace had not expected him to open up so freely. Was he really telling her that he loved her? Grace suddenly felt herself turning into a little girl again, giddy at the thought of him loving her.
Mason continued, “That time, in the office, I said some terrible things to you because I was angry. I only wanted to aggravate you. Unexpectedly, you took it straight to heart and wanted to break up. Then I regretted everything and tried to make amends. You, however, were unwilling to see me even when I waited outside for you almost every day.”
