Chapter 24
He looked up at me with burning intensity.
Seeing those deep eyes of his, I quickly pulled my hand back. “All clean now.”
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I tried to stay calm, but my heart was racing.
After dinner, as I got up to clear the dishes, Marcus suddenly spoke.
“Jade.”
My body tensed slightly. I looked up at him. “What is it?”
“Nothing. Thank you for being willing to take care of me.”
“I should-you got hurt because of me too.”
Looking at his handsome, stern face, I held back for a long time before finally asking:
“Marcus, you really don’t need to be so good to me. I’m already grateful you let me work at your company. Today at that factory, it was so dangerous-you could have just left Nathan and me there. Even if you had, I wouldn’t have blamed you.”
He looked at me quietly for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled.
“I might not save anyone else, but I would definitely save you.”
“Why?”
I didn’t understand. Marcus and I weren’t that close, really.
We’d only known each other from business dealings before.
I hadn’t been working at his company very long. He really didn’t need to risk his life for me.
‘You really don’t remember me?” Marcus recalled the past. “Three years ago, there was a sudden collapse at the West Side
construction site. You pulled a man out.”
My breath caught.
A memory suddenly surfaced-three years ago, when Pierce Holdings was just getting started.
I’d secretly gone to Stone Industries’ construction site to learn.
Suddenly there was a loud crash. The scaffolding overhead collapsed. In the chaos, I saw a man trapped under steel pipes and rushed to pull him out.
“That man was you?”
I could hardly believe it. How could there be such a coincidence in this world?
He’d been covered in dust then. I had no idea who he was.
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Chapter 24
I nearly choked to death on my food. Marcus jumped up in alarm and quickly handed me a glass of water.
“What’s wrong? Are you okay? Drink some water.”
“I’m fine.”
After drinking some water, I felt better.
Thinking about what Marcus had just said, I pressed my lips together.
You’re joking, right?”
‘I’m serious. I like you. What about you?”
He didn’t look like he was joking, but I started to panic. I looked down at the time.
‘It’s getting late. I should head home. Get some rest.”
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Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words. When she’s not writing, she finds peace nurturing her garden.
