Chapter 262

Grace was stunned. She raised her head in shock, meeting Jason's gaze.

Andrea Schwartz's face paled as she gave a hollow laugh. "I didn't know Mr. Reed loves Grace so much. Do you have any plans to get married?"

"If she's willing to marry me, of course I will," Jason said.

Grace's heart throbbed wildly as she stared at Jason in disbelief, as if she had just heard something unbelievable.

"How is that possible?!" Andrea Schwartz blurted.

Jason lazily glanced at her. "What's impossible?"

His eyes were so cold that Andrea Schwartz trembled, fear rising in her heart.

"All right. Let's go, Grace," Jason said, taking her hand and walking away. Grace followed.

Tyler Barber looked at Andrea Schwartz and said disapprovingly, "Andrea, why did you mention your friend's prison sentence? Fortunately, Mr. Reed already knows about it. If he didn't, it would have embarrassed them both, and they might have broken up."

'I did it on purpose!' Andrea Schwartz thought bitterly. Seeing Jason's barely-sipped cup of expensive coffee, she mused, "Hmph. I think her boyfriend isn't as good as he looks. He only took a sip. I'm guessing he's never had good coffee before and doesn't know how to enjoy it." She felt her guess was right. A man who didn't mind a woman's past and was willing to marry a sanitation worker was probably a loser; his only redeeming quality was his good looks.

"Don't talk about other people like that, Andrea," Tyler Barber frowned. He disliked his girlfriend's gossiping.

Andrea ignored him, calling the waiter to pay the bill. The waiter replied, "Your bill has been paid by the gentleman's subordinate."

Subordinate?

Andrea blinked. Jason had subordinates? Why hadn't they seen them? He'd even paid the bill—a hefty sum, close to $1000, even for several cups of expensive coffee. The average person couldn't afford it. He'd paid silently. Who was this man? Showing off, or genuinely wealthy? Andrea's expression twisted with suspicion.

Once outside the mall, Grace said, "I won't take what you said to heart. I know you said it for Andrea to hear."

"Your former colleague isn't that great," Jason said.

Grace was silent. If they were truly lovers, Andrea's words were clearly intended to cause trouble.