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Chapter 621 – A Sudden Commotion
***** ‘Am I the one offering the job here, or is he interviewing me for it?’ Grace wondered, utterly baffled, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. The way Xavier had accepted her offer so proudly, so confidently… so authoritatively, even giving himself the time to resume, made it feel like she wasn’t the one in control, but instead him. Yet still… “Any day is fine by me,” she finally said, smiling slightly. And with that, it was done. The offer had been made, and the agreement was sealed. With this, a strange calm finally settled between the two. Not silence, exactly. But the kind of pause that feels like a shared exhale. Both of them relaxed. Both wore faint smiles. For Xavier, this wasn’t how he expected his day to go. He had walked into that building as a silent observer. He was now employed… by his wife, no less. But instead of annoyance, he felt… anticipation. He imagin
Chapter 620 – Accepting Grace’s Offer
*****Prison hadn’t destroyed Xavier. If anything, it had done the opposite… it had forged him. That wretched place had torn away his ignorance, burned away his naivety, and propelled him into an entirely different realm of understanding.From insignificance, he had been hurled into unimaginable clarity.From mediocrity, he had ricocheted into greatness.He had entered the prison system as a mere name among millions. He had emerged as a man who could shake nations with a whisper. The world no longer looked down on him; it looked up… in fear or admiration.So, why would he lose his self-esteem? Why would someone like him lack courage?But still… Xavier didn’t scoff. He didn’t dismiss her attempt to reassure him.Because he understood what she was doing.She wasn’t insulting him. She was trying to lift him. She thought she was protecting something fragile inside him, shielding his ego from invisible wounds.She was being thoughtful.Co
Chapter 619 – Xavier’s Inexplicable Feelings
*****Outwardly, however, Xavier merely gave Grace a look… a mix between disbelief and affectionate helplessness.He hesitated, then sighed.“Hope you haven’t forgotten that I’m an ex-convict,” he said, his eyes narrowing slightly. “Wouldn’t that… affect your company’s reputation and public image?”He fixed her with a searching look, silently willing her to reconsider.Grace didn’t even flinch. She didn’t hesitate.“No,” she said firmly, shaking her head with conviction.“Being an ex-convict doesn’t mean you stop being human,” she stated, her voice steady and clear. “And it certainly doesn’t mean you’re evil. It just means… You made a mistake. Or in your case, you were unjustly punished for something you didn’t do.”Her eyes burned with quiet fire as she looked at him. “You were the victim.”Xavier’s mouth parted slightly.He didn’t know what to say. Didn’t know how to say it.Apart from his parents, Grace was the only person wh
Chapter 618 – The Dumbfounded Xavier
*****Dumbfounded?Xavier was far beyond that at this moment.If “shocked” was a stream, he was an ocean. If “startled” was thunder, he was the storm cloud that produced it. To say he was caught off guard was to undermine the sheer level of disbelief he felt crashing through him like a freight train.He was thunderstruck.Never... not in his wildest, most abstract imaginings had he expected Grace to turn around and suddenly want him to be her personal assistant.Her PA.It wasn’t just bizarre. It was baffling, utterly surreal.The only reason Xavier had suggested she consider hiring an assistant in the first place was because the pace of her new responsibilities would soon become relentless. The burden on both Grace and her loyal secretary, Dorothy, would pile until something cracked. It was a practical solution… a corporate suggestion born of logic.Yet, she…Now she was sitting across from him, her eyes gleaming with excitement, her expression open and earnest… almost chil
Chapter 617 – Grace’s Excited and Mischievous Suggestion
*****For a moment, Grace didn’t know whether to smile, cry, or laugh at Xavier’s serious statement. But then she opened her mouth to retort.However, even before she could find the perfect word to retort with, Xaver was already speaking again.“Do you know what it means to be the kind of woman only I deserve?” he asked smoothly, leaning forward again as though delivering profound gospel. “It means you’re the best of the best. Top-tier. Better than ninety-nine-point nine percent of all women out there.”Grace was flabbergasted.She sat frozen, torn between flattery and the sheer audacity of his ego. She had no idea whether to laugh, smack him with her napkin, or just let her head collapse onto the table.Eventually, she released a half-choked laugh. “Still as narcissistic as ever,” she muttered, shaking her head as if trying to dislodge his words.And just like that, the tension shattered.The heavy atmosphere dissipated, melting away like fro
Chapter 616 – Xavier’s Shamelessness
*****Grace’s face was so hot at this moment that she would swear she could fry an egg on it.Thank heavens they were in a secluded suite. If anyone else had seen this scene… the infamous Ice Queen of the business world reduced to a flustered mess, they would’ve fainted on the spot.If even Grace’s acquaintances were here to witness this exact moment, they would have wiped their eyes hard, then done it again for certainty. And still, they would shake their heads in flat denial. No… this couldn’t be the Grace Sky they knew. This couldn’t be the business world’s very own goddess of Ice.She was the embodiment of executive control: untouchable, unreadable, and cold as the steel-tipped heels that clicked through boardrooms without hesitation. She didn’t smile. She didn’t joke. She didn’t even blush.Yet here she was.And Xavier? Even he, after a long stretch of chuckling at her expense, had fallen silent.His laughter had faded into a stillness, his ex
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