Winner Takes All
Chapter 482 Even if I Were Lowly and Insignificant, How could I Bear to See Him Suffer?

Even though the tones and words were mild.

They were spoken with indescribable determination and conviction.

When he was confronted with despair, and on the verge of death, his most intimate desire was to be back with Amber Knight and the baby.

Now that he had calmed down and had accepted his reality, his topmost concern was their welfare and safety.

"Death does not matter to me, as long as she is well." Jack shook his head.

Meanwhile, Rena was secretly crying to herself, tears were falling down her face.

'Then what about me?'

'Does that mean that I ... deserved it?'

She bit down on her red lips, to curb herself from crying aloud.

She bit herself so hard, that her teeth had cut her lips, such that her lips started bleeding.

'With that kiss, you pushed her away, but you got me deeply entangled in a predicament.'

Instinctively she lowered her head, looking at Jack through her teary eyes.

She found Jack was holding the trousers tightly, the veins on the back of his hand were clearly seen, he was trembling.

Out of the blue, her expression brightened up.

Her misery suddenly dissipated.

She encouraged, "You'll be able to stand again, you'll definitely return to her in glory. By that time, I can help you to explain it to her. Yes, I'm sure of it." Jack smiled faintly, while quietly loosening his trousers with both his hands.

They arrived at the courtyard next to Isaac residence.

Rena carefully prepared the bedspread, then helped Jack get into bed before preparing to leave.

Just when she was at the door.

She heard Jack's voice from behind.

"Thank you for what you did earlier, you have sacrificed."

"Oh no, not at all! I'm glad to help."

Rena turned around and replied to Jack with a bright smile.

Whereupon she proceeded to leave.

Sitting in bed, Jack pondered with a frozen expression.

Rena's smile felt sharp like a needle to him, it pricked his heart!

Slap!

Jack gave himself a tight slap.

How could she be glad to help?

"I owed you so much..."

Rena was just a short distance away from Jack's room, she could no longer contain her emotions.

Her tears flowed freely, as she burst out weeping passionately.

She pushed open the door to her room, shut it behind her, and leaned on the closed door. In time, she slid lower and lower, from the standing position and finally crashed down on the floor. "You only have her in your mind, why don't you ever spare a thought for me?"

Her sobs echoed in her room. Rena grabbed her hair in desperation, she was in a most miserable plight.

In this instant, there was not a trace of her previous elegant demeanour and style.

After crying for what seemed like a long time, she sat dejectedly in front of her dressing table.

Looking at her scattered hair, and her face was full of tears.

She smiled dolefully at her reflection, "Rena Yales, when did you become so piteous and miserable over a man?" Thump, thump.

Knocking sounds against the door rapped through the air.

Rena panicked. She quickly wiped off her tears and put on a pretence that nothing had happened.

"Coming!"

She opened the door.

The sight of Carlos Juan Yales caused her a little fright, "Grandpa, what made you come here?"

"My granddaughter has become so miserable, how could I possibly not come?"

The sullen-looking Carlos gave the impression of a male lion suppressing its rage, he stepped into the room slowly.

Rena closed the door. She smiled gently, "I'm fine."

Slap!

Carlos turned around deliberately and slapped her face.

"You're fine? You are foolish, he just used you. Earlier outside the clan residence, are you aware of what you were? You were used as a tool."

"I, Carlos Juan Yales, am, above all, an ancestral elder of the Grand Freemasons, and ultimately am the commanding power of the clan. There would not be a time when I would let my granddaughter become so lowly."

"Since your childhood, grandpa has always doted on you, you are the treasured gem of the Grand Freemasons. I have nurtured you to have high spirits, such that you have never thought highly of anybody. Rena, why, of all people, have you allowed yourself to fall so miserably and lowly, for this Jack Hughes?"

His outburst of angry reprimands hurt her feelings.

Rena bit hard on her lips again, her pretty eyes were brimming with tears.

She lowered her head.

And whispered sorrowfully, "I don't know, I don't know why I've become this way; when I see him anxious, when I see him suffer, when I see him terrified, I also feel anxious, experience feelings of suffering and terror along with him."

"You..."

In a fit of fury, Carlos gritted his teeth firmly, raised his arm, he was about to hit her again.

But his heart quickly softened when he saw that Rena neither ducked nor cowered.

He let his arm fall heavily, then proceeded to sit down on the chair. He stared at the ceiling with a reproachful expression, "Grandpa regrets... I regret bringing you along to invite Jack to join the Grand Freemasons."

"Love' is a word, that gets people easily entangled in a deep mess. You silly girl, you put too much value on this word, there'll be a lot of pain awaiting you in the future."

Rena understood that her grandpa loved her after all, she looked back at him gloomily.

However, she could not withdraw her feelings on command.

She was a disappointment, even she thought so.

In fact, she had never thought that she would ever experience what she was going through now.

She was the celebrated, special gem of the Grand Freemasons, and was also one of the Lieutenants. What she had hoped for in the past, was a movie kind of story, that a knight in shining armour would ride on rainbow and successes and they would be a match made in heaven.

And the irony was that, right at this moment, she felt as insignificant as dust.

"Rena, from today onwards, Grandpa will order someone else to care for Jack, you are leaving this residence." Carlos decided on the spur of the moment.

Rena was stunned by his decision.

"Grandpa, previously you were worried that other people could not provide proper care, you were worried that he would frame you, that's why you got me to look after him."

"But Grandpa did not think that you would get yourself sunken so deep into trouble!"

He continued fiercely, "The Mafia Boss and I would select the right candidate. From today onwards, you are not to see Jack again."

His tone was strong and firm, any retort was not tolerated.

Nevertheless.

Rena suddenly became resolute, "Grandpa, I disagree, I insist on looking after Jack."

"Rena ..."

Very swiftly, Carlos' face flushed red with anger.

Rena wiped her tears and continued in defiance, "Grandpa, I just would like to look after Jack. I promise you I will not allow myself to sink any lower. It is simply just providing care." Carlos snorted a laugh, "You think that I have not been through life, that I do not know the ways of life? 'Love' and 'passion' are two things that I know better than you do."

Rena clasped her hands together and laughed bitterly.

"Grandpa, I don't care about what you think, I insist on looking after him; if you don't let me, I'll leave the Grand Freemasons."

Bang!

Carlos slammed his hand on the table resolutely, "You ... you really want to provoke me?"

"I have feelings for no one else, just for him."

Rena continued calmly, "Grandpa, do you know - in the past when I heard people commented that 'if you like somebody, you see a glow in that person' - I used to think that was just sour grapes talking. But now I know it's true."

"I will not get entrapped further; he knows that he has a family."

She shrugged her shoulders, "I shall take good care of him. When the everything settles and he can leave, we will go our separate ways."

Carlos' body trembled with rage, he glowered at her.

Yet he could not find a counter-argument when the opponent was his granddaughter.

He understood his granddaughter very well, her arrogant and stubborn character sometimes meant that she would not heed the advice of others on a certain matter.

Eventually.

Carlos gritted his teeth fiercely, deciding to just let her be. With big, vigorous strides, he left the room.

Rena sent off her grandfather respectfully.

She shut the door behind him.

"I wouldn't feel comfortable with anyone else looking after him. What if he gets cold, becomes hungry, feels troubled?"

Rena's gaze flickered and she smiled sadly, her right hand wiping the tears from the corner of her eyes, "Even if I become lowly and insignificant, how can I bear to watch him grieve?"☐☐☐☐☐☐☐