In the Lap of Luxury novel (Grace and Benjamin) novel Chapter 658

However, Grace became agitated. She took his hand.

"Why shouldn't she? I want to know about your past, but you never tell me anything."

"I know what you should know and what you shouldn't. Some things are too dirty, and they would defile your ears."

Xander rolled the window down slightly and looked outside.

"We're lovers. Do we need to withhold anything from each other?" Grace looked at his silhouette.

"No matter what it is, as long as it's related to you, I would never find it dirty."

Her voice seemed to pierce right through Xander's heart, and he frowned.

"I like Hazel telling me these things, because I can see a different Xander. You underestimate me. I know what the world is like, and I'm not as sheltered as you think I am."

Grace sighed and grabbed his hand again. "Xander, I hope that in future you'll tell me about your family, friends, and work."

He looked back, and there was a rather disoriented look in his eyes.

He hadn't expected Grace to be so magnanimous and accepting. Perhaps it was because he had always seen her as someone who was out of his reach.

Now, it surprised him to find that she was willing to try and understand him.

"You silly woman." Xander tucked away the loose strands of hair behind her ear.

"In the past, I wouldn't have worried so much, but now I bear the burden of so many things. Being with me will always be difficult."

That was why he had not dared to express his feelings at the beginning.

Grace's mood lightened, and she leaned against his shoulder.

"You forget that being with you is means to stand by you through thick and thin. I'm your girlfriend. We don't need to talk explicitly about these things."

Xander's lips curved. There was gentleness in his eyes as he looked at the soft, pliable woman in his arms.

After Xander dropped Grace home, he returned to Hestia’s house.

She was still awake. She was sitting on the couch with a shawl wrapped around her shoulders. She had obviously been waiting for him for a while.

"Tonight, Raymond took Priscilla out to entertain the Lewis siblings. You've probably already heard."