Chapter 22

J E A N

I was so proud of Grayson, he was so proud of himself. I knew he really liked being able to stand on his own feet without any help. He didn't like being helpless, that is why he wanted to make money in the first place. He didn't want to rely on me for everything.

He was telling me how excited he was and I decided to take him out to celebrate.

We walked down the streets of Los Angeles, I was planning on taking him to a nice restaurant but I changed my mind half way there. I decided that we would go to the park instead. It was getting close to sunset and I knew the perfect place for us to have a beautiful view and calming solitude.

Once we got to the park and walked to the perfect spot it was sunset and the sun was shining perfectly through the trees.

I looked down at Grayson and smiled, "I'm proud of you." I whispered.

He smiled up and me and brought his lips up to mine it was short and sweet.

We walked around in the park and sat down on a bench to look at the scenery around us that was lit up by the lights in the park.

We had been sitting there for about fifteen minutes when a black dog walked up to us, we could barely see him in the darkness. He was very thin and I could tell he had been stray for a while.

He walked right up to Grayson and whimpered, Grayson ran his hand along the dogs back and the dog came closer and set his head in his lap.

Grayson looked up at me, "Can we take him home?" he asked.

I gave Grayson a stern look, "I don't like dogs Grayson."

"Well we can't just leave him here he will die." Grayson pleaded.

"Then we will take him to the pound."

Grayson glared at me, "So he can just be put down?"

"It's better than nothing Grayson."

"Jean," Grayson wrapped his arms around my neck and kissed my cheek, "Please." he begged and peppered kisses on my cheek until he reached my lips.

He pulled away and bit his lip, waiting for an answer. I sighed, "Fine."

"Yay!" he shouted causing the dog to jump. Grayson reached down and calmed the mutt down.

"But you have to take care of him, he will be yours." I said sternly.

"Yeah, yeah." Grayson waved me off like I was no big deal.

I shook my head but smiled slightly. "Can you go with me to pick up some stuff for him tomorrow, he needs food."

"Yeah." I sighed.

We got up and started to go back but Grayson stopped, "He can't walk Jean. He hurt his leg, can you carry him?"

I gave him a look and he sighed, "Fine I will." he said determined. Even though the dog was very thin he was still a large dog and I knew Grayson couldn't carry him.

I sighed and took the dog from his grasp, "I'm only doing this because I love you."

"I love you too!" he smiled and kissed my cheek.

The dog relaxed in my arms after a couple minutes. "Grayson pull my phone out of my pocket and call Harry could you?" I asked.

"Yep." Grayson said and pulled my phone out and called Harry.

Once we walked to the car Harry gave me a look, "A dog?" he asked.

"Don't ask." I said as I laid the dog in between Grayson and me.

"Home?" Harry asked and I nodded in response.

I turned to Grayson, "What are you going to call him?"

Grayson looked at the dog in deep thought and then looked up at me, "Bear."

"What made you think of that?" I smiled.

"I don't know, it was just the first thing I thought of."

"Where is he going to sleep?" I asked.

Grayson looked at me with a sweet smile and I knew what he was thinking, "No, Grayson he is not sleeping in my bed." That was where I drew the line.

This time he sighed, "Fine, then he will just sleep on the floor."

"That's usually what dogs do." I said and Grayson huffed.

Once we got home I picked up Bear and carried him inside. Charlie was surprised to see Bear and hissed when I set him in my room. Bear backed away from Charlie and I laughed. The dog was scared of the cat.

Grayson grabbed the sheets and pillows from the spare bedroom and made a little bed for bear and gave him some meat that we had in the fridge.

"Tomorrow we will get him some dog food and a real bed." Grayson said.

Grayson and I changed and we laid in the bed.

Thank you for letting me keep him." Grayson said again and kissed me.

Your welcome. I'm proud of you for wanting to help him, even if I don't like dogs."

"Why do you not like dogs?" Grayson questioned as he laid on my chest.

"Because they are dirty and they just think that everywhere is there bathroom." I answered.

"Well you have to train them and bathe them." He said.

"And good luck with that." I smiled.

"But I have to go to work."

I was proud that he got the promotion but he doesn't need it, especially now that we are really dating. I have plenty of money, "You don't have to go to work Grayson, you can quit and then you can spend more time with me and the dog."

He was silent for a moment thinking it through, "But I like knowing that I make my own money." He said lightly.

"I know you do but it is kind of pointless know that you are dating a billionaire." I smiled and he did to.

"So you just want me to quit?" He asked.

"I don't want you to do anything that you don't want to do." I answered.

He sighed, "Okay."

I didn't know what that meant but I knew that that meant that Grayson knew what he was doing so I left it.

I'm sorry for the wait!

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