Chapter 20

Grace looked at the back of her right hand, at the spot where Maria had stepped on today.

“Today, when I was working, I accidentally hit it. It’s nothing,” she said casually, not wanting him to worry.

“Is that so?” Jason stared fixedly at Grace. “Sister, if someone bullies you, just tell me and I will stand up for you.”

He would make those people pay the price. In the future, no one would dare bully her.

For a moment, her heart pounded quickly. It was as if he knew everything. Was he …testing her? She didn’t want to lie. Not to him. But she didn’t want him to worry either.

Especially when he couldn’t help her.

He was poor and broken down like her. And if he were to take on one of those privileged assholes, it’d only end badly for him.

And she wouldn’t let that happen.

“I can protect myself,” she said.

“What if you can’t?” he asked.

If that were the case, it would still be useless to tell him, but

Grace did not say that. She didn’t want to prolong this

conversation.

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“Don’t you want me to protect you?” He stared at her with his dark and deep eyes.

She bit her lip. “You already saved me once, remember? Now it’s my turn to try and protect you. And I’ll try my best not to let others bully us.”

a flash in his eyes, but he did not say anything in

shower she’d been waiting for. Underneath the hot water, she tried to

partially

strove to always protect the innocent, and yet… what had she learned? That there were many people above the law.

couldn’t lose.

today was proof

She shuddered.

second floor

Greg have abused and drowned

of Maria and Mia, two ‘classmates’ who’d

charges, they would be

wasn’t a convicted felon. If their families didn’t have enough money to buy

seeking justice was

never come for a person like

You’re

is a

and over again, but deep down, she

wasn’t true.

it hard to bite back the words he wanted to

why she remained silent. His ‘sister’ was hellbent

night. If that was the case, well, f*ck that. He’d been in pain, yeah. But it was bearable.

to mother him because he’d sensed that was

at

and she worked in the dim light of the kitchen lamp to sew back together the uniform shirt that Gregory had torn.

hands clenched into

some

hard years of imprisonment and the recent exposure to the wind and sun, her skin was not fair at all. Even though she had a comely appearance, she still looked weathered, and given all that had befallen her in the short time. he’d known her, it was obvious the hardships in her life were taking their toll.

at this moment, she was sewing her clothes, stitch by stitch, and… she looked beautiful.

way about her was unusually attractive.

notion was laughable. The women he knew wore couture clothes that cost more than

year.

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