My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!

Chapter 20

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.”

in his eyes, but he did not say

she tried to channel all of those terrible feelings and fears out of her and right down the

only partially succeeded.

law school, she’d studied and strove to always protect the innocent, and yet… what had she learned? That there were many people above the law. And being

couldn’t lose.

was proof

She shuddered.

the second floor hadn’t intervened? What

bastard Greg have abused and drowned

Maria and Mia, two ‘classmates’ who’d stood by

she were to press charges,

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

justice

would never come for a person

okay. You’re

is a new

again, but

wasn’t true.

hard to bite back the words

silent. His ‘sister’ was hellbent on protecting him. Which was just ridiculous.

because of his physical sickness from the other night. If that was the case, well, f*ck that. He’d been in pain, yeah. But

because he’d sensed

down at the

bathrobe over her pajamas and she worked in the dim light of the kitchen lamp

clenched into fists.

hummed some

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,

her clothes, stitch

and elegant way about

sewing clothes like this. The very notion was laughable. The women he knew wore couture clothes that cost more than Grace would make

year.

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