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.”

he did not say anything

she tried to channel all of those terrible feelings and fears

only partially succeeded.

innocent, and yet… what had she learned?

couldn’t lose.

was proof of

She shuddered.

second floor

that bastard Greg have abused and

‘classmates’ who’d stood by

press charges, they would be

If their families didn’t have enough money to buy

knew seeking justice

for

okay. You’re

is a new day.

over and over again, but deep

wasn’t true.

hard to bite back the words he

she remained silent. His ‘sister’ was hellbent on protecting him. Which

sickness from the other night. If that

her to mother him because he’d sensed that was what she needed to do.

back down at the kitchen

light of the kitchen lamp to sew back

clenched into fists.

hummed some nameless tune.

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

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

elegant way about her

he moved in, he seldom saw women sewing clothes like this. The very notion was laughable. The women he knew wore couture

year.

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