My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!
Chapter 42
Chapter 42
She combed his bangs gently with a comb, then began to trim
the hairs on his forehead bit by bit. All of her attention was
concentrated on the task at hand.
Jason watched her. The way she studied him, so focused on her
task.
That singular focus had served her well in her life-first with her
education and graduating top of her class at University and later
at Law School. And then in surviving prison.
Guilt stabbed at him.
He saw how she’d been abused in the time that he knew her.
What must her life be like behind bars, with no one to champion or protect her, and countless criminals coming after her all in the hopes of pleasing him?
She sucked in a breath and he hung on to that little sound.
Her mouth was pretty. Full lips, a bright smile.
She didn’t smile enough, he realized.
Her skin was still red, likely from the wind and cold, and though it
pinkened her cheeks and nose, it only enhanced her beauty.
If he looked hard enough, he could see that she’d been beautiful
once.
Her features carried symmetry and character.
But it wasn’t the outward appearance that drew him, but rather
what came from within.
This woman… she’d been the one to fight for him. To sacrifice so that he could have a roof over his head, warm clothes, and something good to eat. She’d asked for nothing in return.
And knowing that she appreciated him for him… awakened something inside him.
unknown amount of time, her voice
It was as if time spent with her passed
two steps back, and carefully looked at him for a while. “My skill isn’t too bad. In fact, it’s rather good, and we’ve saved twenty
off the fine strands
take a shower,” Grace said.
to conserve energy and keep their bills low, he didn’t set the shower to hot as he normally would. Warm water rushed over his body as he stepped in and lowered his head to rinse away any shorn hairs. As he glanced down, he saw the scar
had grown very shallow. However, every time
it, he would think of that
abandoned him
was the only thing he had left of her.
as he knelt and begged her not to leave, and not to abandon him and his father.
her head
aside so she could leave, he’d fallen on
memories
day, aside from what she wore, how
into a
metal he fell on pierced
had said that the metal
centimeter to the left
been able to save his life at all.
that time, he had told himself that
his mother.
walled himself
his father’s death, he stopped
anyone.
he did not have
was just that…
his body
When he walked out of the
at the table
something.
he started having expectations of her? He
to seeing her smile, looking forward to her
happiness.
lived for those moments when she looked at
and smiled. Her smile lit up the whole room.
“Jay”.
on her lips
blow dry your hair,” she said as she stood
to the side of the table and saw some
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