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.

amount of time, her voice suddenly sounded

was as if time spent with her passed

and carefully looked at him for a while. “My skill isn’t too bad. In fact, it’s rather

off the

go take a shower,”

change of clothes and walked into the narrow bathroom. Knowing that she wanted 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

this scar had grown very shallow. However,

it, he would think of that

who had abandoned him and his father.

only thing he had left

away as he knelt and begged her not to leave, and not to abandon him and

her head and

aside so she could leave, he’d fallen

of rebar. Jason’s memories didn’t remember the

day, aside from what she wore, how her

transformed into a snarl, and

breathe when the metal he fell on

said that the metal had gotten

to the left and they would

been able to save his life at

himself that that woman

his mother.

walled himself off.

death, he stopped

anyone.

did not have expectations, he would never be

was just that…

off the tap, wiped his body dry with

out of

table and seemed to be

something.

started having expectations of her? He

seeing her smile,

happiness.

for those moments when she looked at him with gentle

and smiled. Her smile lit up the whole room.

“Jay”.

sound of his name on her lips brought

your hair,” she

side of the table and saw some

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