My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!

Chapter 57

Grace raised her head slightly and looked to her side. Then, she

heaved a sigh of relief. She looked up at Jason and said, “Have you paid the bill?”

“Mm-hmm. I have.”

“Then let’s go,” she said, picking up her bag and walking out of the restaurant with him as if she was running away from something.

“What’s wrong? Are you hiding from something?” he asked.

Her footsteps paused, and an obscure look flashed across her face. “My former colleagues came here to eat too, I… I don’t want them to see me.” She said with a self-deprecating smile, “It’s ridiculous, isn’t it? In fact, they all know what I’ve been through and they probably can guess how miserable I must be right now, but I still don’t want to see them face to face.”

She didn’t want to see the sympathy in their eyes. She didn’t want to see their pity. Or their disgust.

She’d embarrassed her firm too when everything transpired in the wake of the accident.

The news had been quick to report not just her name, but the law

firm she worked for too. It was a juicy bit of news to say that the ‘top attorney now needed one of her own.’

In the past, being a lawyer was something she had wanted to devote her entire life to. But now, although her colleagues were still doing that job, it was no longer a profession she could ever hope to practice again.

Her self-deprecating look at the moment made a sudden pain shoot through his heart.

He held her hand tighter and said in a low voice, “Then let’s avoid them. One day in the future, you will shine more beautifully than anyone else.”

want to think about any of that. Just living on

wanted to help Grace Cummins find a job. I’m warning you, don’t get yourself involved

then, she killed Lily’s sister, who was

Stevens Family cannot afford to offend

Jason!”

other end of the phone, and

offend Jason Reed,” his father

again. It all came down to

dad. To hell with anyone’s happiness.

everyone had been asking him why

in the first

after breaking up with her, he started going out with Lily. His family was naturally satisfied with this development. The Atkinson family and the Stevens Family were well-matched. Way back then, the Atkinson family and the Reed Family had almost been tied together through marriage,

other.

that

able to speak up for them in

Jason Reed.

vital in

were decimated based on the relationships they

other wealthy families

looked at the red

him and slowly stepped on the brake.

flashed in

that the current Grace was very different

known in the past.