My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!

Chapter 80

When she said his name Jason’s whole body stiffened.

“Do you hate Jason Reed?” he murmured.

She sighed and said, “Everyone in this City knows him. When

I had the car accident, Jennifer Atkinson was Jason’s fiancée. So, of course, I was not going to get out of it easily. How many people want to curry favor with him? How many people think that by hurting me it’ll gain them favor with him?”

Grace’s eyes took on a faraway look. “Who knows… maybe

if that accident had involved someone else. Someone other than Jennifer Atkinson, I could have won the lawsuit. Would I have been spared from being in jail for three years and

experienced all those things? Maybe.” Her eyes were so earnest when they met his. “I didn’t drink and drive, Jay. I

wouldn’t do that. I still can’t understand how the evidence

could corroborate that sort of thing.”

Jason knew the ins and outs of the case intimately.

She was not angry or sad, but the faint self-degradation she showed made him feel very guilty.

Perhaps half of her pain was because of him.

He squatted in front of her, staring at her bent hands. “It I had

so much, I

to do with the game but was something that had come from the

this woman had suffered because of him. He was cold, yes, but he also considered

He wasn’t cruel. And Grace had

reason than that he might bestow

tormentors.

sickened

her when she said it was all an accident… it opened something in his chest that made

know that you would have defended me,” Grace said. She patted his hand. “Alright, let’s not talk about this.” Grace smiled again and lifted her

she had been doing this more and more frequently

hallway and paused beside them,

uh, got the

the two of them. “And Dr. Craigge included two other prescriptions which we can fill once

you, Lina,”

go get the car from the underground parking lot. Jay,

the entrance and wait

“Alright,” Jason agreed.

slid his arms

are

should be

you don’t need to carry me.”

You should probably have crutches.” He hefted her into his arms and

into the hospital room to argue for said

“I’m fine. I just need some rest.”

agreed. “That means rest from walking,” he

as if