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 would have protected you three

was something that had come from the

because of him. He was cold,

wasn’t cruel. And Grace had been tortured

reason than that he might bestow some favors on her

tormentors.

sickened

that he knew her. That he believed her when she said it was all an accident…

you would have defended me,” Grace said. She patted his hand. “Alright, let’s not

doing this more and more

the hallway and paused beside

uh, got the medicine,” she said

“And Dr. Craigge included two other prescriptions which we can fill once we get you home.”

Lina,” Grace said.

go get the car from the

entrance and wait for

“Alright,” Jason agreed.

slid his arms beneath her

what are you doing?”

be

you don’t need to carry

walking boot they give you won’t suffice. You should probably have crutches.” He hefted her into

into the hospital room to argue for said

Grace said. “I’m fine. I just need some

means rest

as if it explained