Chapter 209

“Why not?” he asked rhetorically. “Since I need to marry a woman in this life, does it make any difference whether I do it later or earlier? Jennifer Atkinson was quiet and obedient enough. A marriage with the Atkinson family could help the Reed family’s development in shipping, so why not?”

He was talking business, and Grace felt a faint pang of fear as she heard this.

It was like he did not know love at all… Even marriage could be a business to him.

What would really matter to a person like him?

“However, now I think it’ll be nice if I married a woman who is interesting to me.” His eyes were fixed on her as he smiled.

She turned away awkwardly. He spoke as if he was referring to something else.

She told herself not to think too much about it. He and she were people of two worlds. They would never be in the same boat. Soon, after giving him the gloves, surely he and she would never see each other again.

“Well… I’ll get you your gloves.” She hurried around him to get

the gloves.

arm, slowly bent down, and looked at her. “Sis, you haven’t answered my question from earlier.

she did not reverse the verdict, it meant

bear this crime and could not hold

rest of her

it?” she asked

reverse the verdict,

Sis,” he said.

gasped. “You believe that I didn’t

influence?”

whether you

or not,” he muttered. “It’s just to get

conviction out of the way.

I can to help you find a loophole

That should get you

he meant. According to the

before she could reverse the verdict.

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