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.

He took her arm, slowly bent down, and looked at her. “Sis, you haven’t answered my question from earlier. Are you trying to reverse the

she was! If she did not reverse the

have to bear this crime and could not hold her

rest

it?” she asked rhetorically.

the verdict, then I

Sis,” he said.

believe that I didn’t drive under

influence?”

to me whether you drove

he muttered. “It’s just to get

out of the way. To reverse the verdict,

to help you find a loophole

you out

understood what he meant. According to the innocent until proven guilty principle,

could

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