My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!

Chapter 2163

Grace’s face grew more and more serious. After all, William telling lies was the last thing she wanted to see.

“But nothing is absolute. I’ll have someone check the house to see if there was anything that could have made the sound. Perhaps we missed it,” said Lina.

“The three of us and Nelson missed it?” Grace thought the odds were slim.

Lina laughed drily. “Alright, I know you don’t want William to be involved in this. But what if he did push Nelson on purpose? Maybe he wasn’t trying to push Nelson down the stairs but was just trying to scare Nelson? After all, most of the time, children pull pranks without thinking of the consequences!”

Grace sighed. If William did it and the ‘sound’ was just a lie he made up, maybe it was better to give William back to Philip Barlow as Jay had said.

At night, William lay curled up in bed. Jasper had not talked to him for two days. Even though he ate at the same table as her as usual, Jasper did not give him any attention.

All the servants in the house saw this, of course. They gave him the cold shoulder. They used to scold and stop their children

when they saw them bullying him.

However, they now pretended not to see it.

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lot of talk about him pushing Nelson

servants’ children began calling him names behind his back, telling him to get out of the

given me up too? She doesn’t want me

under the covers, feeling so cold!

missed Jasper sharing a bed with him and telling

stories.

songs so she could like him even more. He

all she did now was glare at

was looking

think he was naughty!

tiny body kept curling up.

kindergarten, William plucked up his courage and asked Jasper Reed, “Jasper, can

He sounded like an abandoned

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William. “Why did you push Nelson down the stairs?”

down the stairs. I… I heard a sound heading toward him and I was… I was just trying to push him away. I… I wasn’t trying to push him down the stairs,” he struggled to explain.