Chapter 282

His eyes were fixated on her. “Does it matter whether I believe it?”

She looked shocked before laughing at herself. ‘Yes, whether he believes me or not has nothing to do with me. But why do I get nervous when I look at him?”

“I’m going back to my room,” Grace said, trying to walk past Jason toward the stairs.

However, he suddenly pulled her arm when she had only taken two steps. The next moment, she pretty much crashed into his arms by the pull.

“I believe you’re innocent.” He bent down and his voice rang deeply in her ear. “Do you think you’ll find anything if you investigate it yourself? Investigating a case from three years ago now… Did it ever occur to you that the truth you want might not have existed in the first place?”

Grace opened her bright, almond-shaped eyes and looked back at Jason. Then, she smiled a little. “Even people as rich and powerful as you think I can’t reverse the case on my own, but a little nobody like me still thinks that maybe one day I’ll be able to clear my name.”

Her smile gave him a piercing feeling. It was as if his heart had

been stung by something. After a while, he said, “What if I’m

What if… I can help

want?”

why his attitude had

suddenly.

out the truth if you can just stay by my side and accompany me, will you say yes?” he muttered. His

intense that it almost seemed as if it was about to

yes now, she could clear her name and

slate” was exchanged with her freedom, maybe even her body.

girl. She could only think, in some measure, of what might happen if she said yes.

yes, her mother would not be happy to

Grace said, effectively rejecting Jason’s offer.

He muttered. He then slowly straightened himself up.

“Then you can

his hand that held her arm.

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