Chapter 308

Besides, if a man like him could get in danger, it did not matter whether she kneeled or not.

Even if she were to break her legs kneeling, it would not do him any good.

Her silence darkened his eyes. Without another word, he started the car and drove away.

Just then, Grace felt nothing but silence and repression in the car.

Grace went to Lina Sweeney the next day, and the two found a table at a restaurant near Lina Sweeney’s house. Looking at her best friend’s obvious dark eye circles, Grace reckoned she did not sleep well last night.

“What happened after you got home yesterday?” Grace asked.

“Don’t go there. My parents were preparing a ransom and almost made me kneel on the washboard when I got home,” Lina Sweeney said.

of surprise. “Why? You didn’t tell them about

I told them that

did not have the guts to tell her

man abroad, they would have done more than

Stephenson? Why did he take you away like

Hadwin Stephenson, she

that this man was the same man she had seen through the window of the restaurant when she was having

Stephenson had been stalking Lina for a

now!

looked as if she could not tell

talk about

told Grace what had happened back then. “… Then, I got your call and came back. I thought he would be quite open about it, having grown up abroad. I thought he probably wouldn’t take it seriously. Who knew… Uh, he

a little embarrassed at this

‘accusation’ yesterday,

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