Chapter 20

Grace looked at the back of her right hand, at the spot where Maria had stepped on today.

“Today, when I was working, I accidentally hit it. It’s nothing,” she said casually, not wanting him to worry.

“Is that so?” Jason stared fixedly at Grace. “Sister, if someone bullies you, just tell me and I will stand up for you.”

He would make those people pay the price. In the future, no one would dare bully her.

For a moment, her heart pounded quickly. It was as if he knew everything. Was he …testing her? She didn’t want to lie. Not to him. But she didn’t want him to worry either.

Especially when he couldn’t help her.

He was poor and broken down like her. And if he were to take on one of those privileged assholes, it’d only end badly for him.

And she wouldn’t let that happen.

“I can protect myself,” she said.

“What if you can’t?” he asked.

If that were the case, it would still be useless to tell him, but

Grace did not say that. She didn’t want to prolong this

conversation.

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“Don’t you want me to protect you?” He stared at her with his dark and deep eyes.

She bit her lip. “You already saved me once, remember? Now it’s my turn to try and protect you. And I’ll try my best not to let others bully us.”

There was a flash in his eyes, but he did not say anything in the end. Instead, he simply replied faintly, “Okay.”

shower she’d been waiting for. Underneath the hot water, she tried to channel all of those terrible feelings and fears out of her and right

only partially succeeded.

innocent, and yet… what had she learned? That there were

couldn’t lose.

was proof

She shuddered.

man on the second

have abused and drowned

Mia, two ‘classmates’ who’d stood by and watched the

were to press charges, they would be

didn’t have enough money to buy entire juries… if anyone actually cared about her or

seeking justice was pointless.

come for a person like her.

okay. You’re

a new

over and over again,

wasn’t true.

to bite back the words he

she remained silent. His ‘sister’ was hellbent on protecting him. Which was just ridiculous.

holding back because of his physical sickness from the other night. If that was the case, well, f*ck that. He’d

allowed her to mother him because he’d sensed that was

sat back down at

the dim light of the

clenched into

hummed some nameless tune.

and the recent exposure to the wind and sun, her skin was not fair at all. Even though she had a comely appearance, she still looked weathered, and given all that had befallen her in the short time.

her clothes,

about her was

he seldom saw women sewing clothes like this. The very notion was laughable. The women he

year.

day, such a simple and plain woman

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