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.”

been waiting for. Underneath the hot water, she tried to channel

only partially

had she learned? That there were many people above the law. And being innocent

couldn’t lose.

was proof of that.

She shuddered.

that man on the second

abused and drowned her?

‘classmates’ who’d

were to press charges,

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

seeking justice was

would never come for

okay. You’re okay.

is a new day.

and over again, but deep down, she knew it

wasn’t true.

to bite back

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

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

to mother him because he’d sensed that was what she needed to

down at the

wore a fluffy bathrobe over her pajamas and she worked in the dim light of the

clenched into

hummed some

sun, her skin was not fair at

she was sewing her clothes,

and elegant way about her was

sewing clothes like this. The very notion was laughable. The

year.

day, such a simple and plain woman would capture all his attention.

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