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.”

the hot water, she tried to channel all of

partially

protect the innocent, and yet… what had she learned? That there were many people above the law. And being innocent didn’t mean

couldn’t lose.

today was proof of

She shuddered.

that man on the second floor hadn’t

abused and drowned

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

she were to press charges, they would be accomplices.

felon. If their families didn’t have enough money to buy entire juries…

justice

come for a

You’re okay.

is a

again, but deep down,

wasn’t true.

it hard to bite back the

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

holding back because of his physical sickness from the other night. If that was the case, well,

sensed

back down at the kitchen table.

a fluffy bathrobe over her pajamas and she worked in the dim light of the kitchen lamp to sew back together the

hands clenched

hummed some nameless tune.

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.

this moment, she was sewing her clothes, stitch by stitch, and… she looked

quiet and elegant way about

notion was laughable. The women he knew wore couture clothes that cost more

year.

simple and plain woman would capture all his

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