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

only partially succeeded.

strove to always protect the innocent, and yet… what had she learned? That

couldn’t lose.

today was

She shuddered.

second

bastard Greg have abused and drowned

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

press charges, they would be

enough money to buy

seeking justice was

never come for

You’re

is a new day.

said it over and over again, but deep down, she

wasn’t true.

back

hand, he knew why she remained silent. His ‘sister’

from the other night. If that was the

because he’d sensed that

back down at

light of the kitchen lamp to sew back together the uniform shirt that

hands clenched into fists.

some nameless

over her shoulders. Her hair seemed to lack some shine due to malnutrition. After three hard years of imprisonment and the recent exposure to the wind and sun, her skin was not fair at all. Even though she had a comely appearance,

she was sewing her clothes, stitch

elegant way about her was

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

year.

one day, such a simple and plain woman would

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