My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict
Chapter 20
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.”
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 down the
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.
happened today was proof of
She shuddered.
man on the second floor
have abused and
and Mia, two ‘classmates’ who’d stood by and watched the
to press charges, they would be
to buy entire juries…
justice
come for a person like her.
You’re okay.
is a new
over and over again, but deep down, she knew it
wasn’t true.
found it hard to bite back the words he wanted to say.
she remained silent. His ‘sister’ was hellbent on protecting him. Which was just
the other night. If that was the case, well, f*ck that. He’d been in pain, yeah. But
her to mother him because he’d sensed that was what she
at the kitchen table.
the dim light of the kitchen lamp to sew
hands clenched into fists.
hummed some nameless
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 still looked weathered,
was sewing her clothes, stitch by stitch, and… she
about her was unusually attractive.
women sewing clothes like this. The very notion was laughable. The women he knew wore couture clothes that cost more than
year.
such a simple and plain woman would capture
Read My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Chapter 20
Read My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict by Anastasia Marie Chapter 20
The Read My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict series by Anastasia Marie has been updated to chapter Chapter 20 .
In Chapter 20 of the My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict series, Grace, who has just been released from prison, encounters her ex-boyfriend Sean and her childhood best friend Jacob waiting for her outside the prison gates. Both men were involved in her conviction and imprisonment. Grace harbors anger and vows to make them pay for what they did. She remembers the incident that led to her imprisonment, where she confronted Lily Atkinson, resulting in the accidental death of Lily's sister Jennifer. Lily blamed Grace for the incident, and Sean and Jacob took Lily's side. In prison, Grace is subjected to constant abuse, and she eventually learns that Sean paid the inmates to harm her. Upon seeing Sean and Jacob waiting for her, Grace asks the prison guard to let her leave through the back door to avoid them. She recalls her relationship with her late grandfather, who raised her and worked tirelessly to support her education. Her grandfather's accident and subsequent paralysis, caused by Lily's dog, led to her confrontational encounter with Lily and the tragic accident that landed her in prison. Grace's grandfather eventually commits suicide, and Grace loses her baby as well. In the present, Grace works as a sanitation worker and tries to escape her painful memories. However, she encounters Christopher, a man from her past, and his friends, who taunt and attempt to assault her. Grace manages to escape and runs down the street, hoping to find safety.... Will this Chapter 20 author Anastasia Marie mention any details. Follow Chapter 20 and the latest episodes of this series at Novelxo.com.
The Untouchable Ex Wife by Mizuki Sei Chapter 20
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