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 all of those terrible feelings and fears out of her and right down

only partially succeeded.

yet… what had she learned? That there were many people above the law. And being

couldn’t lose.

today was

She shuddered.

on the second floor hadn’t

abused and drowned

of Maria and Mia, two ‘classmates’ who’d

were to press charges, they would be

have enough money to buy entire juries… if anyone

justice was pointless.

come for a person like

okay. You’re okay.

is a new

over and over again, but deep down, she

wasn’t true.

back

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

from the other night. If that was the case, well, f*ck that. He’d been in

allowed her to mother him because he’d sensed that was what she needed to do.

at the kitchen

dim light of the kitchen lamp to

hands clenched into

hummed some

and the recent exposure to the wind and sun, her skin was not fair at all. Even though she had

sewing her clothes, stitch by stitch, and…

about her was unusually attractive.

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

year.

simple and plain woman would capture all his attention.

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