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
only partially succeeded.
and strove to always protect the innocent, and yet… what had she learned? That there were many people above the law. And being innocent
couldn’t lose.
today was proof
She shuddered.
that man on the second floor hadn’t intervened?
have abused and drowned her?
two ‘classmates’ who’d stood by and watched
charges, they
she wasn’t a convicted felon. If their families didn’t have enough money to buy entire juries… if anyone actually cared about her or the pain they’d caused
seeking justice
come for a person
You’re okay.
is a
said it over and over again,
wasn’t true.
hard to bite back the words he
he knew why she remained silent. His ‘sister’ was hellbent on protecting him. Which was just
that was the case, well, f*ck that. He’d been in pain,
allowed her to mother him because he’d sensed that was
at
fluffy bathrobe over her pajamas and she worked in the dim light of the kitchen lamp to sew back together the uniform shirt that Gregory had torn.
hands clenched into
hummed some nameless tune.
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, and given all
clothes, stitch by stitch, and… she looked
quiet and elegant way about her was unusually attractive.
was laughable. The women he knew wore couture clothes that cost more than
year.
day, such a simple and plain woman
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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.
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