Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
Now that Grace had fallen so low, she would naturally want to step all over her in return.
“That’s right, I sweep the streets,” Grace said in neither a shameful nor arrogant tone.
“Sigh, what’s even the point of you attending university? In the end, you still ended up sweeping the road. But, later… Hehe, you won’t have to anymore…”
Before Stella finished her words, Grace’s first cousin, Hogan, gave her a look.
Only then did Stella pause in the middle of her sentence. She then looked at Grace with an expression as if she was watching a show unfold. “Hmph, what does it matter how good she was at studying? She’s still going to end up marrying a fool.”
She was curious to see how Grace would look like when she got married to that fool.
In the evening, when the family was having their dinner, Grace finally saw Susie. When she saw Grace, a layer of tears welled up in her eyes, and she hugged Grace for a long while.
“Child, you must have suffered quite a bit. It’s all because of my old and weak body. I couldn’t help you at all back then,” Susie said in the midst of choking up while trying to speak.
Before Grace could answer, Stella said, “Grandma, Grace being in jail is what we call getting punished by law. She deserved it!”
Susie glared at Stella. Only then did she resentfully shut her mouth.
Grace shook her head and looked at Susie. “It’s all right, I didn’t suffer much. Besides, haven’t I already been released? I’ll come back more often in the future and be filial to you and
Grandfather.”
Hearing this, Susie felt even sadder.
Mr. Kelleigh and the rest were afraid that Susie would expose them, so they quickly had them sit down to start eating dinner together. During the meal, the eldest uncle, second uncle, and third aunt kept urging Grace to have more wine.
“It’s a rare occasion, so it’s not a bad thing to drink a bit more. Grace, you need to make sure to come back more often and see your grandma and grandpa in the future,” the third aunt said with a smile.
Grace maintained the smile and said, “Third Aunt, I quit drinking already. You know that I had a car accident because I
was drunk. How could I dare to drink again?”
Upon hearing Grace’s words, the third aunt stopped and could only laugh dryly.
Her uncle said, “Nevertheless, it is Thanksgiving. Just drink a few glasses. You are not driving now anyways.”
“That’s right. If you don’t drink, you are not giving us elders any respect!” Her second uncle followed suit.
“Enough!” Grandma suddenly shouted, “Your consciences have been eaten by dogs. Are you really going to push Grace into the pit of fire?”
All of a sudden, no one at the table spoke, but Grace looked at her grandmother in surprise.
Susie said to Grace, “Grace, your uncle and others are up to no good. They want to marry you to the Miller family’s fool son in exchange for 300,000 dollars. They…”
Mr. Kelleigh interrupted her before she could finish her sentence.
“So what if Grace marries into the Miller family? Are we mistreating her? The Miller family accepted her, even though she had been in jail. Do you think she can marry into a good family now?”
“That’s right. 300,000 dollars from the Miller family is just enough to buy houses for First Cousin and Second Cousin. Grace, you owe them this. If you hadn’t been in prison in the first place, they would have already found a good partner.”” Stella added fuel to the fire.
“I won’t marry anyone!” Grace stood up and coldly looked at the relatives around her. “Even if I were to owe anyone, it would not be you!”
She said to Susie, “Grandma, I’ll come to see you next time.” After that, she intended to leave, but she was stopped by her uncles.
“Why do you want to leave? It’s not up to you to decide who you marry!” her uncle said ruthlessly.
Grace looked at her cousins, who were not far away. She remembered that they had played together when they were children and they had had a good relationship with each other.
“You also want me to marry a fool?”
Elder Cousin Hogan said, “Yes, it’s fortunate enough that the Miller family is willing to marry you now. Otherwise, do you think you can find a good family to marry into?”
On the other hand, her second cousin Marcus shrank a little and said awkwardly, “I… I am getting married. At least I need to have a house. I… I don’t have any other choice.”
Grace laughed at herself. In fact, she shouldn’t have expected anything from her cousins; she just made herself disappointed again. “I won’t get married!”
She took a deep breath and shouted at everyone.
“Slap!” The next moment, Mr. Kelleigh slapped her in the face. “How dare you not listen to us? There’s no room for you to haggle over this matter!”
In the VIP ward of the hospital, there was a round table full of exquisite dishes, but only two people were eating them.
Jason ate in a slow and orderly manner. Old Mr. Reed, who was sitting opposite him, was eating food with the help of a nurse.
In the ward, it was almost silent except for the sound of chewing. Neither the grandfather nor the grandson had said. anything to each other.
Although the nurse who picked up the food for the Old Master was curious, she didn’t dare to ask. After all, these two were the most powerful people in Emerald City.
Finally, after Old Mr. Reed was almost full, he said, “I heard that you haven’t stayed in the house for the past few days?”
“Yes,” Jason replied indifferently. He was not surprised that
Old Master knew about this. After all, Old Master had his informants everywhere, even in his house.
“Where are you staying?”
“Outside,” Jason replied.
“Why do you want to stay outside?” Old Mr. Reed asked.
“It’s too quiet in the house.” He pretended to be casual as he picked up a shrimp and slowly peeled off the shell.
“Speaking of which, you should have a girlfriend at your age. I
will ask my secretary to sort out information about the famous young ladies in the city. You can pick one.” Old Mr. Reed’s tone sounded as if it was as simple as picking out clothes.
Jason’s fingers, which were holding on to the shrimp, paused slightly. Then he replied, “There’s no need.”