Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
“No.” Grace felt a strange sense of guilt.
She went on with the rest of the deliveries, and by the time she had lunch at two o’clock, Grace did not eat much.
Kyla Corbyn said, “What’s the matter? You’ve eaten so little.
Don’t you like today’s dishes?” When it was lunchtime at noon, everyone in the small restaurant would take advantage of their free time and get the chef to cook several dishes for them to eat together.
“No, I think I ate too much before coming to work this morning.”
Grace looked aside at Nelson. “Why aren’t you eating? I’ll feed
Nelson some fruits. I’m full now anyway.”
Grace took an apple and peeled it. Then, she cut the apple into small pieces and fed them to Nelson.
The little one obediently opened his mouth and nibbled at the apple, occasionally smiling at Grace.
After feeding him the fruit, the little one got sleepy. He yawned and spread his hands wide, gesturing Grace to hug him.
Grace naturally took the little one in her arms and gently lulled him.
to sleep.
Although the little one could not hear her soft humming, his young tender fingers would gently brush against her lips as if trying to hear her voice.
sore as she looked at the sleeping little body. Why could an adorable child like him not hear? Sometimes, God was too cruel.
She only hoped that in the future, after Nelson got a cochlear implant, he would be able to hear all the voices in the world and not let this regret follow him for the rest of his life.
“I’ll take him back to his room.” Mrs. Corbyn stepped forward and took her grandson from Grace’s arms.
Behind the small restaurant was a small, simple house where Kyla Corbyn lived with her mother and Nelson.
Kyla Corbyn said to Grace, “You’ll be a good mother in the future,Grace.”
A good mother… Grace gave a faint smile, but her heart was filled with bitterness. She might never get the chance to become at mother. When she was in prison, she had once been kicked in the womb during a beating. The doctors said it would be difficult for her to conceive in the future, and even if she did, her womb would not be able to sustain the growth of the baby.
By three o’clock in the afternoon, orders for food deliveries had come in again, but the address and the person who ordered it caused Grace to frown.
It was her old law firm again, except this time it was Andrea
Schwartz who ordered.
Thinking of her last chance meeting with Andrea Schwartz, Andrea Schwartz’s words were full of ridicule about her current difficult state. This food delivery order was probably not a coincidence but intentional.
However, she had experienced all the awkward and embarra**ing things already. This was nothing to her.
Grace took the order Kyla Corbyn had prepared and got on the electric bike.
When she arrived at the law firm, the receptionist saw Grace and said to her, “Hold on a minute, Grace. Andrea Schwartz asked me to call her as soon as you’re here so that she can come and pick up her order.”
With that, the receptionist made an internal call.
A moment later, Andrea Schwartz hurried out. Andrea Schwartz was now dressed in formal clothes with delicate makeup and a proud smirk on her face.
As soon as she saw Grace, Andrea Schwartz said, “You’re delivering food, Grace! I didn’t believe it when I heard it yesterday!”
As she spoke, Andrea Schwartz left Grace’s food delivery on the other side of the reception desk and took her hand warmly as if the two of them were close.
“By the way, you haven’t been back to the office in a long time. Your old colleagues miss you very much. However, it’s all right now. We can meet any time we want,” said Andrea Schwartz as she pulled Grace into the office. “Since you’re here, why don’t you. meet your old colleagues?”
Grace glanced at Andrea Schwartz. She certainly knew what she was up to.
In that case, she should just face them. If she escaped, they would only laugh at her.
“Okay, I’ll meet them,” Grace said generously.
Her attitude, on the contrary, surprised Andrea Schwartz. After all, it was not what she expected to see.
Once inside, Andrea Schwartz clapped her hands in the main office and drew everyone’s attention. “Come and take a look, everybody. Grace, our former colleague, came back to see us.”
All of a sudden, many people in the office looked in their direction.
As Grace looked around, she saw a mix of former colleagues and new ones she did not know.
“Andrea, did she work here before? Where is she working now?”
asked a young new colleague.
The question was just as Andrea Schwartz wanted, but Andrea Schwartz still showed a look of regret and said, “Grace used to be the most promising rookie we had here, and people said that before long, she would be a great lawyer and would be snapped up by all the law firms.”
“Which law firm is she in now?” the newcomer asked curiously.
“Well…” Andrea Schwartz looked at Grace with an embarra**ed look on her face.
Grace simply felt that Andrea Schwartz’s performance was botched. It was fine if she made it obvious that she was trying to step on her toes, but the most disgusting thing was that she had to do it while acting as if it was intolerable and awkward.
“I’m a delivery girl at Yan Yan Restaurant. You’re welcome to place your order. I’ll bring you some menus next time,” Grace said unabashedly. There was no embarra**ment or awkwardness on her face as Andrea Schwartz had imagined. Grace even managed a smile.
The smile set off her face with an indescribable gentleness.
Andrea Schwartz gritted her teeth in secret. She was thinking to herself, ‘Go on, I’ll see how much longer you can act.”
“Grace, your boyfriend seemed pretty well-off when I went shopping last time. Why are you making a living delivering food at a small restaurant? Don’t be fooled. A lot of people like to fake as someone they’re not these days. He probably didn’t have much money but still pretended to be rich. He might owe a bunch of your back,” Andrea Schwartz reminded as if she was concerned.
Grace gave a faint smile. “All right, I’ll ask him some other time.”
Andrea Schwartz only felt as if she was hitting a soft nail. It was as if nothing she said would matter to Grace.
Some of the newcomers at the firm had no idea why Grace had gone from a lawyer to a delivery girl. As Grace turned toward the firm’s exit, she heard someone behind her asking the question.
The one who answered was of course Andrea Schwartz. Andrea
Schwartz seemed to deliberately raise her voice. She talked about how Grace went to jail because she killed someone with her car while drunk driving…
Grace smiled softly. Was Andrea Schwartz stepping on her toes to make up for the frustrations of being suppressed by her in those years? Sure enough, you might not be able to see through people. when you were well-regarded. However, once you were destitute, you would certainly see through them.
Just as Grace stepped out of the firm and reached the lift, there was a sudden rush of footsteps behind her. A voice rang out, “Grace, wait!”
Grace turned her head and saw a man hurrying over before stopping in front of her. He was looking at her with an obscure look.
He was a moderately good-looking man in his 30s. He was of medium build and dressed in a suit as the city’s elites usually did.
“Yes?” Grace asked as she looked at her old colleague. He used to partner with her at the firm. For a while, there was a rumor going around that he had a crush on her, but she was already dating Sean Stevens and such rumors did not concern her.
Little by little, the gossip died down.
and radiance had turned into forbearance and destitution.
Even the light in her eyes seemed to be repressed by something.
“You… can turn to me if you have any trouble. I’ll help you if I can,”
He Zhanghuai said sincerely.