Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
Grace shook her head and replied, “I was only a bit embarrassed, but not hurt.”
Lina was angry and distraught when she saw the self-deprecating expression on her friend’s face. “I’m angry that those people who surrounded and scolded her knew nothing about the incident, and yet they treated an innocent woman like that. I’m distraught that my friend clearly had not been drinking but she was indicted on a charge of driving under the influence.”
They were still perplexed by the material evidence and the unanimous testimony provided by the witnesses to this very day.
“How dare those people treat you that way! They only criticize others from a moral high ground without knowing anything at all,” Lina said indignantly.
Grace calmly replied, “It means nothing to me.”
Lina recalled all the pain in her friend’s body and could not help sighing. “When I first welcomed Grace after she had left prison, I noticed all the wounds on her. There were both fresh.
and old ones. Although Grace has never told me about what she endured in prison, I can probably guess.
“I’m afraid Grace went through all sorts of hardships in prison.”
“Is Jay really Jason?” Lina asked, changing the topic of conversation.
“Yes.” Grace nodded.
“But… if he’s Jason, why would he pretend to be a homeless person and stay with you in the rental apartment for so long?” she asked. “I can’t seem to figure out this point. Does Jason have some peculiar interests?”
“It’s nothing but a game to him,” Grace replied rather bitterly. “When I heard him say that with my own ears, I felt as if I was suffocating.
“Jason, who treated me so well, warmed my hands, waited by the door for me, and quietly listened to my woes, was nothing more than an illusion he created for a game. How absurd, and yet, how real!”
“A game?” Lina was perplexed.
“Yes. Those rich people are probably bored by their lives and wanted to play a game to kill time,” Grace replied softly.
Lina was momentarily unsure of how to comfort her friend. “I know that my friend hates and fears deception the most.
“Jason undoubtedly dealt Grace a heavy blow.”
Grace raised her head and gave Lina a faint smile. “I’m fine, don’t worry. Besides, I don’t have a relationship with him anymore. His game is probably over. Anyway, I didn’t lose much. I’ve just returned to living by myself.”
But her smile gave Lina an urge to cry. “Then I’ll move in and live with you.”
“You don’t have to, Lina. I don’t want you to fight with your family members over me again,” Grace said. “I know you’re nice to me but I’m sure you wouldn’t want me to feel guilt over you whenever we spend time together. I already owe you enough…”
“Don’t say anything about owing. We’re best friends! When someone lost money in class, you were the only one who believed me and helped me to catch the thief. Grace, you believed me then and helped me. Now, I believe you and I’ll help you too!” Lina exclaimed.
“Ever since that incident all those years ago, I’ve known that Grace will be my best friend for life!”
“Thank you,” Grace muttered. “When I helped Lina all those years ago, I was barely lifting a finger, but now, Lina has sacrificed so much to help me.”
“That’s right, what are your plans for the future?” Lina asked.
“What else can I do? I’ll go back to work at the Sanitation Service Center after the holidays,” Grace replied.
“But the news of you being surrounded at the hospital entrance has already been uploaded to the internet. By now the Sanitation Service Center must know all about the incident from three years ago. How will your colleagues treat you…?”
Lina said worriedly.
“Don’t worry, it’s fine,” Grace answered. “Because actually… everyone at the Sanitation Service Center already knows about the accident that caused Jennifer Atkinson’s death and my three years in prison.”
The man reclining on the sofa held his cheek with one hand and a glass of red wine in the other, sipping from it occasionally. The man looked beautiful and innocent, and there was a hint of allure that unwittingly emanated from between his brows. It was if a slight glance from him could make anyone fall deep into the tightly woven net within his eyes.
“Unable to escape or leave, I willingly falling into his trap.
“And it’s no wonder that so many ladies of note in Emerald City have feelings for him!” Patrick studied Jason as he drank alone and could not help sighing internally. “But they’re all feelings and few people have turned those feelings into actions.
“After all, those who have taken ‘action’ have irritated Mr. Reed and ended up miserable, even becoming a joke in Emerald City.”
“Why are you here drinking alone? If you’re here to meet your friends, you should at least bring that woman. I really want to meet her. What kind of woman could make you abandon your Old Master on Thanksgiving?” Patrick asked.
“I’m so curious about this woman. Although Jason said that it was just a game on the phone that day and that there was no good reason to meet her.
“But… I’ve never seen Jason play any games with other women!” Therefore, Patrick was dubious of Jason’s statement.
Gripping the wine glass, Jason’s fingers faltered a little. He raised his breathtakingly beautiful and amorous eyes and stared at Patrick with a faint smile on his face. “Oh, do you really want to meet her?”
Patrick’s hairs stood on end immediately and a sense of crisis arose within him. “It feels like if I nod now, I’ll come to no good end.
“It’s as if what I said just now broke his taboo.
“A woman is Jason’s… taboo? Does that mean that the woman is actually important to Jason, or am I overthinking things?!”
Patrick figured that he was overthinking and immediately flashed Jason an embarrassed smile. “I don’t want to meet her. Happy?”
As they were talking, two figures suddenly walked in through the entrance. Patrick hurriedly changed the topic of conversation. “It’s Brian, that kid. He’s bringing that new girlfriend again today. Why does this kid keep looking for starlets as his girlfriends for the past two years? He makes one famous, then finds another to make her famous. How many starlets does he wish to make famous?”
Patrick was made speechless by the speed at which Brian changed girlfriends. And yet, Brian doted on every one of his girlfriends while he was with them, giving them anything they wanted. However, once they broke up, he was frustratingly frank and ruthless.
Some even said that Brian was heartless. Even if he excessively doted on a woman, he would cast her aside like an old shoe in the blink of an eye once he tired of her.