Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
“Who do you love then?” When she spoke those words, an answer suddenly appeared in his mind.
For a moment, he looked at her in shock. After a while, he calmed down and said, “Who do you want me to love, Sis?”
She suddenly felt that she had asked a silly question. Why did she ask it? Besides, this man treated marriage like a bargain. He probably would not fall in love with anyone in his life.
“Sorry, I shouldn’t have asked.” She furrowed her eyebrows and said, “You don’t have to help me reverse my case. I’ll take care of it myself.”
She would find out the truth in her own way. It might take a long time, but it was not like she had no chance at all, right?
“I don’t?” He stared at her. “Alright, I’ll see what you can think of, but if you change your mind and want to reverse the case, you can always call me. I’ll help you.”
“Why do you want to help me reverse my verdict?” She looked at him doubtfully. Looking at his expression, she was finally sure that he was not saying it for fun. He would really reverse the case for her.
However, that was strange. Ever since she turned him down at the hospital, he would demand something from her in exchange for a favor… “What do you want me to do? Or do I have to promise you anything in exchange for this favor?”
“There are no conditions, nothing to be done. Think of it as my compensation,” Jason said.
“Compensation?”
“You ought to be compensated for everything you suffered in prison because of me. Therefore, if you want to reverse the case, you can always do so,” he said.
It sounded just like a great temptation to shake her heart which had just made up its mind.
Reversing the case… Once she reversed the case, that meant she would no longer have a criminal record. It also meant she could get her attorney’s license back. She could still be a lawyer.
However, if she could not clear her name completely, how much confidence could she have in court in the future?
Besides, to her amusement, none of her family, relatives, or former colleagues had even tried to reverse her verdict.
The only friend who ever worked hard for her to reverse the case even said sadly, “Grace, I’m afraid you can’t reverse this case at all. No one dares to do so. No lawyer is willing to accept it, let alone find evidence in your favor.”
However, this kept her restless in prison. Every time she heard the name of the man she was afraid to the bone, she could not help but tremble. Now, he was saying that he could help her reverse her verdict at any time.
It felt like one of the ironies of life.
She did not speak a word but went over to the drawer. She took out the pair of gloves and handed them to him. “Here are your gloves, as agreed.”
He studied the gloves carefully and tried them on. “They’re quite good and warm, just like the scarf you knitted, Sis. It’s also warm and comfortable to wear.””
“You don’t have to wear it. Others will look at it and feel it doesn’t suit you,” she said. His fine clothes only made the scarf look old, cheap, and rough.
“Doesn’t suit me?” He raised his eyebrows and chuckled. “Sis, to me, there’s never the need for others to judge whether it suits me or not. It only matters if I feel good about it. Take this scarf for an instance. When I say it suits me, then it suits me!”
He then paused before feeling the scarf again. “What’s more, Sis is the one who knitted it. In that case… it will suit any kind of clothes!”
Her heart suddenly began beating violently. This was the kind of remark that if uttered by someone else, would only seem ridiculous, but when he said it, it seemed to be a fact.
His handsome face was full of earnestness.
It was as if this scarf she knitted was a priceless treasure.
“But Sis…” He took off the gloves he was trying on and randomly pulled a chair over to sit on. He smiled at her and said, “I never liked the same things as anyone else. Now that Sis has knitted a scarf and a pair of gloves for me, you can no longer knit these things for anyone else, understand?”
His smile looked so clean and clear, just like the sunshine in the early morning. People could not help but love such a smile. However, his words made her heart ache.
Was that a warning?
He was warning her not to knit scarves and gloves for anyone in the future.
How many in Emerald City dared to disobey his warning?
On the day as an extra, Grace waited at the venue according to the appointed time in the group. However, Claire Watts did not join them this time. Grace also did not see any acquaintances among those who signed up as extras.
When the time came, the organizer checked their names and brought everyone over to the film crew.
Today’s filming location was just nearby in a rented mansion. It was still early, but crowds of fans had gathered outside with some fans holding signs with their idols’ names on them.
When Grace saw Lily’s name, she felt a clunk in her chest.
Lily was going to be in today’s film.
The organizer had issued the play’s title that day, and she was planning to check it out. However, she forgot about it because of Jason’s arrival.
Grace felt a little regretful for not checking on the relevant details about the film that day.
However, she was only there as an extra today. She would not cross paths with Lily, so there might not be any trouble.
Grace’s role today as an extra was to be a servant girl. All she had to do was to stand where the director wanted her to stand and keep her head low. There was a whole group of servant girls. They had to wait for the main characters to pass by them and kneel as directed by the director. Then, they had to grovel and say, ‘We wish you happiness and peace, Master and Madam’
As this was a kneeling scene, she would get extra money-50 dollars more, so 130 dollars in total.
‘I’ll just kneel then. It’s only a scene anyway. Even a famous star will have kneeling scenes. Besides, most of the time, when survival is a problem, the knees aren’t as important, thought Grace.
The extras’ makeup room was huge. There were several makeup artists as well as male and female extras in the room, all waiting for the makeup artists to apply their makeup.
The makeup artists worked very fast. One’s makeup could be done in only five to six minutes.
When it was Grace’s turn, the makeup artist was surprised. “You have a scar on your forehead!”