Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
It was only after entering the lounge that Brian placed Grace on the sofa. Looking at her left hand that was gently covered by her right hand, he asked, “Does it hurt?”
“A little,” she mumbled.
He looked at the pained expression on her face. He knew that she was understating it. Her face had always been peaceful and calm. She never used to furrow her brows and paled like she was now. She was even speaking with much difficulty.
Looking at her like this, his heart ached.
It was a strange feeling to him. When he saw her kneeling and groveling on the ground… When he saw the copper stove smashing against her hand… All of a sudden, he felt as if his heart was being whipped violently. It was extremely painful.
Then, almost reflexively, he rushed forward to help her up.
Why did he do that?
Brian had been in town before and proved that she was not the one he was looking for, but it was as if his emotions were still affected by her.
Was it because of her looks? Was it because she looked like the person he remembered, so he was emotionally affected even though he knew she was not the woman he was looking for?
It was not long before the film crew’s doctor arrived and rushed to give Grace a preliminary examination.
As the doctor’s hand touched the location of Grace’s injury and made sure that there was no problem with the bone, he intensified his gesture. Naturally, the pain Grace felt was severe.
Her teeth were firmly biting her lower lip, and a thin layer of sweat on her forehead emerged. She only nodded and shook her head to answer the doctor’s questions.
Finally, when the doctor was done examining her, she felt as if she was exhausted. There was cold sweat on her forehead and back.
“There’s nothing wrong with her bones. Just give her some medicine for the bruising, and rest this hand as much as possible for the time being. Don’t use it for any heavy lifting,” the doctor said. “If you’re still worried, you can go to the hospital and have another thorough examination.”
After all, he was only the film crew’s staff doctor. He could easily deal with small injuries. There was nothing he could do about more serious injuries as he did not have any medical equipment here.
“All right. Thank you, doctor,” Grace said, finally relieved. If she did break a bone, she would not know what to do with her job at the Sanitation Service Center.
People with jobs like her could not afford a long vacation. There was no way the Sanitation Service Center was going to allow her to take a long sick leave.
After the doctor left, Brian said, “It might be all right, but you better go to the hospital for a check-up later.”
“That’s all right. I’ll just run down to the pharmacy and get some medication for my bruising,” Grace said. “Thank you…
for just now”
Anyway, had he really picked her up and asked the film crew’s doctor to check her wound?
He frowned slightly. “What was that all about? Why were you kneeling and groveling?”
Besides, she kept repeating those actions again and again!
Earlier, he saw her doing that when he came by. Only that time, he only saw her back and did not recognize her.
His visit to the set today was only an impulse to visit Evelyn at work. When he approached her at the set, he saw the copper stove prop falling on the extra’s hand. He only recognized the extra as Evelyn when that happened.
“Nothing. I knelt and groveled in the right way, so they made me kneel and grovel again to teach the other extras,” Grace said lightly.
Brian narrowed his eyes, and his gaze fell on her forehead. Before, he could not see clearly because her forehead had been bathed in a thin layer of sweat. Now that she had taken a tissue to wipe away the sweat from her forehead, he could see that there was a round red mark in the middle of her forehead.
Obviously, it was caused by all the groveling.
“Seriously, you… You knelt because they asked you to?” He was inexplicably angry all of a sudden.
“Or what? Reject them? If I refuse, I will not get any money for being an extra today,” she said.
He choked. He knew that extras were the most vulnerable group in a film crew. They did not have any bargaining power. when choosing their jobs.
“How much money do you get a day as an extra?” His voice.
was muffled.
“80 dollars a day. Because there’s a kneeling scene today, they added 50 dollars. For demonstrating the correct way to kneel and grovel, they’ll give me another 200 dollars,” she said.
He glared at her. His thoughts were stirring in his head. In other words, she repeatedly knelt and groveled for only 330 dollars?
Did this woman not know how to protect herself?
“Do you have a problem with Evelyn?” He asked because he could see that she was making it difficult for her on purpose.
No one in the film crew dared to say anything. This was natural. Extras were never taken seriously. The film crew was full of clever people, so no one was going to offend Evelyn for an extra.
Because… the man behind Evelyn was him!
Thinking about this, Brian felt as if his chest was clogged. It made him feel suffocated.
“She’s my half-sister. As for whether there is a problem, there is, I guess. She has always felt that my imprisonment had ruined her future,” Grace said.
Even if she did not say this, with Brian’s ability, he could easily figure it out. There was no need for her to hide it.
There was a slight surprise in his eyes. Though he roughly knew some things about Evelyn and knew that she had a sister from a different mother who did not live with her, he had not paid much attention to what her sister’s name was.
After all, he never actually cared much about Evelyn. It was only because Evelyn’s lips were shaped like the girl’s lips that he continued to keep her by his side.
However, it never occurred to him that the woman in front of him and Evelyn could be sisters.
Just then, the door of the lounge was pushed open. Evelyn, whom they had been talking about just minutes ago, entered. She looked very pale.
Evelyn looked at Grace who had gauze wrapped around her hand. She then looked at Brian who had his eyebrows furrowed together. He was staring at her disapprovingly. She quickly snuggled up to Brian, pretending to be guilty.
“Brian, thank you for taking care of my sister and letting
Dr. Kwan check on her. I happened to meet Dr. Kwan when I was on my way here just now. I was relieved when he said her injury is nothing serious.” Then, Evelyn turned to Grace and said, “I’m so sorry, Sis. I didn’t hold the hand stove well, making it fall on your hand.”
Grace calmly looked at her half-sister whom she had once treated with sincerity. She had even wanted to pave the way for her sister’s acting career because she thought that they were family.
However, a car accident made her realize that she was just imagining things.
Then again, she did have an idea about how Evelyn was able to go from being a C-list actress to the second female lead of a big-budget film. Even the director had to go along with her demanding requests.
Was the man behind Evelyn Brian?