Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie>>
“I believe you’re innocent.” He bent down and his voice rang deeply in her ear. “Do you think you’ll find anything if you investigate it yourself? Investigating a case from three years ago now… Did it ever occur to you that the truth you want might not have existed in the first place?”
Grace opened her bright, almond-shaped eyes and looked back at Jason. Then, she smiled a little. “Even people as rich and powerful as you think I can’t reverse the case on my own, but a little nobody like me still thinks that maybe one day I’ll be able to clear my name.”
Her smile gave him a piercing feeling. It was as if his heart had been stung by something. After a while, he said, “What if I’m willing to help you? What if… I can help you find out the truth you want?”
She stared at him, wondering why his attitude had changed so suddenly.
“If I say I can help you find out the truth if you can just stay by my side and accompany me, will you say yes?” he muttered. His warm breath seemed to envelop her entire body.
All at once, her heartbeat became so intense that it almost seemed as if it was about to leap out of her throat.
She knew that if she said yes now, she could clear her name and face the world with a clean slate.
However, this “clean slate” was exchanged with her freedom, maybe even her body. Was it really what she wanted?
She was no longer a little girl. She could only think, in some measure, of what might happen if she said yes.
If she said yes, her mother would not be happy to see her daughter give up her innocence to prove another.
“I’ll find out the truth myself,” Grace said, effectively rejecting Jason’s offer.
“Is that so?” He muttered. He then slowly straightened himself up.
His beautiful eyes seemed to be covered with mist. “Then you can come and tell me when you’re willing to say yes.”
He said and let go of his hand that held her arm.
Grace bit her lip slightly and headed for the stairs.
Jason stared at Grace’s back until she was out of his sight. Then, he sat back on the sofa and pulled out the photo of Grace in a floral dress out of his pocket.
“Is it you?” he asked in a low voice as if asking the little girl in the photo across time and space.
It was the quiet air around him that answered him.
In his mind, the photo in front of him overlapped with a painting he had seen before. The little girl in the painting looked similar to the girl in the photo and was wearing a similar floral dress too.
Could this be a coincidence? Jason’s eyes turned cold, or was she really… the little girl in the painting?
If she was, then…
“Whether you’re her or not, you will only be with me for the rest of your life. There will be no one else!” he said coldly, staring at the photo.
His tone of voice was domineering.
He would never let her go, nor would he give anyone else any chances!
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In the private room of a swanky club, Evelyn was struggling to please Brian.
Evelyn had no guarantees, so she needed to work harder to win over Brian.
However, what made her frustrated now was that ever since she entered the private room, he had only been asking about Grace, wanting to know how she was as a child, what her studies were like, and so on.
Anything that involved Grace, big or small, he would want to know.
‘What the hell is this about? I’m his girlfriend now!’ Evelyn roared wildly in her head but still had to keep a gentle smile on her face.
and a sisterly expression as she recounted some of the things she remembered about Grace.
What she talked about right now was nothing but trivial, little matters in life.
However, Brian listened with gusto, which made Evelyn even more embarra**ed.
Finally, after finishing a few stories about Grace as a child, Evelyn coquettishly said, “Brian, I know I was in the wrong before, and… my original second female lead role is gone now. Everyone is laughing at me and saying that all your ex-girlfriends were best actresses and top celebrities. I’m the most insignificant one.”
Brian looked at the person in front of him lightly as if he wanted to see how she would go on.
Evelyn felt like she had no place to hide her thoughts from the man. However, there was something she had to say.
If she did not talk about it, she would gain nothing.
“I want to prove that I can stand by you too, so… why don’t you give me another film? I’ll do it well this time and won’t create any more trouble,” she said.
“Is that so? What kind of film do you want then?” he asked casually.
‘Of course, a film with a big production and has a ramous director: Evelyn cried to herself, but she still pretended to be humble. She said, “As long as I get a film, I don’t care what it is.’”
“I’ll let you know in a couple of days,” Brian said.
“Great! You’re so good to me, Brian!” Evelyn said and tried to fall into his arms.
However, Brian pushed her away. The next moment, his hand was pressed against her face, covering the upper part of it and exposing only her lips and jaw.
“Brian…” Evelyn was a little panicked. She did not know what
Brian wanted to do.
Brian stared at her lips in a trance, his fingertips lightly touching them. They looked just like… her lips, like those of the little girl he remembered which also looked like… Grace’s lips.
Oddly enough, even though he knew that Grace was not the one he was looking for, he could not help but want to know more about the woman-even the most trivial things about her.
“Go on about your sister,” Brian muttered.
“Huh? Go on… like this?” Evelyn said, embarra**ed.
“Yes. Just like that,” Brian said.
Evelyn had to go on saying what she remembered about Grace while cursing Grace in her heart.
Grace was just a sanitation service worker and had even been to prison. Even if she came from a good background, three years in prison was enough to shatter anyone’s reputation.
What did Brian… see in Grace?!
Inexplicably, Evelyn had a feeling that Brian had not broken up with her only because she was Grace’s sister.
The thought, of course, only came up for a moment and was immediately pinned down by her.
“Then… Then, my sister met Sean Stevens. Sean Stevens had wooed her for a while, and one time, she twisted her ankle while climbing a mountain, so Sean Stevens carried her on his back. down the mountain. Sis later agreed to date Sean Stevens. They were quite sweet back then, and Sis would always make lunch for
Sean Ste ens.
Evelyn was trying her best to describe the sweetness of Grace’s relationship with Sean Stevens. She wanted Brian to know that Grace already had a man she loved. Unlike her, Evelyn, who never had a boyfriend before. Brian was her first boyfriend.
As she spoke, Evelyn felt the hand that covered her eyes loosen.
At last, her eyes saw light. What came into Evelyn’s eyes were Brian’s phoenix eyes. “Did she date Sean Stevens just because Sean Stevens carried her down the mountain?”
His voice was as indifferent as ever, but it seemed to contain a faint ripple.
“Yes… Yes…” Evelyn stammered. She just felt that the aura coming out of his body was like a sharp blade, making people who got close to him feel terrible pain.
Brian’s eyes lowered gently. “You can leave.”