Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
“I’ll tell you after you finish this,” He said.
When Grace heard this, she felt as if she suddenly had some motivation. She picked up the food on the tray and started to eat.
Jason frowned. She was now gobbling up the food like a beast and was unlike her usual self.
Nevertheless, it proved how important her mother’s grave was to her.
Jason furrowed his brows and looked at the tears that had rolled down Grace’s face. Her eyes seemed redder and more swollen than when he last talked to her.
Therefore, during the time he had been gone, she had cried.
again?
“Eat slowly. Even if your father buried your mother in the north or south pole, I’ll take you there!” said Jason. “If you choke, you’re only going to waste more time.”
Grace shuddered. Her hand that was holding the chopsticks.
paused for a moment before she began to eat again, this time, at a much slower pace than before.
Jason watched over her until she finished eating before taking some tissue and carefully wiping the corner of her mouth.
“I… I’ve finished eating. Tell me where my mother is buried,” Grace looked at the man in front of her. She was full of anticipation and… worry.
Grace seemed so afraid that her hopes would be dashed by the fact that he was unable to help her find where her mother was buried.
Jason raised his hand and stroked her cheek. Consequently, his fingertips became wet with her tears.
“Go and wash your face. Your mother wouldn’t like it if she saw you like this,” He said.
“However….
“Why, don’t you believe me that I’ll take you to where your mother is buried?” Jason smirked a little “I’m the only one your can trust now, and only I can take you there.”
Grace’s eyes rested on his face for a moment before she turned around and walked to the bathroom. Then, she turned on the faucet on the sink
Grace looked at her red, swollen eyes in the mirror and saw visible tear stains on her face. Even her bangs were in a mess, and she looked really unpresentable.
If her mother saw the state she was in, she would be upset.
Would Jason really take her to the place where her mother was buried? Would he just help her without any demands?
Grace felt extremely perturbed. However, no matter how perturbed she was, she could only do whatever Jason wanted.
After all, just as he said, he was the only person she could trust for now.
After washing her face with clean water, Grace walked out of the bathroom only to see Jason sitting on the sofa, playing with his phone.
“Did your father say he wants 50 million dollars for him to tell you where your mother is buried?” asked Jason.
“Yes,” Grace answered with her head lowered.
“You asked me for 50 million dollars. Why don’t you just let me help you find out where your mother is buried?” he asked.
She was shocked. He reminded her that she was really stupid. Even if she gave her father 50 million dollars, would her father be satisfied? Would he not ask for more?
Just like what Jason said, instead of asking him to give her 50 million dollars, she could just ask him to help her find out where her mother’s grave was.
She could only say that she panicked, so she did not even notice such a simple thing.
“Can you take me there now?” Grace asked anxiously. She could only calm down once she was sure where her mother was buried.
“There’s no hurry. You need to take a break first. Take a nap if you’re sleepy,” said Jason.
However, Grace was not in the mood to sleep! She just looked at him longingly.
About 15 minutes later, Jason’s phone rang. A moment after
Jason answered it, he replied, “All right, got it. Wait for me over there, and settle everything I told you to do as soon as possible.”
With that, he put away his phone. He stood up and said to Grace, “Come with me.”
Grace instantly realized that he was going to take her to her mother’s grave, so she immediately got up and followed him.
Only after she got in the car did she soon realize that they were not heading in the direction of the cemeteries in Emerald City. Instead, they were heading for a large residential area in the city.
When the car stopped, Grace looked on in surprise. She then turned to look at Jason in confusion.
Right now, his car was parked in an urban village in the city.
“Come on,” he said, taking her hand.
Grace followed Jason stiffly, walking all the way to one of the houses. She saw Jason’s secretary, Terrence, there.
Other than Terrence, she also saw a few others who looked like bodyguards.
After seeing Jason, Terrence immediately came forward and said, “It’s inside, Young Master Reed.”
Jason led Grace into the house.
Clearly, Terrence had cleared the house beforehand. Grace walked into it and could see that it was a place for group rental, but the house was deserted at the moment.
Terrence went ahead and opened one of the rooms. It was at simple room with only a bed and a table. There was nothing on the bed-not even a bedsheet.
When Grace entered the room, she saw a box on the table.
Apart from this, there was nothing else on the table.
It was… a cinerary casket!
Grace’s pupils contracted suddenly as she stepped forward. Her hands were almost trembling as she touched the urn. On the side of the cinerary casket, she could find the small print inscribed with her mother’s name and the date of her death.
This was… her mother’s cinerary casket!
Grace only felt her heart tremoring. She thought that since her father was going to move her mother’s grave, he would at least buy her a cemetery plot so that she could be buried again.
However, it never occurred to her that her father had not even bought her mother a cemetery plot. He just rented a room in a group rental house to put her ashes!
Terrence’s statements also confirmed Grace’s speculation.
“According to our investigation, Miss Cummins’s father has paid three months’ worth of rent here after taking out her mother’s cinerary casket. After a brief visit on the first day, he hasn’t been here since. At the same time, Miss Cummins’s father has not contacted any cemeteries or made any arrangements to buy a cemetery plot,” said Terrence.
Grace lowered her head and looked at the cinerary casket in front of her.
Her father… never really intended to move her mother’s grave from the beginning. He did all these to blackmail her.
He would probably just throw the cinerary casket back to her when he got enough benefits from her.
He could even save the money on a cemetery plot!
She wondered how her mother would feel if she knew how the man she had once loved was treating her after her death.
Grace found it funny and sad.
Her nose was a little sore, but this time, her tears did not fall.