Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
She was shocked. Half-past six? It was already nine o’clock, which meant he had been waiting outside for two and a half hours?
“You just waited in the car?” She looked at him in shock.
“Yes,” he replied, taking her hand and gently rubbing it in his.
Although the weather was starting to warm up, he seemed to like the way it kept his hands warm.
He wanted to get his temperature on her hands.
“You could have gone back first. You don’t need to wait outside for so long,” said Grace. She thought he had gotten off work late and stopped by to pick her up.
“I wanted to see you sooner.” As he spoke, he lowered his head. and gently kissed her fingertips.
When he was in the car, he saw her going in and out of the restaurant to deliver food. He even wondered why she chose.
such a tiring way of life when she could have chosen a simpler and more relaxed lifestyle.
“Are you sure you don’t want me to get you another job? You rejected me earlier because you didn’t want to get involved with me. How about now? I want to help you. Will you reject me this time too?”
“I’m doing quite well in this small restaurant, and I get along with my boss and the other staff. Besides…” Grace took a deep breath. “I know you’ll find me a good job, but I want to be independent.””
Perhaps because of her experience, she always refused to depend on others easily.
Once the person she was reliant on was gone, it would be like. another mountain collapsing on her.
Jason stared at Grace. After a while, she dropped her eyes. slightly. “It’s fine if you want to keep working here. Just let me.
know when you want to change your job.”
“Sure.” Grace nodded. She did not turn down Jason’s offer this time.
“By the way, if you’ve been waiting outside for so long, have you eaten dinner?” Grace suddenly thought of this.
“Not yet,” answered Jason.
“Why didn’t you just go in and eat?” exclaimed Grace. It was a small restaurant, but at least there was plenty of food that he could have ordered.
Grace did not give much thought to whether it suited his appetite. After all, when Jason and she were living in the rented house, he ate even the most humble meals with her.
“All right, I’ll go in next time,” replied Jason.
“…” Grace suddenly felt as if she had said something wrong. If Jason went into the restaurant, the restaurant’s vibe would probably change.
The car arrived at Reed Residence and the two entered the house. The chef had already prepared Jason’s dinner, so
Grace joined him for some.
Of course, for Grace, it was a late-night supper.
Over dinner, Grace talked about the restaurant. Being a food delivery rider was really not that tiring. She would only be busy around noon and in the evening. She was relatively free for the rest of the time.
“Kyla is quite nice to me. She’ll say yes and help me out when I need a day off or something. I’m grateful that she hired me despite my past,” said Grace. Then, her face suddenly darkened.
“What’s the matter? Thinking about your case?” Jason frowned and asked. “Do you need me to intervene?”
“Not for now. Lina is helping me with the evidence.” Grace bit her lip a little at this. “I didn’t drink and drive and I didn’t crash into Jennifer Atkinson’s car. It was… her car that seemed to lose control and crashed into mine. Do you believe me?”
As she said the last four words, she looked at him, a little nervous. Since when did she care whether he believed her or not?
At least, she did not mind whether others believed her or not.
She would let the law clear her name.
However, before that, she wanted him to believe that she was innocent.
The dining room’s lights fell on his face. Even those beautiful, amorous eyes of his seemed to be blended with the dim yellow light, making his eyes look misty like they are covered with a layer of chiffon. It made it hard for her to guess what he was feeling.
His eyelashes quivered a little. His hand that was holding the chopsticks tightened. After a while, his lips slowly parted as he uttered what she wanted to hear.
“I believe you.”
Grace’s heart instantly burst with a feeling called joy. It turned out that his trust could make her so happy.
Jason stared at the woman in front of him while he continued. to mutter out, “Believe me, if I had met you earlier and if I had known I would love you so much, I wouldn’t have let you suffer so much.”
Grace was stunned. Was he referring to the fact that those people had maliciously attacked her to please him when she was in prison?
“Yes,” Grace answered with a whisper.
No matter what happened between them, maybe it was time to let it go.
Since she wanted to get along with him, she should let go of her fear.
By the time the meal was over and the servants had cleared the table, Grace seemed to have suddenly thought of something. “By the way, do you know any experts in cochlear implants?”
“Why do you ask?” asked Jason.
“Well, Kyla’s son, Nelson, may need a cochlear implant someday. I was just wondering if we can get Nelson an expert on this, and… Although Kyla can only pay for the cheapest cochlear implant now, is it possible for us to get a better cochlear implant for Nelson?”
Grace said a little uneasily. She had learned about it herself online and knew that there was a huge price difference between the good and average cochlear implants. According to Kyla, she only had enough money to give Nelson one cochlear implant. It would be better if they could install two for him.
“It’s funny that you’ll ask for my help for an outsider, but not for your own problems,” quipped Jason.
“It must be fate. I like Nelson. He can’t hear, so he can’t learn to talk. If he gets a cochlear implant, he’ll be able to live like a normal child,” said Grace. Every time she saw him speaking sign language with his tiny hands, she would feel a pang of sorry for Nelson.
The attachment and intimacy Nelson showed her made her unconsciously want to be nice to him.
“You like children?” asked Jason.
“They’re not too bad. I didn’t think I liked children much before, but then…” Her voice stopped in the middle of her sentence, and her hand, which was at her side, unconsciously touched her lower abdomen. A flash of pain pa**ed over her eyes.
“What’s the matter?” His eyes glistened as the pain in her eyes stung him like a sharp knife. “Just tell me if you have any problems. I’ll take care of even the biggest problems.”
If only her eyes would stop showing so much pain.
“Are you serious about dating me?” asked Grace as she looked up at Jason.
“Yes.” His answer was so resolute and unswerving.
“But I…” She took a deep breath and bit her lip. It was like trying to speak out the most unspeakable part of her that was buried deep in her heart. “My body may not be fertile at all. If you’re with me, you may never have children of your own.”
Her body was so broken that it could not even bear a single life.
He was the Reed family’s owner. It was not unusual for the children of the Reed family to inherit the Reed family’s fortune and a**ets. Was he going to kill off the Reed family tree because of her? Grace thought that she was naive for forgetting to think about this before impulsively dating him.
For how long though?
Even in the cases she had dealt with before, in such a powerful and wealthy family, the existence of an heir was far more important than in ordinary families.
“What happened? Your body…” he said, frowning at her.
She lowered her head, resting her eyes on her flat belly.
“Once… I was beaten so badly that I ruptured my… uterus. I eventually recovered, but the doctor also told me that my uterus was so badly hurt that I might not be able to conceive in the future.”