Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
“..” What a gossip.
“Why don’t you bring that woman over and let us meet her?
I’d rather like to know what that woman looks like,” Patrick suggested.
After all, in their circle, Jason had always been cold towards women. Even Jennifer Atkinson, who had been engaged to Jason that year, had been treated coldly. It was unprecedented for him to rush over and besiege a house with police cars in the middle of the night, just for a woman.
When Patrick had heard about this, he was stunned. After the incident, he had specially called to ask.
However, Patrick’s curiosity made Jason inexplicably unhappy.
He didn’t want other men to be curious about her and didn’t want her to meet those people. He just wanted to have her in a place where only he could see her.
If Patrick and the others met her, and if she became one of their…
Jason knew that Patrick’s group was quite popular among women, especially Brian. It seemed that any woman Brian liked would eventually become his girlfriend. Even though those women knew that the relationship would be short lived, they continued to chase him.
If Brian was interested in Grace… As he thought about this, Jason’s heart became agitated.
Perhaps, in other people’s eyes, the name “Jason” meant that he could obtain any woman he wanted. However, these three words were Grace’s greatest taboo.
“It’s just a woman. What’s there to see?” he said lightly.
“But this woman is different. You even abandoned your Old Master for this woman,” Patrick said, “Tsk tsk, I haven’t seen you care so much about any woman before. Don’t tell me you’ve fallen in love with her and want to hide her away?”
The more Patrick said, the more agitated Jason became. What flashed across his mind was that delicate and beautiful face.
Uneasiness arose in his heart.
“Just moments ago, I was actually worried that she would fall in love with another man? Have I really fallen in love with Grace? No, that’s impossible. I just liked the feeling of getting along with her.”
He had sworn that he would never fall in love with any woman in this lifetime!
“There’s nothing different. It’s just a game to kill time, I’ve been. bored. You don’t have to be too curious,” he said, appearing to sound casual.
The next moment, the clear sound of something falling to the ground came from behind him.
Instantly, his body stiffened. He turned around and saw her.
Unsure of how long she had been standing there without him. noticing, a feeling of fear suddenly spread in his chest before quickly enveloping his entire body.
“When…when did she come here? And how much of the conversation did she hear just now?!”
For so many years, he had never felt this kind of fear. However, facing her now, it was as if he had grasped something but was unable to keep his hold on it.
“I said, Jason…” On the other end of the line, Patrick was still mumbling. Jason quickly ended the call.
There was an endless silence between them. It was only when the cigarette between his fingers singed his hand that he put it out.
“Are you… Jason?” Grace heard herself asking. There was no anger, no tears, no complaints. There was only… calmness.
When she had pushed open the glass door and heard him say that it was just a game, that it was to kill time because he had been bored, her originally chaotic heart had suddenly calmed down.
That’s right, that should be the answer.
Otherwise, why would someone like Jason stay with her in the rental apartment for two months as “Jay”?
It was because… it had always been just a game, a game between the rich and the poor.
Was he going to tell her his true identity and announce the end of this game when she was discharged from the hospital?
However, her calmness made the fear in Jason’s heart more intense. She was clearly standing in front of him, but he felt that the two of them were so far apart.
“Are you Jason?” She asked him for the second time. She was still so calm, as if she was simply seeking an answer.
His thin lips were tightly pursed. His deep amorous eyes met her clear almond eyes. After a long while, he finally opened his mouth and uttered one word, “Yes”.
Grace’s heart filled with bitterness. Indeed, this man was really Jason. Actually, she had been quite certain before, but… she had not given up. She still wanted to hear him say it in person.
“Okay, I understand.” She gently lowered her eyes, bent to pick up the fallen phone, then turned and pulled the glass door to leave.
Suddenly, a hand grabbed her arm. His other hand pressed against the glass door, trapping her in between him and it.
“What do you understand?” he asked as he lowered his head to look at her.
“I know that you are Jason, and I know that this is just a game,” Grace said calmly, “Mr. Reed, don’t worry, I know what I should do. If this is your revenge, then I think… in the past days, you would have realized that whatever I have to lose, has already been lost. There is nothing left for you to take revenge on.”
He couldn’t help but narrow his eyes. Revenge… did this woman think that he was taking revenge? Taking revenge for Jennifer Atkinson?
Jennifer Atkinson wasn’t worthy enough to make him do these things.
However, the calmer she was, the angrier he became. Why was he so afraid, afraid of her composure, afraid that she would leave?
He could not even tell whether he was annoyed with her or himself.
“As you said, what do you have for me to take revenge on?” he said coldly.
She smiled bitterly. Indeed, to speak about revenge was to overestimate herself. In fact, he didn’t have to lower himself like this. He could find someone else to do the work, like it had been when she was in prison.
She believed that there would be many people who would be willing to give her a hard time in order to curry favor with him.
“Mr. Reed, could you please let me pass? I… I want to go back to the ward first and pack my things,” she said. At this moment, at such a close proximity, his breath was circling around the tip of her nose, making her feel uncomfortable.
“I haven’t allowed you to leave the hospital,” he said. He bent down slightly, and his face got closer to hers. His deep and beautiful eyes looked at her pale face. “Also, since you called me ‘Jay’ before, you will continue to call me that.”
“Mr. Reed, I don’t think it’s necessary to continue this game. I don’t think there’s any need for me to continue staying in the hospital.”
Jay… this form of address was like an insult. It reminded her of just how little she had.
She had thought that from now on, she could have a younger brother to accompany her. However, she did not know that the person accompanying her was the one person she should avoid!
A game, huh… Jason glared at the woman in front of him. Even though it had indeed begun as a game for him, after a while,
it had ceased to be.
“If you really think this is a game, then it’s up to me to decide when it ends.” He closed his eyes, his cheeks lightly touching her cheek, his skin gently rubbing against hers as if they were inexhaustibly intimate.