Ch. 161..170

My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Chapter 161-It was just this time, the one who was being beaten and the one carrying out the beating had been reversed.

Emily covered her face with her hands and her expression was one of disbelief. “You… you hit me?” “Since you can hit me, why can’t I hit you back?” Grace retorted. Even if she had to take responsibility, Emily wouldn’t end up any better.

“Who do you think you are? You’re just a third-rate celebrity. What right do you have to hit me?” Emily was going crazy with anger.

Although Grace was not the “celebrity” as she was called by the other party– “What about you? You’re just a small-time celebrity yourself, and if it weren’t for Brian, do you think you’d be what you are today? You ran over here in such a fluster today only because you broke up with Brian and you’re afraid that you’ll lose everything. Everything you have was built on this man’s willingness to help you. Do you really think that you’re a more noble person than me?” Grace’s words alone made Emily’s face redden, not to mention that she was being watched by onlookers. Emily felt that she was falling deeper and deeper into a pit, and she absolutely hated the person in front of her. She raised her hand and was about to slap her in the face again.

But, this time, her hand was grabbed by someone from behind.

Emily was shocked. Then, a voice came from behind her, “What are you doing, Emily?” Emily’s body froze. She slowly turned around and saw a handsome but cold face. A pair of sharp eyes were looking at her, filled with impatience.

Emily suddenly shivered and a chill ran down her spine. She knew that whenever this impatience flashed across Brian’s eyes, it represented his utmost displeasure.

“Brian, I just heard that you were here, and I… I wanted to see you…” Emily’s voice trailed off.

“You were looking for me?” Brian’s eyes glanced at Grace’s red cheek. “Was it her who hit you?” he asked Grace, completely ignoring the side of Emily’s face that was also red.

“I hit her back,” Grace replied.

“Is it enough to just hit her back once?” He asked In tone as if he was just casually talking about an ordinary thing.

Grace and Emily were both stunned by his words. Grace seemed to be thinking about what he had said, but Emily seemed to have come to an understanding.

Her face immediately turned pale and her body began to tremble.

“Why don’t you hit her a few more times so that you can vent your anger? After all, she was the one who provoked you today and she should pay the price for it, shouldn’t she?” Brian said. There was no expression on his cold face.

“Brian, I… I won’t do this again. Please forgive me just this once,” Emily said, begging forgiveness in a hurry. Her pretty face was full of panic.

She was afraid that her fans would be shocked if they were to see her like this.

At this time, the staff of the restaurant also rushed over after noticing the commotion. After seeing that one of the people involved was Brian, they quickly dispersed the surrounding onlookers.

After all, scandals about Brian, the Crown Prince of the entertainment industry, was not something just anyone could witness!

And so, after a while, there was no one left around the three of them.

However, no matter how much Emily pleaded with Brian, he would not even look at her once. It was as if she was nothing in his eyes.

It wasn’t until this moment that Grace finally understood what the people on the internet meant when they talked about how cold-blooded Brian was when he broke up with his ex-girlfriends.

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My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Chapter 162-Back then, the gossip news had gone all-in when talking about how much Brian doted on Emily. If Emily had wanted to become the leading actress in a film, then she would get the role. If Emily hadn’t liked the director for a film she was starring in, then he would replace the director. If Emily wanted her birthday banquet to be held at the most luxurious hotel in Emerald City, he would reserve the entire hotel… With such attention and care from him, it was no wonder that everyone thought that Emily would marry into his powerful family.

However, who would have thought that it would turn out like this in the blink of an eye?

Even though Emily was begging him like this, there was no sign of pity on his face. No, it could be said that there was no emotion in his eyes at all.

Whether it was towards Emily or her!

Although it seemed that he was trying to help by teaching Emily a lesson, the way he looked at her was indifferent and distant.

It was as if no one could really get close to this man. Even if they just got close to him temporarily, they would never be able to break through the barricade around his heart.

Emily realized that pleading with Brian wasn’t working, so she turned to Grace and said, “I was wrong just now. Please forgive me… Please… Please help me put in a few good words with Brian. I’m begging you. Now that Brian dotes on you so much, he will agree to whatever you say.” What she was afraid of was not that Grace might slap her again, but Brian’s displeasure. She was scared that after the slap, she might be completely blacklisted within the entertainment circle.

Grace looked at Emily and said, “You have mistaken me for someone else. I am not Brian’s current girlfriend, so I can’t ask him for anything.” After that, she raised her head to look at Brian and said, “She slapped me, and I slapped her back. We’re even now, so I don’t need to hit her anymore.” “Is that so?” Brian said faintly. There was no joy or anger in his voice.

“Mr. Hart, I have also joined to today’s meal. Thank you for treating me. I want to go home early, so I will have to leave first,” Grace continued. After saying this, she walked past him and left.

Brian looked at Grace’s departing back before he turned around and looked at the pale-faced Emily.

At that moment, Emily’s eyes were full of tears, and she looked as though she was about to start crying at any second. Her originally beautiful face seemed to have become pitiful because of her panic.

Brian raised his hand and brushed Emily’s eyes with his finger.

“You’re going to cry?” “Brian, I just love you too much and I don’t want to lose you. I know that I was being impulsive today. I… I will never do this again in the future,” Emily said hurriedly.

“You love me too much?” Brian replied indifferently.

“Yes… Yes, I love you. I really love you. Brian, you are the only man I have ever loved in my life. Let’s not break up, okay?” Emily uttered her words one by one. Her voice was mixed with slight sobs and droplets of tears were falling down her cheeks, moving the hearts of the people who were still around.

However, there wasn’t the slightest hint of emotion on Brian’s face. He only spat in a cold voice, “But I’ve never loved you.” Emily’s body turned stiff and his voice continued to ring in her ears as he said, “I don’t like women who like causing scenes.” This simple sentence made Emily’s body tremble even more. He had once had an ex-girlfriend who had come to him to make trouble. She had heard him talk about that person herself.

After that, it could be said that the troublemaking ex-girlfriend had disappeared from the entertainment industry. All news related to her was directly censored by her company, and she was rejected by all of the directors when applying for shoots. Later, she had heard that the woman had accumulated a lot of debt and eventually fled abroad.

As for how she was doing now, she did not know, but she knew that things couldn’t be going too well for her.

My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Chapter 163-“If it was her, she wouldn’t have cried.” He had suddenly blurted out such a sentence, and she didn’t know how to react for a second.

When her fear reached a certain level, she couldn’t help but shout, “Who is it?

Who is that woman?! Brian, the only person you love is ‘her’, right? But you’ll never be able to get ‘her. If you don’t care about other people’s feelings, then sooner or later, ‘she’ will also stop caring about your feelings!” Brian suddenly stopped and turned around. He stared at Emily with his sharp eyes. At that moment, there was a bone-chilling frost in his usually cold eyes. He only gave her a glance before turning to leave.

Emily suddenly fell to the ground.

Brian’s gaze earlier made it seem as though he wanted to kill her.

She knew that she was completely doomed!

Grace walked out of the restaurant. After feeling the cold wind on her skin, the burning sensation on her cheek eased up a little.

Tonight had just been a farce.

Suddenly, her phone rang. It was a relative from her mother’s hometown calling. When she picked up, the relative immediately told her that her grandma had been hospitalized.

“Grace, your uncles and aunt, as well as your cousins are still being detained.

According to the police, they will be sentenced to many years in jail if they go to court. If that happens, your grandmother won’t even have anyone to see her off!” Basically, they wanted Grace to head to the police station to drop the charges and have the police release her detained relatives.

“Even if it’s just for your grandmother’s sake, you should let them out!” the relative said. “Besides, no matter what, we are still relatives. We shouldn’t go too far!” Grace thought it was ridiculous. This relative of hers, why didn’t they talk about how her uncle and the others had tried to trick her?

Now, the only family that she recognized was her grandmother.

– After the call ended, Grace hailed a taxi and fold to head to the address of the small county town where her relatives were.

“Young lady, it’s already so late; it’s going to cost you an extra 300 to get there!” the driver said.

“I know, go ahead and drive,” said Grace. No matter how much it cost, she was going to get to the hospital to see her grandmother.

When Grace arrived at the hospital and saw her grandmother lying on the sickbed with a tube attached to her body, she felt a tingling sensation in her nose. Her grandmother, who had been her only support, was now so weak. Her wrinkled face looked ashen as if her life was about to come to an end at any time.

Her grandma had never told her about how her physical conditions had been deteriorating to such an extent.

“What are you doing here? It’s all your fault! You’re the one who caused my mother to be like this!” The moment her aunt saw her, she cursed emotionally, as if she was going to pounce on her and tear her apart.

Her uncle quickly held her sister-in-law back and begged Grace, “Grace, you… why didn’t you tell us that you’d gotten close with a big shot? This wouldn’t have happened otherwise.

We were only trying to marry you off to the Miller family for your own good. We wanted you to have someone to rely on for the rest of your life!”

My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Chapter 164-Aunt’s words were nothing more than her trying to justify Uncle and the others’ actions and clear their names.

However, no matter what they had been saying at that moment, Grace acted as if she hadn’t heard them at all. She only stared at her grandmother lying on the hospital bed.

She only cared about her grandma.

Suddenly, her grandma’s mouth seemed to move as if she was stuttering something while in a coma.

When Grace put her head close to her grandma’s lips, her body suddenly froze.

The words that came out of her mouth were the names of her uncle, second uncle, and third aunt.

Grace silently straightened her body and walked out of the ward. Uncle and Second Uncle followed her and wanted to make her promise to drop the case.

Grace said coldly, “Why would I drop the case? Since you don’t think of me as your family, why should I treat you like mine?” “You ungrateful swine, how can you let your grandma down?” Her aunt said gruffly.

“Whether or not I let grandma down is my business. At least I haven’t done anything wrong to you. Instead, it’s your husband and son who owe me for the things they did. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be locked up right now!” Her aunt was so angry that she choked and couldn’t say a word.

Grace left the hospital on her own. Aunt wanted to chase.

after her, but Second Aunt stopped her. “Don’t mess with her. The big shot is protecting her, so we can’t afford to offend her. If she really gets angry, she’ll extend the sentences of our imprisoned family members. What will we do then?” “How dare she!” Aunt shouted in rage.

“Hey, before you ask about whether she dares to or not, do you think you can go all out against her? By then, you will be arrested in the police station as well!” Second Aunt said.

Hearing this, Aunt shrank back. She was angry and scared, but she didn’t dare to chase after Grace anymore.

Grace took a taxi and went back to Emerald City. She spent almost half of the night on the road, and by the time she returned to Emerald City, the sky was already starting to brighten.

She didn’t sleep all night. At five o’clock in the morning, she started sweeping the road again.

Claire looked at Grace and said, “Grace, you didn’t sleep well last night? You are not in good spirits.” “Mm,” Grace responded half-heartedly, thinking about her grandma. Her uncle and the others wouldn’t be released even if she were to drop the case at the police station.

If she really wanted to release them, then Jason was the key!

When she thought of Jason, she felt a sudden tightness in her heart.

She had already rejected his request for her to stay by his side. He had clearly been angry when that had happened.

But now, was she going to go and beg him again?

“Will he agree?” If he didn’t agree, then it would be difficult for her grandma to meet uncle and the others in the future. It was even possible that… her sons and daughter wouldn’t be there to see her off on her deathbed.

She knew that her grandma still cared about Uncle and the others! But because her grandmother didn’t want Grace to be hurt, she deliberately didn’t plead in front of Uncle and the others.

Grandma wanted to get justice for her, but she could not accept it.

If she could untie the knot in her grandma’s heart and have her recover from this illness, she could give up on the justice she deserved!

At noon, Grace held her cell phone and looked at the number on it. This number… was the number she had applied for after buying a phone for Jay.

She didn’t know whether he was still using the number.

My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Chapter 165-Grace could only grasp at this last straw and make a call to this number.

The ringing tone kept on playing as she waited for the other side to answer, but no one did.

Grace was unwilling to give up and called him again a second time, and a third… Meanwhile, several senior executives were in Mr. Reed’s office at that moment.

They were quiet and their eyes were fixed on a cheap, old cell phone.

All the high-level managers in the company knew that Jason had been carrying two phones with him recently. One was the cell phone he usually used, and the other one was this cheap, old-fashioned phone.

As for the origin of this phone, except for Jason, only Terrence knew about it. However, every time they asked him about it out of curiosity, Terrence would smile and refuse to say anything.

Therefore, these high-level executives had done a lot of speculation about this phone in private. In the past, when the phone rang, Mr. Reed had always picked it up without delay.

Today, however, the phone had been ringing for a very long time. Unexpectedly, Mr. Reed simply stared at the phone and did not pick it up. His handsome face was covered in a layer of frost.

The hearts of these executives couldn’t suppress their curiosity as they looked at Terrence.

Meanwhile, Terrence, who was standing beside Jason, also looked at the phone that had been ringing, and he was secretly worried in his heart.

Only Grace would make a call to this phone.

However, since the day she had rejected Jason like that, Terrence, who had been working for his boss for many years, had been able to see that Mr. Reed’s mood was extremely bad.

At that moment, Grace was calling, but Mr. Reed was not picking up. What did this mean?

“Has Mr. Reed stopped caring for Grace?” No, Terrence thought that Mr. Reed cared about Grace even more than he had originally imagined.

If he had really stopped caring, he could have thrown the phone away. But even now, Mr. Reed had been bringing the phone with him. Did it mean that Mr. Reed couldn’t let Grace go?

This was truly unexpected.

However, who would have thought that a man like Mr. Reed would actually take a fancy to Grace? Yet, she had rejected him.

Finally, after fifteen minutes, the phone stopped ringing.

Jason then looked up lazily and said to the executives in front of him, “Okay, you can continue with your report.” A few of the executives shivered and then quickly continued their report.

Grace gritted her teeth as she stared at the phone in her hand. She had called five times, but no one had answered. “Had Jason… already cancelled the number?” Then no matter how many times she called, no one would ever answer it.

“Grace, what’s wrong with you? You’ve been on the phone all this time, and you didn’t eat either. The food is getting cold,” Claire urged.

“Claire, I… I have something to do. I want to leave at 3 p.m. I’ll clean up all the trash on the road first, but you may have to be a little busier than usual after I leave. Is that okay?” Grace asked.

People like them who swept the road needed to coordinate with each other if they wanted to ask for leave. They needed to find someone who was willing to take their job, otherwise, they couldn’t excuse themselves.

“Why would I be not okay? When I asked for leave last time, you helped me do the work,” Claire answered straightforwardly.

Grace smiled gratefully. However, her heart was still heavy.

My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Chapter 166-She wasn’t sure if she would really be able to meet Jason if she went to the office building of the Reed Group. But besides there, she didn’t know where else she could find him.

Thinking about it, she knew very little about him. She didn’t even know where he lived!

However, when Grace arrived at the Reed Group in the afternoon, she discovered that she could not even walk through the entrance, let alone seeing Jason. She was immediately stopped by the security guards.

When she said that she wanted to see Jason, she received a mocking look from the others.

“If Mr. Reed were to meet everyone who just randomly shows up and asks for him, he wouldn’t even have time to sleep! Every day, there are so many people like you who come here to visit him.” “When the others want to see Mr. Reed, they will at least dress up. With your outfit, who do you think will believe you when you say that you know Mr. Reed?” Grace lowered her head to look at the clothes she was wearing. She knew that these street vendor’s clothes looked cheap and rough.

In the eyes of these security guards, she was probably just a person who had come to look for an opportunity.

The only thing Grace could do was wait at the door for him. Standing to one side of the Reed Group’s gate, she hugged her cotton-padded jacket.

The cold winter wind blew over her cheeks and went down through the collar into her clothes. Suddenly, her body felt a lot colder.

Grace rubbed her hands against each other. From time to time, she would blow some warm breath over her fingers. Her eyes were looking at the gate of the building. She hoped that she could meet Jason by waiting there.

Of course, she knew that there was more than one entrance to the building, but the only thing she could do was wait at 9 the gate which would give her the highest possibility of seeing him.

Suddenly, Grace’s eyes lit up. She saw Terrence getting out of a car and heading into the Reed Group’s Office Building.

“Terrence!” Grace yelled anxiously. The only person she knew who was acquainted with Jason was Terrence.

Terrence looked at the direction of the voice and saw Grace. His expression turned stern as if he was surprised.

“Miss Cummins, why are you here?” Terrence stepped forward and asked politely.

“I…” Grace bit her lip slightly, and her expression seemed a little uneasy and embarrassed. “I want to see… Mr. Reed. But I can’t enter the building. Terrence, may I trouble you to take me to Mr. Reed?” Terrence pondered for a moment before saying, “Okay. Miss Cummins, follow me.” As he spoke, Terrence led the way and Grace followed him.

As for the security guards who had mocked Grace before, they were stunned.

“She… she went in with Terrence?” “Judging from the attitude that Terrence had towards her, he seems a little respectful towards her!” “Does this woman really know Mr. Reed?” The security guards looked at each other and all broke out into a cold sweat for no reason.

Grace followed Terrence into the elevator and We way to the floor of the president’s office.

The This floor was quiet. When they arrived at the door of the president’s office, Terrence said to Grace, “Wait a minute, Miss Cummins. I’ll go in and report first.” “Alright.” Grace agreed. She lowered her eyes and looked awkward as she waited quietly.

Terrence went in for a short while before coming out again, allowing Grace to enter the president’s office.

My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Chapter 167-Terrence gently closed the door after Grace walked in.

He had brought Grace along not because of her own words, but because his own boss still cared about her.

Maybe Mr. Reed just wanted Grace to give in. However, Grace looked as if something was bothering her, which could be a perfect stepping stone for Mr.

Reed.

Thinking of this, Terrence couldn’t help but feel happy.

At that moment, in the secretary’s office, a secretary came over and asked Terrence curiously, “Terrence, who is the woman that went into the president’s office just now?” After all, judging from the woman’s outfit, she didn’t seem to be a person who could normally enter the president’s office.

However, Terrence said simply, “Don’t ask. You will know when the time comes.” And before that time came, he was afraid that someone might gossip about it and violate the taboo of Mr. Reed.

In the office, Grace was a little uneasy as she stood there. She looked at Jason, who was sitting in front of his desk and reading through some documents. She felt that the air seemed to be filled with awkwardness.

Previously, she had refused to stay with him. She had thought that there would no longer be any relationship between them.

But she hadn’t expected that she would come to him so soon.

After only a few days, she was standing in front of him once again.

However, the man in front of her was someone she had never been familiar with.

In the large office, he was wearing an iron-gray suit. His bangs were combed back, revealing his broad forehead. His long eyebrows were drawn up, and his beautiful peach-blossom-like eyes were half-closed as he stared at the documents in his hand.

Around the beautiful neckline was the collar of a shirt and navy blue tie.

His slender fingers were holding a black pen. When he held the pen and signed the document, his posture gave her an elegant feeling.

In the office, it was terribly quiet until his voice broke the silence.

“Sis, are you here just to stare at me like this?” Grace was stunned. It seemed that she hadn’t been expecting him to call her “sis” anymore.

This nickname was like mockery for her as if he was laughing at how naive she was. At that time, she had even taken him to her home and asked him to be her younger brother.

“I have something to tell you.” Grace licked her dry lips.

“Okay, go ahead,” he replied, but he was still buried in reviewing the documents.

She hesitated for a moment before saying, “Well, I was wondering if you could let my uncle and the others go. Now that they have been locked up for a while, it should be enough of a lesson for them. I want to go to the police station and drop the case, but the lawyer on your side has been handling this case, so… please inform your lawyer about this.” Jason then slowly raised his head and looked at Grace’s face. “I remember that I gave you a choice at the beginning. You said that you didn’t want to release them. So, are you going back on your words now?” He looked at her as if he was ridiculing her. She felt that even her breath was being stifled under his gaze.

After a long while, she said, “Well, I want… to let them go.” As if he had heard the funniest joke in the world, he said, “What kind of person do you think I am? Do you think you can order me around? I gave you a chance to make a choice. Since you made your decision before, you will have to accept the consequences now.” 

My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Chapter 168-“I’m only hoping that you can get the police to release them.

This is only a piece of cake for you,” she anxiously said.

“It is a piece of cake, but… so what?” He looked at her stoically, a stark contrast to her anxious demeanor.

Her arms that were hanging by the sides of her body stiffened a little. She took a deep breath and looked into his eyes. “What do you want to exchange before you release them?” His gaze darkened as he put down the pen that was in his hand. He stood up and slowly approaching Grace.

He gently cupped her hands. “Sis, your hands are so cold.” Her body immediately stiffened. Her hands were indeed much colder when compared to his.

He looked down, took both her hands, and placed them on his palms. He slowly rubbing them, trying to give her warmth with the friction.

He was doing it as if he was used to do it all the time. His eyes carried gentleness with a hint of caution as if she was his precious babe.

‘My God! What am I thinking!’ Grace immediately chided herself inwardly for thinking nonsense when she heard his murmurs ringing in her ears once again.

“Sis, are your hands warmer now?” Üm… yes they are.” She wanted to withdraw her hands from his grip, but he held them tightly in his.

“There’s no rush. I’ll rub them a little longer to make them warmer.” Grace was perplexed by the man in front of her. His current gentleness was a stark contrast from his earlier aloofness and mockery. It was as if he was two different persons.

Her hands may be warmer now, but her heart was becoming more uneasy.

“What do you want before you let them go?” Grace could not help but ask once again.

“Sis, why did you suddenly change your mind and want to let them go?” He answered her question with another question.

“My maternal grandmother had fallen ill and is hospitalized now. I do not want her to be worried about these matters,” she answered truthfully.

“Is that it? Looks like your grandmother holds an important position in your heart. For her sake, you’re willing to come here and beg me.” His voice was so gentle, like a low-tone cello that was gently strumming along.

Her senses were filled with his scent. Her blood seemed to all flow toward her hands that were being warmed by him.

“What about me? What position do I hold in your heart, Sis?” He suddenly looked up. That pair of beautiful eyes were now staring sternly at her as if trying to see through her.

She began to tremble as her almond eyes met his dark gaze.

Within his pupils, she could see her anxious look being reflected.

He bent down as his face inched closer to her. His warm. breath blew against the skin of her face. “I don’t think I’m in the most important position. If I was, you wouldn’t have left without any hesitation back then. I guess I hold some insignificant position in your heart.” Her hands may still be warm, but her body was feeling colder by the minute.

Grace remained stunned as she looked at this handsome face that was just inches away from her. The expression on his face looked so gentle, even his actions of warming her hands were done so gently.

However, the gaze he held in his eyes was icy cold.

At that moment, she seemed to have understood something, but she was not ready to give up yet. “Will you… let them go?” “No.” He gave a short answer.

She felt her heart falling deeper into the abyss. ‘How can I forget? He is Jason.

I’m guessing he had never been rejected by any woman before!

My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Chapter 169-A proud man like him would never allow such a thing to happen.

“So, you’re only willing to see me just to prove to me that you’ll never agree no matter how much I beg, right?” She said those words with much difficulty.

His lips curved into a thin smile. He lifted one hand and lightly swept away some stray strands of hair along her forehead, tucking them behind her ear using his long fingers. “Back then, you said that you didn’t want to stay by my side and that you didn’t need me to help you change your destiny. You said you would not regret it…” His actions exuded elegance while his voice was so gentle.

He bent his waist and positioned his lips by her earlobes, breathing effortlessly.

She could feel his breath blowing at her earlobes and neck region.

That made her stiffen her whole body as if a huge boulder was on her chest, leaving her out of breath.

“I’m only seeing you because I want to let you understand what a joke it was when you said you would not regret it.” He was staring right at her.

At that moment, it was as if she had fallen into a lake of icy cold water.

‘Indeed, what a joke!

Grace could not remember how she left Jason’s place.

From the very beginning, he had not planned on giving in to her request. As for her, she did not have any right to request anything from him.

That meeting was just her seeking shame.

The next day at work, Grace could not bring herself to focus.

Her mother’s relatives called to inform that her maternal grandmother’s condition had worsened. The old lady had awakened, but she was not of sound mind and kept requesting to see her sons. There were also some things that she could not remember well.

The doctor informed that Grace’s grandmother was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, and it was progressing very fast.

Usually, it took a person years to reach such a severe stage, but she had progressed so rapidly and might continue to worsen.

Grace’s heart felt heavy.

It was as if there were only bad situations in her life, and it felt like things would turn out worse.

“Grace, the doctor also said to let your grandmother see your uncles as soon as possible to help with her condition. How much longer do you want to lock them up?!” Her relatives were just short of accusing her of being heartless.

Grace bitterly smiled. The situation now was not under her control!

At the end of the day, Grace dragged her exhausted self out and was prepared to head home when Chase blocked her path. “Grace, I’ll… I’ll send you home. I have a car. It’s no trouble to drive you back.” Chase blushed slightly when he said that.

Grace looked at the man in front of her, wondering how she should handle the situation to avoid hurting such an honest man. She knew that Chase had some feelings for her. She needed to reject him.

She was not suitable for this man. If she accepted his kind gesture, that may do more harm to him.

“It’s okay, I don’t live far from here. It’s just a short walk,” Grace replied to him.

“But you don’t look too good right now,” he anxiously said.

“I’m fine. Really,” Grace said before walking past him and headed out of the Sanitation Service Center.

My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Chapter 170-She had not gotten much sleep the night before. In addition to her grandmother’s issue, her problems were only getting worse. Right now, Grace felt as if she was floating on air.

After walking a while, Grace brushed shoulders with a passerby and stumbled onto the ground.

Fortunately, her clothes were thick enough, so she did not experience much pain.

Just as she was about to stand up, she felt some hurried steps running toward her. That person quickly helped her up.

Grace took a look and was shocked to see Chase.

“Why are you…” “My car is just by the roadside. Let me send you home.” Grace may have rejected his offer, but he was still worried about her.

Therefore, he had slowly driven his car while trailing behind her.

“Nevermind, I can get home on my own.” “You fell so easily after merely brushing past a passerby. How am I to be at ease seeing you go home alone? My car is just by the roadside. If we continue to dawdle here, I’ll get a traffic summon if the police come!” Grace saw how persistent he was. She sighed and followed him to his car.

Chase drove toward the direction of Grace’s rented place.

“You don’t need to burden yourself by thinking that I expect something in return for sending you home. I know that I’m not capable enough and am unable to match up with your ex-boyfriend. I’m just worried about something happening to you. I’ll be more at ease if I made sure you got home safely,” Chase said earnestly.

“Thanks.” What happened in the past was only like a dream to the present Grace.

Right now, it was she who did not match up to him. Who would dare to marry someone with a criminal record and was released after a jail term?

Chase hesitated. “Two days ago, I saw you getting into a Porsche. If you’ve found a good match, I… I’ll be more than happy for you. However… I’m just worried that you’re getting cheated. You should get to know the person more before…” Grace interrupted Chase, “That person isn’t someone I’m seeing. I had coincidentally picked up something that belonged to that person, so he bought me lunch as a gesture of gratitude.” “Oh, I see.” A glimmer of hope rose in his face once again.

Soon, the car arrived at the entrance of Grace’s residential area. She looked at him and said, “Chase, you’re a nice person, but I’m not suitable for you. Don’t waste any more of your time on me. You’ll surely meet someone better in the future!” “You’re good enough in my opinion.” Chase blushed. “I can wait for you…” “As what you’ve said just now. My ex-boyfriend is a wealthy person. It’s either I won’t get married, or I’ll need to find someone who can match my ex-boyfriend’s status. That’s why we are not suitable, understand?” Grace put it bluntly.

‘Perhaps this is the only way to make him give up on me.

‘It is better to suffer now when the roots are not as deep yet. Chase is a good person. I would not have said so if not because he was so persistent.’ Chase looked extremely dejected and stared blankly at Grace.

“Alright, I’ll get going. Thanks for today, but you don’t need to send me home in the future anymore.” She opened the door, got out of the car, and headed for the guardhouse.

Behind her, the sound of a car engine was heard distancing away.