Chapter 922
Grace was rendered speechless. ‘What
does that mean? Am I a mascot?’
Shaking her head, Grace threw the
jumbled thoughts out of her head and refocused on the case files in her hands.
Baldwin’s trial was about to begin in a few days. According to the defendant’s attitude, it was clear that she wanted
to put it off and not pay them any
compensation.
A year behind bars could wipe out millions in damages which was a bargain for the defendant.
Although she was now 70 or 80 percent sure that the real culprit was the actress
Elise Dean, the evidence she had was not
strong enough!
‘Maybe… by revisiting the route the car took or the crime scene, I might find
something useful,’ Grace thought to
herself. After all, it was all she could do
now.
Otherwise, when the case did come
to trial, even if they won, Baldwin
and his family would not receive any
compensation.
“What are you looking at? Why are you so focused?” Jason’s voice suddenly rang
in her ears.
Grace suddenly realized that Jason’s
video conference had ended and he was
now by her side.
He was bent over with one hand on the
desk while looking down at the files in
her hand.
“Nothing. It’s just a case from the firm,”
said Grace.
“Are you really going to be only a mere paralegal in this firm? Don’t you want
me to help you? I can give you a law
firm. You’re now licensed to take cases
on your own. You don’t have to be a
paralegal at all,” he said.
“No, I just want to gain some
experiences,” said Grace.
“Are you going to say no?” His voice deepened, and the air around them
seemed tense again.
Grace bit her lip a little. “Jason, you don’t
need to give me anything. I’m thankful
enough that you were willing to get
someone to protect Kyla and Nelson.”
What she wanted now was
independence.
Even if he did give her a firm, it would
not be hers. It would be like a castle in
the air, gorgeous but unreal.
If one day he wanted to stop giving her things, he could take back those things he had given her at any time. When that
happened, she would have nothing!
His fingers caressed her lip to stop her teeth from biting it. “Why are you so reluctant to call me Jay? You only call
me that when I make you do it. Is it so
difficult for you to take the initiative to
call me that?”
Grace was silent.
‘Difficult? It’s not difficult. I just have
to think of it as a title, but… Maybe it’s
because the word ‘Jay’ used to be so
special to me.’
However, now he was only Jason to her.
Calling him Jay would probably give her the misconception that he was still Jason.
No, should she say that Jay had only lived in her imagination? She never really
knew him. That was why she was so
shocked when he wanted to break
The Jay in her heart was just a creation
of what she wanted, not the real him.
“Call me Jay. I like it when you call me Jay,” he muttered.
“Jay…” she uttered.
“Say it again.”
