Chapter 819


    Chapter 819


    “I was framed for stealing money in


    ss, and everyone thought I stole it. The teacher kept lecturing me, wanting


    me to admit it. My parents even took the initiative to say that they were willing to


    pay for the money I stole when I really


    didn’t!”


    Lina said while sniffling, her nose


    suddenly feeling somewhat sore. “I


    don’t know if you can understand that helplessness. It’s like the whole world has betrayed you, so you


    be helpless


    and alone. It was useless no matter how


    much I tried to exin and defend my


    innocence. At that time… Grace believed


    in me and even helped me find out who


    stole the money.”


    With that, Linaughed again. “I decided


    then to make Grace my best friend


    forever!”


    Hadwin Stephenson pursed his thin lips. ‘It was just… such a small thing that made Lina willing to risk


    everything for


    Grace?’


    It was not that he could not understand


    the feeling she spoke of.


    Since he was an illegitimate child, he


    had faced so many treacherous actions


    since he was little.


    Even though he was set up and wronged many times, he would bear it. He


    understood that rather than clearing his name, it was better to save his strength and strike with one


    blow when he was


    strong enough.


    Just like how he chose the best timing to be the patriarch of the Stephenson family in one fell


    swoop while his aunt and her two sons could only live under


    his nose.


    “Therefore, you chose to believe Grace when she was imprisoned?” asked Hadwin Stephenson.


    “Yeah, I believe in Grace. If she said it


    wasn’t her, it certainly wasn’t her! Isn’t


    that what real friends are supposed to


    be like?” said Lina.


    Hadwin Stephenson was silent. ‘This


    silly woman. Does she know how many people in this world have been betrayed by their best friend?’


    Just because Grace had helped her in the past, she was willing to make unconditional sacrifices for


    Grace. This


    made her seem like a fool to him.


    However… it was because of her ‘silliness’


    that made him, who was familiar with people’s dark side, that he could not help being sentimentally


    attached to her.


    It was as if staying by her side, he could


    really rx and ignore the conspiracies and power struggle.


    Sighing, Hadwin Stephenson raised his hand and touched Lina’s bangs. “Don’t be so impulsive as


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    today. You were lucky today. Jason only let you go for Grace’s


    sake.”


    Lina hesitated for a moment before nodding. She knew that she had acted impulsively today.


    However, did she regret it? Not really. She was not afraid that Jason wouldy


    a hand on her, but she was a little afraid


    that Jason would do something to her


    parents.


    “If you’re angry, furious, and want to deal with someone, tell me. I don’t mind being a sword in your


    hand that can


    help you deal with people. Just don’t be reckless, all right?” Hadwin Stephenson


    said earnestly.


    ‘This girl’s impulse even made me break


    out in a cold sweat.’


    Lina was shocked. She looked at the


    person in front of her with those round eyes, remembering that Hadwin Stephenson had shielded her to


    face


    Jason after she pped the man. He was


    even willing to bear the consequences of her impulse.


    It was such a mess earlier that she was


    too angry to think about it.


    However, now she thought about it in detail, she felt a trace of unspeakable


    emotion. ‘Doesn’t he want to get even


    with me? Why does he always seem to


    protect me?’


    “Even if… I’m going against Jason, you’re willing to be the sword in my hand?”


    Somehow, the words escaped her


    mouth.