"Back then, you really liked weaving things with rope. But now, I haven’t seen you doing it much," he said.
"Weren’t we short on money back then? To a child, things woven from rope were like jewelry." She smiled, now wearing a diamond bracelet worth millions; how could a few old ropes compare? "Daniel, thank you for everything you’ve given me. Without you, I wouldn’t be the Grace Yowell I am today."
As she spoke, her fingers slowly moved to rest on his shoulder, "Do you know? From the moment you reappeared and told me you could give me everything I wanted, I thought to myself, I must work hard to become a woman worthy of you one day."
"So did you deliberately leak the information to those journalists, media, and your fans, letting them stage such a scene today?" Daniel Harris’s words made Grace Yowell’s hand tremble abruptly.
Yes, how could her small moves escape his notice? It was only regarding the matter of Mabel Quinn that he probably didn’t know yet. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been this calm.
"Do you blame me? I did it just to find out what position I hold in your heart." Grace Yowell bit her thin lip, showing a pitiful look, "It’s been so many years, you know how much I like you, but how do you feel about me? I really don’t know."
"To me, you’ve always been very important. Why would you need to test that?" Daniel said, "Don’t you realize that your test today almost brought misfortune to Mabel Quinn? If I had arrived a little later today, she might have been hit by that stone. Have you thought about what consequences that would have?"
Grace Yowell was stunned. Was he really angry? Angry at her for someone else?!
In the past, even if she did something wrong, he wouldn’t blame her . "I feel very guilty too. Is Mabel okay?" Grace Yowell pretended to express concern.
"She’s not badly hurt," he said.
"That’s good." She pretended to breathe a sigh of relief. "If anything had really happened to her, I don’t think I’d ever forgive myself. Had I known, I wouldn’t have listened to others suggesting to use a decoy to divert the reporters’ attention." In the second half of her statement, she was absolving herself of responsibility.
After a pause, Grace Yowell added, "Daniel, you seem very concerned about Mabel Quinn. In the past, you wouldn’t have been this angry at me for an outsider. Do you think she’s more important to you than I am?" She directly categorized Mabel Quinn as an outsider.
Daniel Harris stopped writing, turning to fix his gaze on Grace Yowell.
Grace Yowell’s heart raced, but she forced herself to appear calm, though her palms were unknowingly covered in cold sweat. "What is it, Daniel? Why are you looking at me like that? Do you really think Mabel Quinn..."
"No." Daniel Harris denied it, so quickly that it surprised not only Grace Yowell but himself as well. However, he immediately pulled his eyebrows together and said, "There’s no way she could ever compare to you. Without you, there wouldn’t be the me of today either. Grace, I could give my life for you."