Chapter 81

Yancey felt like he was frozen in place. The most powerful person in the entire Henderson family was Ethan. But thankfully, even fate didn’t allow Ethan to be too perfect. The fact that his legs were crippled allowed everyone else to breathe a sigh of relief.

Ever since they were young, everyone in the family had been living under Ethan’s shadow. They were all of a similar age, so why was Ethan just better at everything? Why did everyone feel like they were of a lower status than him?

Lily was right. If Grace was already acting this arrogantly now, wouldn’t he be completely embarrassed by her after she married into the family? Yancey couldn’t allow Ethan to use that against him. At the very least, he should fix Grace’s attitude.

He looked up and noticed that Grace was already gone. Beside him, Alice was practically beaming with joy. Hendricks was not a good person. Even back in school, Hendricks had gotten some female classmates pregnant. How could he possibly behave himself when he was in the same room as Grace! Grace was about to be ruined.

It served her right, Alice was trembling with excitement. If Yancey and Lily weren’t nearby, she would have rushed upstairs to eavesdrop. She needed to confirm that Grace had been defiled before the word spread everywhere. She would make sure that Grace’s reputation was completely destroyed.

Upstairs, Grace didn’t bother calling for help when she was dragged into the room. She knew that no one would save her. The moment the bodyguards shoved her inside, Hendricks immediately locked the door behind her. There was a wicked grin on his face. “Grace, I bet you didn’t expect this. Yancey actually stood and watched as another man took you away. It really serves you right. I told you not to be such a suck-up.”

Hendricks lunged at Grace impatiently as his face lit up with excitement. Grace dodged to the side. He missed her, but it only caused him to feel like she was playing hard to get. “You should stop struggling. Didn’t you hear my sister? It’s not too bad to become her sister-in-law. Hurry and strip.”

Grace was slowly inching toward the window. She had nowhere else to escape. She glanced at a nearby vase, but after she’d thrown one at Hendricks last time, he was already on guard. Hendricks lunged over. “Grace, if I don’t sleep with you tonight, then I can’t call myself a man!”

But before he could reach her, Grace leaped onto the windowsill. They were on the third floor, so it would be no small matter if she jumped. “Dear, you…” But before Hendricks could finish, Grace shot him a cold look and jumped.

There was a thick hedge below. The branches scratched her face, and she twisted her ankle on impact. But she didn’t have the time to dwell on it. With how Lily was acting today, there would be people coming after her very soon. She limped her way toward a side path. She heard Hendricks shout, “Lily! She ran! Get people to go after her now!”

Grace was right. After what she did to Lily, there was no way Lily would let her off. The bodyguards were quickly mobilized and headed toward her. She scrambled up a tree and climbed over the wall before she jumped to the other side.

She was already outside the Lambert residence, but her ankle was swollen beyond recognition and her face was covered in scratches. She heard footsteps from behind her, and she knew Hendricks had already attempted to harm her before, so there was no way he would let her off easily. Lily adored her brother, and Yancey was completely spineless. As for Alice, Grace would be lucky if Alice didn’t personally drug her.

Grace’s forehead was full of sweat. After that jump, her ankle had become even more swollen. The moment she walked out from under the tree, she heard the honk of a car in the distance. When she saw the familiar license plate, her eyes lit up. There was a surge of adrenaline in her body, but the pain in her ankle intensified.

The black car stopped next to her. The moment she opened the door, she saw Ethan sitting inside, his head propped against the seat’s armrest as he calmly read a book. The sunset seemed to cast a gentle glow on him through the window. She shut the car door and wrinkled her nose as she curled up into a comfortable position.

Outside, the bodyguards had already arrived, but they couldn’t tell whose car it was. One of them knocked on the window. “Excuse me, is the person inside?” For a moment, Grace was worried that Ethan would hand her over. After all, she still didn’t fully understand what Ethan thought of her; in fact, he was Yancey’s family.

Ethan didn’t even glance outside. He looked toward the front seat and said to Tim, “Drive.”