True Fated Marriage novel Chapter 708

It was 9.30 a.m.

Grace was using the private meeting room in the hotel to interview the famous painter, Carlos Drake.

Well, this wasn't his real name, but his pseudonym.

Even someone like Grace recognised this famous painter.

When they met, Grace greeted him politely. "Hello, Mr. Drake. It's my pleasure to be able to interview you, my name's Grace Smith."

"Grace Smith?" Carlos raised his eyebrows and asked. "Grace Smith from Northern City?"

"Yes." Her heart skipped a beat as she heard the tone in Carlos' voice.

Now that he had this piece of information, Carlos studied Grace carefully. There was a hint of interest evident in his face.

All she could do was smile courteously as they looked at each other.

After a few seconds, Carlos said, "Grace, before starting your interview, I would like to ask you a few questions."

"Okay, go ahead." Grace nodded.

"What's your relationship with Heinz Jones?" Carlos asked in a deep voice.

Grace was stunned. She pursed her lips and replied, "He's the father of my sons."

Hearing this, Carlos was equally shocked. "Is it true that he was married to Jodie Lawson?"

After hearing his questions, Grace realized this painter knew quite a bit about her.

"Do you know Jodie?" Grace answered his question with another question.

Listening to this, Carlos' face fell. He looked at her coldly and noted, "Grace Smith, don't change the topic."

"Fair enough." Grace nodded again. "Jodie and Heinz are no longer married."

"If that's so, then why did the news outlets say that?" Carlos asked.

Grace didn't know how to answer his questions, neither did she want to. However, if she didn't, she'd definitely come across as rude. "Mr. Drake, I'm truly impressed at how you pay attention to the current affairs outside of Julesburg."

"Jodie and Heinz are no longer married, and I've seen the divorce papers myself. As for why the newspaper reported it like that, I don't have the slightest clue," Grace added.

"Maybe you can ask them about that. Usually, news outlets like to exaggerate things. This is the strategy they used to pull in their readers. This is also the reason Editor Lowe plans to change our reporting style now that she's taken over the company," she added.

"Hence, you will be relieved to know that I'll bear my responsibility to be a good reporter. I'll only write about the truth and I definitely won't spread lies."

After Grace was done speaking, Carlos was quiet. He was shocked by her words as he didn't see it coming.

At this moment, the gloomy expression he had on his face since the beginning seemed to ease a little.

In fact, he even smiled and exclaimed, "Miss Smith, you have a very sharp tongue."

After thinking for a while, she smiled. "I apologize if I've scared you."

"You didn't." Carlos shook his head. "I'm not scared, but I just like to do things by the book. Even worse, I strongly dislike people who interfere with someone's marriage. In fact, I find it hard to be interviewed by someone like that."

At first, Grace was startled to hear this, but then a smile broke out across her face.

She knew that if she insisted that she hadn't interfered with their marriage, Carlos would've interrogated her even further.

In order to dispel the old painter's relentless persecution and continue her interview with him, she had to plan her strategy carefully.

She didn't want to tarnish the company's reputation, plus she needed to complete the assignment. Grace knew that she couldn't just go about it carelessly.

After a slight pause, Grace replied with a smile, "Mr. Drake, earlier you asked me all these questions. I'm sure you already knew about Jodie's existence. Well, she went on a support mission to Alsburg six years ago. Soon after she left, she was abducted and killed."

Carlos was stunned, and surprise was clearly written across his face. Then, he suddenly burst into laughter.

"Okay, I understand now."

Grace truly hoped that he did.

"If that's the case, may I continue the interview with you?"

"Of course you can," he smiled and said. "Now that I know that you didn't mean to do this, I'm sure you must've met Heinz after Jodie passed away. In this case, I wouldn't say you intervened in their marriage, so I don't mind being interviewed by you."