Chapter 648 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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“The Reed family is… Is yours now… If you fail… the Reed family, I won’t let you live in peace…” said Old Master Reed as he gasped with difficulty.

“Is that all you want to tell me?” asked Jason as he stared at Old Master Reed.

Old Master Reed’s cloudy eyes moved. “That girl Grace is… outside, isn’t she? Ask… Ask her to come in.”

Jason’s eyes suddenly narrowed. “Don’t touch her!”

“I’m afraid I can’t touch her… even if I want to. You must have… many of your men outside.” After all, Jason was the heir he raised. Old Master Reed could guess what his grandson would do.

Jason pressed his lips together and said nothing. He seemed to be hesitating.

“I just… have a few words… to say to her…” Old Master Reed spoke with more and more difficulty, and his gasping became louder. It seemed that he was making the last struggle at the end of his life.

Jason finally walked out of the ward. Moments later, he took Grace by the hand and walked back inside.

The heavily pregnant Grace looked at Old Master Reed, who was dying, on the hospital bed.

The old man had once struck terror into her heart from being so frightfully heartless. However, the old man whom she had been so scared of was now lying so weakly, doing his best to… hold on.

“Grandpa, you’re Jay’s grandfather and I’m Jay’s wife now, so I’ll call you Grandpa too. Of course, I can call you ‘Old Master’ if you don’t like it,” said Grace.

Old Master Reed seemed not to care about the appellation at all. He only asked, “Do you… love Jason?”

“Yes,” she answered without any hesitation.

Jason had been holding Grace’s hand since they came in.

“Then… let’s make a bet… and see if you… really love Jason that much…” stammered Old Master Reed.

“Bet?” Grace’s eyes sparkled with doubt, but then she said, “I don’t think I need to make a bet to prove whether I love Jay or not. I love him. I know it, he knows it, and that’s enough.”

“You know? You… don’t know anything… You…”

“Grandpa!” Jason suddenly interrupted Old Master Reed. “I love Grace. She’s the only woman I’ll ever love, and as long as I’m in charge, she’ll be the only mistress of the Reed family. There won’t be another woman!”

He seemed to be telling Old Master Reed of his determination to love Grace.

Old Master Reed glared at his only grandson. After a while, he slowly closed his eyes as if he was tired. With his dry and hoarse throat, he murmured, “Men of the Reed family… never… end well when they love a woman too much. You… might not end well… if you… continue being like this…”

Old Master Reed’s voice grew weaker and weaker until his mouth stopped making any sound. The heartbeat line on the monitor nearby became a straight line.

Grace felt a pang in her heart. She knew Old Master Reed was gone.

A life ended right in front of her eyes, and it terrified her. An elderly who was Jay’s family no longer existed in this world. It all seemed a little unreal.

Jason held Grace’s hand tightly. He held it tighter and tighter until a cry of surprise sounded in his ears. He suddenly came to his senses and quickly let go.

“Does it hurt?” He took her hand nervously and saw that it was faintly red as a result of him holding it too tight.

She said, “I’m alright. Your grandfather…”

“Yeah, he’s gone,” he murmured.

Although his expression was still indifferent and did not seem to resemble the grieving faces of ordinary people who had just lost a loved one, she knew that he was sad.

Old Master Reed was his family, after all. He was even the only one who had accompanied him for so many years after his father’s death.

Jason turned around and half-closed his eyes. He looked at Old Master Reed who was lying on the hospital bed quietly as if he was tired and sleeping.

Grace quietly accompanied Jason. This time, she held his hand firmly.

Old Master Reed’s funeral was set for three days later, and the body was first placed in an ice coffin. It was set up in the Reed family’s mourning hall.

However, unlike normal practices, Jason did not receive outsiders to come to the hall to mourn.

For him, the mourning hall was a place where no outsiders were allowed.

This mourning hall was his father’s resting place, and now, his grandfather’s.

In the past two days, Jason had pushed all his work away and spent almost 24 hours in the mourning hall.

Grace also went to the mourning hall several times, and each time, she only saw Jason standing by the ice coffin. He was dressed in white.

She had also advised him several times to get some rest, and he always answered her gently, “I know. I’ll take care of my health. Don’t worry.”

However, how could she be at ease? She no longer felt as safe as before when she was lying in bed alone at night.

It was as if unconsciously, she had grown used to having him sleep next to her and seeing him as soon as she opened her eyes.

“Is Jay still at the mourning hall?” Grace asked the butler.

“Yes, Young Master is still at the mourning hall with Old Master Reed,” the butler replied.

Grace then asked the butler to prepare some desserts. She took them and went over to the mourning hall.

The mourning hall was brightly lit up. The candle had to be lit for three days and they had to keep the incense burning.

Grace walked into the mourning hall and only saw Jason standing inside with the light falling on him, intertwining with the shadows. He was looking at Old Master Reed who was lying in the ice coffin, wearing graveclothes. Jason’s handsome face was expressionless.

“Jay,” Grace called out.

Only then did he seem to come back to his senses. He turned to look at her. “Didn’t I tell you that you don’t have to come here as much? I can take care of things here.”

“I came because I wanted to see you,” said Grace as she approached Jason, raising her hand to touch his face.

It was already early January, and the weather was getting colder and colder. However, the mourning hall did not have a heater. Therefore, although it was indoors, it was still cold.

It was colder here, especially at night.

“Are you going to stay here tonight?” she asked.

He muttered, “Since he brought me up, I’ll still do what I have to do. Tomorrow is the old master’s funeral and it’ll be crowded. You don’t need to come since it’s inconvenient for you with your current state.”

Grace said, “I’m not going to deliver the babies yet, and it’s not too inconvenient for me to come for Grandpa’s funeral. I’ll come tomorrow. I’ll let you know if I don’t feel well.”

Jason pressed his thin lips together a little. “Grandpa wasn’t kind to you. Why do you—”

Grace said, “There’s no particular reason. It’s because he was your grandfather and your family. So even if he didn’t like me and didn’t really accept me even till the end, I still want to see him off.”

‘There’s no other reason. It’s only because Old Master Reed raised Jay!’

Jason gently held Grace’s hand. “Don’t worry about what Grandpa said in the end. He was just… Just…”

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