Chapter 734 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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‘If… If Lina wants to be with Anthony Sherman, then maybe I should just give them my blessing!

‘I’ll give Lina my blessing and let her live the life she wants.

‘As for myself… Perhaps not being able to get what I want is the best punishment for me!’

Anthony Sherman looked at Hadwin Stephenson’s back and ke23

heaved a long sigh of relief.

He had shuddered when Hadwin Stephenson said the last sentence. He knew the man was serious. The man’s expression and tone seemed to be telling him that he would kill him if he did Lina wrong.

‘Hadwin Stephenson… is still deeply in love with Lina!

‘In that case, why won’t Hadwin Stephenson pursue Lina again but telling me such things?’ Anthony Sherman was full of doubts.

Lina’s life began to return to normal. She learned that the design firm had fired Holly Greer when she went back to work.

“You know what? I heard that Holly Greer shot the video of you entering and exiting the hotel. She then sold it to the reporters and gossip account!” A colleague told Lina the gossip they knew. “I didn’t expect Holly Greer to be someone like that!”

Another colleague said, “You didn’t expect it? I knew it all along. Holly Greer’s really mean. She wanted Lina dead by doing that.”

“I know, right? Fortunately, Lina is alright now. Holly Greer is

now suffering the consequences of her actions! The director did a good thing by firing her. The office has one less black sheep now!”

Lina’s colleagues had suddenly taken her side, and even their tone when they spoke was faintly obsequious!

Some colleagues began sounding out Lina about her relationship with Hadwin Stephenson.

“Lina, have you gotten back together with Hadwin Stephenson?”

“He looked so cool when he took you away from the reporters the other day. He looked just like Prince Charming who saved the princess in fairy tales.”

“Lina, are you going to be the president’s wife?”

Lina knew the change in her colleagues’ attitude was all because of Hadwin Stephenson.

Society was so realistic sometimes! She had experienced it so much over the past five years that she could care less about it now.

“Mr. Stephenson and I have nothing to do with each other, so please stop making wild guesses. I’m seeing someone else. You’ll cause me trouble by saying that,” Lina said coldly.

The colleagues instantly looked awkward upon hearing what she said. They looked at each other and quickly dispersed.

Lina finally had some peace to herself.

Hadwin Stephenson did not show up when she went home yesterday, and Hadwin Stephenson’s staff had also told her, “Mr. Stephenson said it should be over now. You needn’t worry anymore, and your life will return to normal-just like before.”

‘Just like before… Does that mean he won’t show up in front of me anymore?’

Lina’s nose suddenly felt a little sore when she thought of this. She felt that her eyes were a little warm as well. Then, she told herself, ‘It’s what I want. What’s there to be sad about?’

It was for the best that she separated from Hadwin Stephenson under these circumstances. There was no hate and resentment. What they had would mostly be fond memories of each other!

It was better than the two of them getting back together, separating again in the future, and then becoming enemies.

Hadwin Stephenson kept saying he still loved her, but… she dared not be with him anymore.

She was already 33, not 22.

Maybe sometimes the older she got, the timider she became!

Grace was relieved to learn that Lina had returned to her home and her life was peaceful now.

Lina’s life was finally back on track, so she said, “Let’s ask Kyla out and have a nice time together when we’re free. We haven’t gotten together since I came back to Emerald City!”

“Sure! It’s time we three got together,” replied Lina. Then, she said emotionally, “It feels like time flies. It’s been almost five years.”

“Yeah, time really flies,” said Grace.

Many things had changed in five years, but some things would never change no matter how long it took!

After ending her phone call with Lina, Grace asked the driver to drive her to an office building on the west side of town. She was going to open a law firm and had begun looking for a place these days.

As she was about to walk into the office building, something suddenly fell from above.

“Watch out!” someone behind her shouted. Then, a strong force pushed Grace aside and she fell to the floor. At the same time, she felt a pair of hands protecting her.

Then, she heard hurried footsteps. Her bodyguards and driver shouted, “Young Madam, Young Madam!”

Grace came back to her senses and painfully got up with the help of her bodyguards. “I’m fine,” she said and looked back at the man who was standing up. He was dusting himself with his head down.

This man had just saved her.

“Are you okay, sir? Thank you so much…”

However, she froze when he looked up halfway through her sentence.

It was… Sean!

He was Emerald City’s socialite, her ex-boyfriend, and the fiancé of the Atkinson family’s second heiress, Lily!

However, Sean was a far cry from the person he was back then.

He was wearing old gray clothes and a pair of dirty sneakers.

His handsome face looked old now. There was even a hint of gray hair near his temples.

She remembered Sean being 35 or 36 years old, but he now looked like a man in his 40s.

He was no longer the dapper and stunning heir of the Stevens family. He now seemed like an undercla** burdened by life.

When Sean realized that the person in front of him was Grace, a look of surprise came over his face. He smiled wryly. “It’s you. I learned from the news that you’ve returned to Emerald City, but I didn’t expect to see you under such circumstances.”

“You…” Grace looked at him and did not know what to say.

Sean had hurt her so much that she almost tried to commit suicide and lost the courage to love.

If it were not for Jay, she had no idea how terrible her life would be right now.

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