Chapter 753 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

“No thanks. I’ll take care of Ci!” Veronica Barlow held Mason tightly. “I’ll take good care of Ci. He’s my brother and family.

With that said, she asked her brother who was in her arms, “Ci, am I right?”

“Yes, I only want Sis to take care of me!” Mason also said affirmatively.

The two little ones hugged each other, making Grace look like a bad person. Students and parents were also looking their way.

“It seems that the child is refusing to come with us, and the same goes for the sister. We’d better go,” said Jason.

Grace sighed and nodded. Before leaving, she said to the two siblings, “Since you’ve refused, I won’t mention it again. Here’s my phone number. Call me if you get into any trouble.”

With that said, she handed Veronica Barlow a piece of paper with her phone number on it.

Veronica Barlow hesitated a little but took Grace’s note anyway.

Before Jason left, he stared at Mason again. His eyes seemed to be thinking about something.

Jason kept his head down in silence after they got back in the car. Grace asked, “What are you thinking about?” He instantly came back to his senses and smiled faintly, saying, “Nothing. Let’s go back to Reed Residence.”

At night, a figure arrived at the mourning hall. Jason walked in and looked at the black and white photo of his father hanging in front of him.

In the photo, his father looked gentle. There was a soft smile on his lips. There seemed to be a hint of joy in his deep eyes too, as though they carried rays of sunshine.

If he looked at the shape of his father’s eyes, they were somewhat similar to the boy called Mason whom he met today.

He had only given the child a cursory glance at the amusement park before this.

Although he had heard about the child from Grace, it was only today that he got a good look at the child.

He did not think of it at first but then he realized… the child’s It was just that the look in those eyes was different!

He slowly entered the inner hall, where there was a woman’s photo in front of his father’s memorial tablet. It was… the woman who had abandoned him and his father.

The outline of this woman had been imprinted in his mind for too many years!

However, looking at the woman in the photo now, some features seemed to overlap with Mason’s features. The child’s lips and forehead… bore a resemblance!

The curvature of their earlobes looked similar as well!

‘Is it possible? Could it be what I’m thinking? The child’s… an orphan that the He family adopted. The fact that he’s an orphan fits the requisite.

‘If it’s as my speculation, why did Secretary Wang give the child to the He family? Or was it a coincidence? Did the He family want a child, so they adopted him? How did the child end up at an orphanage instead of with Secretary Wang?’

For a moment, there were too many questions in his mind but no one could answer them.

Jason pressed his thin lips together tightly. Moments later, he took out his phone and made a call. “Help me look into a five-year-old boy named Mason Swanson. I want all his history and the information about his adopted family. Also, look for a way to get a sample of the boy’s blood.

In any case, he had to find out if it was as he thought!

Just as Jason finished giving his instructions and put away his phone, he heard footsteps coming over. He looked up to see a thin figure walking toward him.

“What are you doing here?” asked Grace, who had just put her two children to bed. A maid told her he was at the mourning hall.

She knew that he did not usually come here. Apart from coming here on tomb-sweeping day, winter solstice, and the anniversary of his father’s death, he would only be here if he was in a bad mood, ‘Today isn’t one of those special days, so does that mean… he’s in a bad mood?’ wondered Grace.

“It’s nothing. I just thought I’d come and have a look,” said Jason. After all, he did not want her to get excited before he confirmed things. It would be better to wait until he got the final result before telling her!

“Are you in a bad mood?” asked Grace.

“What’s the matter? Do you think I came here because I’m in a bad mood?” Jason said with a slight twinkle in his eyes.

“You’re not in a bad mood?” Her almond-shaped eyes stared at him.

“No.” He shook his head and pulled her into his arms. “I’m not in a bad mood. On the contrary, I’m feeling quite good.” At the very least, Mason might be their lost child, and she would be overjoyed if it turned out to be true!

He would be able to see her smile. These days, there would be a lingering sadness in her eyes even though she was smiling.

Grace was confused. “Did anything happen today that made you so happy?”

“Isn’t the fact that you’re right by my side good enough to make me happy?” he whispered as he lowered his head to kiss her lips.

one he loved.

‘Grace and I are still together after going through so much. I won’t end up like my father! Grace… isn’t like my mother. She’ll always be by my side and will never leave!

‘Never!’

In the restaurant, Anthony Sherman looked at Lina who appeared to be in a trance as she stared at someone pa**ing by the restaurant window. He could not help asking, “What’s wrong? Why do you keep staring?”

“Ah!” Lina finally came to her senses and quickly said, “Nothing. I just thought that person’s back is a little familiar, but… it’s not someone I know.”

With that said, Lina lowered her head and began to eat the food in front of her.

“That person’s back looks a bit like Hadwin Stephenson’s.”” Anthony Sherman’s voice rang in Lina’s ears.

Lina’s body stiffened.

Yes, that person’s back did look like Hadwin Stephenson’s. For a moment, she even thought she saw Hadwin Stephenson but realized it was not him after taking a closer look.

“Sorry!” she looked up at Anthony Sherman and said earnestly.

Anthony Sherman smiled. “What’s there to be sorry about?”

Lina hesitated a little before saying, “Perhaps we can’t be a couple, after all. Sorry. After everything that has happened, you’ve been encouraging me, supporting me, and believing in me. I appreciate that, but… I’m sorry that I can’t seem to like you romantically.”

“Is it because the person you like has always been Hadwin Stephenson?” Instead of getting furious, Anthony Sherman said it as though he had expected it.

Lina was silent. She thought she could get over Hadwin Stephenson. In the past years, she had been slowly getting over him. She would think of him less, and every time she thought of him, the ache in her heart would lessen.

She thought she was getting there and her heart would stop stirring for that man one day.

However, Hadwin Stephenson kept recurring to her these days. She would think of when he took her to the apartment, how he kissed her, what he said to her… and even lost sleep thinking about him.

She had been trying so hard to get over him but she failed because of Hadwin Stephenson’s reappearance.

Anthony Sherman said, “Are you going to get back together with Hadwin Stephenson? His engagement with the Jackson family has been called off. Even if you get back with him, no one will criticize you.”

Lina shook her head. “I’ve never thought of getting back together with him. We grew up in different environments and don’t share the same values. Even if we do manage to get back together, problems will surface sooner or later. It’s just that…”

Anthony Sherman, thank you for everything, but I think we should end it here.”

Anthony Sherman said, “Actually, you don’t have to be sorry for the time we’ve spent together. You’ve never lied to me about anything. I’ve never been interested in women. When I was young, I even wondered if there was something wrong with me. My family also wondered if I was interested in men.”

Lina’s eyes widened in surprise. “Well… are… you?” After asking the question, she immediately thought she was being inappropriate and quickly added, “I don’t mean to discriminate in any way. I… I’m all for freedom to love, regardless of gender. I’ve read a lot of comics and novels…”

Her face could not help reddening at the end of her speech. ‘Gosh, why did I say that?’

Anthony Sherman was amused by Lina, and the depressing atmosphere instantly disappeared.

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