Chapter 777 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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‘Despicable’ had never been a derogatory word to him, but now, it became one of his fears.

“Grace…” When the kiss was over, he murmured her name. “I do everything I do because I love you so much.”

“What’s the matter? Why did you say that all of a sudden?” asked Grace.

“Nothing.” His lashes quivered a little as he looked down. Then, he looked at her hands that were wrapped in gauze. “Do you regret it?”

She paused and heard his voice say… “Do you regret saving Brian? Your hands wouldn’t have gotten so bad. It would’ve been much better if you hadn’t held Brian so desperately today.”

He was the one who regretted it instead when he spoke.

‘What answer am I expecting? Yes or no?

‘I know exactly what answer she’s going to give me, don’t I?’

“No.” Grace’s voice reached Jason’s ears, causing him to freeze.

‘Sure enough, it’s the same answer. So she’s willing to trade her hands for Brian’s life?’

“Jay.” She raised her hands with some difficulty as her bandaged fingers were entwined with the wires. Even the simple act of holding his face was so difficult for her now. “I don’t regret it because I don’t want to feel guilty in the future. I was sure that you’d come up the hill to find me and save me. I was sure that if I held on a little longer, I would survive.”

Jason’s eyelashes quivered. “Do you believe in me that much?”

“It’s because I know you love me. I know you love me enough to risk everything to find me!” she said. She knew how much he loved her when he left his will at the cliff and risked his own life to save her.

“What about Brian? What if he loves you enough to risk everything too?” asked Jason.

Grace hesitated a little, remembering how he had shouted at her several times to let go and leave with Mason when she was holding onto his wrist to stop him from falling.

If she had really let go of him, Brian would have fallen and been buried alive by the collapsed hill.

She could never reciprocate Brian’s feelings in this life.

Grace said, “Jay, my heart is too small to hold so many people. I don’t regret using these hands to grab onto Brian today because he saved Mason and me. I would have done the same for any other person.”

“Speaking of which, I’m the one who should regret what has happened to your hands. If I had…”

“Jay, I’ve forgiven you!” Grace said solemnly, wanting to ease his regret, pain, remorse, and guilt… Was that not why she did not want to tell him the condition of her hands? “I’ve really forgiven you, so stop blaming yourself.”

He looked blankly at her. She had forgiven him so earnestly, but he was still heavy-hearted.

“You didn’t know me back then. I was just a nobody to you,” she said.

‘Would she still… forgive me for the things I did after meeting her? Does she know that Hua Stella would never have been able to impersonate her if I hadn’t tampered with things?

‘Whatever that happened afterward would never have happened. Brian wouldn’t have misunderstood her because of Hua Stella’s schemes, and Brian would have immediately helped her when Lina was seriously injured and admitted to the hospital!

‘She wouldn’t have begged me and married me!

‘She wouldn’t have fallen into the sea, lost five years of memory, and lived such a hard life!

‘My actions not only changed my and Brian’s fate but also… her’s!

Brian met Lily in the detention center.

Lily was a little surprised. “I didn’t think you’d come and see me. I heard you were on the hill too. Were you trying to save Grace as well? But it’s pointless even if you risk everything for her. Jason is still the one Grace loves. You’re overestimating yourself!”

“I admit that.” Brian smiled faintly. “I came to see you just to find out what happened when Grace fell into the sea.”

After all, he could not find out the details from the Reed family. The only information he had was from the official announcement the Reed family gave, which was that Grace had fallen into the sea due to an accident.

The cause of the accident was entirely unknown!

The only person who could give him an answer was probably Lily.

Lily sneered. “I knew it. You only want to see me because of Grace! Do you think I’ll tell you?”

“Sean is seriously injured and would have died without medical treatment, but Jason asked the hospital to save him. It seems that he’s bent on keeping Sean alive at all costs,” Brian said out of the blue.

Lily’s expression changed.

“You must be familiar with Jason’s temper too. If someone is indebted to him, he’ll want them to pay it back tenfold. You and Sean are doomed to be in prison, but you have a child, William Although Sean isn’t his father, you’re his biological mother. What do you think Jason will do to the child?” said Brian.

Lily was silent as her hands almost unconsciously gripped the hem of her skirt.

A long time pa**ed before she said, “Will you protect William if I tell you the truth, no matter what it is?”

“As long as the child doesn’t do anything that threatens Grace and her three children, then I can protect him,” said Brian.

If he had said yes right away, Lily would have hesitated. However, Brian only agreed on such a condition, hence Lily felt rea**ured.

“Okay, I’ll tell you what happened and why Grace fell into the sea. But… Brian, I’m afraid you’d rather not know anything after hearing it,” said Lily.

Brian’s face froze after hearing what Lily said.

She said, “Brian, I just hope that you’ll keep your word.”

She had never felt indebted to anyone in her life. She had never even felt sorry for the sister she killed, the now severely injured Sean, or her parents.

She would not have killed her sister if her parents had not been so biased toward her, and she would not hate Sean so much if he had been more sincere to her!

However, she kept feeling indebted to William…

William… She did not even know who his biological father was. All she remembered was that she had gotten drunk one night and met a man on the streets who looked like a drug addict.

That place had all kinds of people.

Even so, the man was pretty good-looking, and he aroused her. Hence, she took that man to the hotel.

After that, she never met the man again. She did not even know who the man was. Perhaps he had died.

Later, she got pregnant with Williamn. She had thought about aborting him, but she somehow relented and gave birth to him.

The boy had given her little concern in the last few years. Even in the first few months of his life, he would only cry out when he was hungry.

When she was out at work, he would quietly play with the cheap toys she had bought for him.

When he was hungry, he would obediently eat what she prepared. He never threw a tantrum. Sometimes, she even thought that the child was too quiet..

She had always treated the child as dispensable. To her, raising a child was like keeping a mere pet.

However, everything changed when she caught a fever one day and could hardly get out of bed. The four-year-old boy had cooked porridge for her in a rice cooker. He even brought her fever medicine and water.

When she woke up in the middle of the night, she saw that the boy was still awake. His dark eyes had been looking at her the whole time.

“Why are you still up?” she asked.

“I’m scared that you’re going to die. Are you going to die?” his young voice asked.

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