Chapter 823 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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Grace just continued to walk.

“Young Madam, don’t give us a hard time!” they said.

 “You know as well that I’m the young madam and the mistress of the Reed family. I want to take her away. If anything happens, I’ll take responsibility. But if you keep blocking me, I won’t let any of you off if anything happens to Mrs. Watts! You can see whether I’ll keep my word!” Grace threatened them.

The men looked at each other and eventually stepped back, allowing Grace and Old Lawyer Watts to leave with Mrs. Watts.

Looking at the three’s back, one of them quickly called Jason’s phone number. However, moments later, he put down the phone with a pale face.

“What’s the matter? Young master Reed…”

“No one answered the phone,” he said.

Grace got in the car with Mrs. Watts and Old Lawyer Watts. She said to Old Lawyer Watts, “Mentor, I’ll drive you out of town now.”

“What?” Old Lawyer Watts was shocked.

“You need to go back to L City. I’ll send you to Emerald City’s freeway, and someone will take you back to L City,” said Grace. At least, her mentor had his own connections in L City, which would make things easier.

“Jason…”

“I’ll explain everything to Jay. We shouldn’t let Mrs. Watts’s illness drag on. Besides, even if Jay does report it to the police, you and Mrs. Watts would already be in L. City. You should have a way to let the case be tried in L City,” said Grace. This was the best way she could think of.

Since Jay insisted on having Mrs. Watts pay the price and go to jail, then they should do it in L City where her mentor had more influence!

Hearing this, Old Lawyer Watts sighed. He knew as well that it was best for them to go back to L City now.

“But if you let us return to L City and Jason finds out, you two will…” Old Lawyer Watts said with a look of guilt.

Grace smiled rea**uringly. “I’ll try to get Jay to forgive me. Don’t worry.”

The car drove toward Emerald City’s freeway. Grace knew that she had to hurry up and have her mentor and his wife leave Emerald City before Jay woke up.

It was already four in the morning, and the sky was still dark.

There were hardly any cars on the road, but Grace could not relax even for a moment.

Her hands on the steering wheel began to sweat. She had not felt like this for a long time since she got back behind the wheel. Her heart pounded wildly, and there was a nagging uneasiness.

‘Will Jay ever forgive me?’

He said that anyone could betray him but her.

However, she was doing it now. She was doing such a thing to him for Mrs. Watts… The thought of him drinking mouthfuls after mouthfuls of the vegetable beef soup she made and the sight of him lying in bed… Grace felt a pang in her heart again.

‘Stop thinking about it,’ she told herself. What mattered most now was to send her mentor and his wife out of Emerald City.

Once she arrived at the freeway and the person who helped her find out her mentor and his wife’s whereabouts took them on the freeway, they should be fine.

The car gradually approached the freeway, and Grace could already see the familiar words on the signboard!

However, as the car got closer and closer to the freeway, she froze. Her foot on the gas pedal loosened slowly, and her hand on the steering wheel shook slightly.

She caught sight of a familiar figure through the windshield.

When the car was about to crash, Grace suddenly came to her senses and slammed on the brakes.

The car stopped, and she stared stiffly at the figure standing outside.

‘Why is Jay here? Shouldn’t… he still be asleep? I added sleeping pills to his soup. He shouldn’t be awake till at least eight hours later!’

Her hands were sweaty, and the uneasiness that was nagging at her earlier seemed to finally settle down.

Old Lawyer Watts, who was sitting in the back seat, looked out the window and saw a row of black cars parked on the freeway.

Jason stood in front of the entry to L City with rows of men standing behind him.

Old Lawyer Watts was taken aback. Grace did not have to say anything. He could already figure out that his apprentice’s plan had failed. There was no way they could leave Emerald City now.

“Mentor, you and Mrs. Watts stay in the car while I… go down and talk to Jay.” Grace took a deep breath and unbuckled her seat belt with trembling hands.

When she opened the car door and stepped out, her feet felt like they were stepping on cotton.

Grace walked step by step toward Jason. Every step was so difficult.

However, he only looked at her coldly. The cold moonlight fell on his beautiful and flawless face, making him look more and more indifferent.

“Jay…” Her lips quivered open, and she said softly, “I’m sorry.”

“Grace, you betrayed me after all.” His cold voice sounded particularly cold as it rang in the cold night.

She trembled and heard him continue to say, “You once said you would never betray me. It turns out you can easily betray me for Mrs. Watts, whom you’ve only known for two to three years.”

“No, I’m doing this because…” She tried to explain, but his fingers pressed on her lips, preventing her from going on.

Then, her eyes suddenly widened. She saw his other hand pull out an amulet and a bottle of pills from his pocket.

That was the amulet Brian had given her. That was where she got the address to seek help to find her mentor and his wife. The bottle of pills was the sleeping pills she had prepared. She had added sleeping pills to the vegetable beef soup tonight, but he, who should be asleep right now, was in front of her.

“You went to the address Brian left you and drugged me for Mrs. Watts. Grace, is this how you love me?” His fingers played with the two objects in his hand.

Grace’s face grew paler, and her throat burned. ‘He knows! Or, should I say, he has it all under control?’

“I changed the pills in your bottle into ordinary vitamins so I wouldn’t fall asleep as you planned. As for the person you contacted to help you today…” Jason’s eyes glanced aside, and Grace saw that the man who was supposed to help her tonight was standing not far away. He was subdued and unable to move.

The man also looked at Grace with embarra**ment, apparently unaware Jason had already figured out their plan.

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