Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
The movers that Martin Weiss sent to help Kyla easily took her things to Martin Weiss’s upscale apartment.
They said, “Mr. Weiss said he’ll come over tonight.”
Kyla’s heart shuddered slightly. ‘Martin Weiss’s… coming here tonight?’
That meant she would have to stay in this apartment today.
Kyla briefly cleaned up. She checked the refrigerator, only to see that it was already stocked with various fresh ingredients.
Looking at the time, it was almost evening. Therefore, Kyla took out some ingredients and began to make dinner.
She was five months pregnant, but it did not stop her from cooking.
She made three simple dishes and one soup. She wanted to call- and ask when Martin Weiss would be
back, only to remember that he seemed to have blocked her number!
When she was in L City, she wanted to contact him but failed. She only managed to get in touch with Martin Weiss after contacting Mallory Malcom.
Now…
Kyla waited until 7:00 p.m. before eating her portion. However, just in case, she kept the rest of the meal on the table and waited for Martin Weiss’s return.
The large living room was far more spacious than her house behind the store.
Kyla sat on the couch, holding a throw pillow as she flipped through a romance novel she brought from home.
When she was young, she liked reading romance novels and yearned for the same romance in books.
Later, the cruel reality made her stop believing in love, so she stopped reading such novels.
However, she came across this romance novel in a bookstore when she was in L. City. She bought it and put it in her suitcase.
Maybe because she no longer had romance in her life, she could not help wanting to read about it in books.
When Martin Weiss came back, he saw the soft lights in the room. She was lying on the couch, seemingly taking a nap. There was an open book in her hand. It was obvious that she had fallen asleep.
He stepped forward and saw her gentle, peaceful face in the lamplight.
She seemed… a little gaunter than he remembered. The pregnancy was a heavy burden on her body at her age.
Martin Weiss glanced at the book in her hand. When he saw the title, he raised his eyebrows in slight surprise.
He remembered she used to read such books long ago.
He thought she would have lost interest in such books by now, but she still read them.
Martin Weiss took the book Kyla held in her hand, flipped through it, put it aside, and leaned over. Right as he was about to carry her back to the bed in the bedroom, she slowly opened her eyes as though she sensed it.
Their eyes met.
Their faces were so close that they could feel each other’s breathing.
Kyla thought she was in a dream for a moment. She was still in a trance when she slowly raised her hand to caress Martin Weiss’s face. She felt the warmth in her palm and heard Martin Weiss’s voice.
“Don’t you know it’s misleading to do that to a man?”
Kyla instantly came to her senses and blurted out, “We’re… married. It should be okay to touch your face like this.”
There was a flash of surprise in his eyes as he smiled. “Yes, we’re married.”
With that said, he straightened up. “Don’t sleep in the living room. Sleep in the bedroom so you won’t catch a cold.”
She answered, “Okay. Have you had dinner? I left some food for you. You can eat some after reheating it…”
Her voice broke off in the middle of the sentence. She saw the time, and it was already 10:00 p.m. He should have had dinner at this hour.
“Uhh… I didn’t realize it’s so late now. You must have already eaten. I’ll clean up the food in the kitchen.” She got up and walked toward the kitchen as she spoke.
He grabbed her. “You made dinner?”
“Yeah, I was going to eat with you,” she murmured in reply.
“Why didn’t you call and tell me?” he asked.
“I was going to call, but… you seem to have blocked my number. I can’t get through to you,” she said.
His brows furrowed slightly as if he recalled something. Then, he said, “Starting tomorrow, you can call me on my phone. Also, I’m a little hungry now.”
He said as he went to the kitchen and reheated the cold food himself. He then brought it to the dining table and began eating.
Kyla kept him company at the dining table. She watched Martin Weiss eat mouthful by mouthful. She seemed worried the food was not to his taste.
In the end, Martin Weiss finished all of the food.
“I’ll have someone come over and cook every day, so you don’t have to exhaust yourself. Also, cleaners will come and clean the unit every afternoon. I’ll also assign a caretaker to take care of you,”
said Martin Weiss.
Kyla said, “No thanks. I can take care of myself. Besides, it’s just cooking, I can-”
Martin Weiss interrupted by saying, “What if you get another bellyache like what happened at the train station? Do you think you can handle it? What will you do if there’s no one around you? Your phone might run out of battery or it might not be with you. You won’t even be able to dial 120!”
Kyla was instantly rendered speechless. She remembered the pain, and she knew he was telling the truth.
“You might be having the baby less than two months from now. I don’t want anything to happen to my baby!” he said coldly.
“Alright, I got it. I didn’t think it through earlier,” said Kyla. She watched him finish the food and intended to clean up.
“I’ll do it,” he said, taking it upon himself to take the dishes and put them in the dishwasher to wash before putting them away.
Kyla stood at the kitchen door as she watched the back of the man in front of her. Her eyes could not help watering again.
It was the life she wanted!
However, it was now realized in such a way.
“By the way, I’ve checked, and there are four rooms here. Three are bedrooms, so I chose the second bedroom,” she said when he walked out of the kitchen.
“Why the second bedroom? Are you leaving the master bedroom to me? We’ll be sleeping in separate rooms?” he asked.
She instantly felt as though he had seen through her. After all, it was indeed her plan.
Martin Weiss said, “I thought I made it clear earlier that I want us to get along like a regular married couple during this time? I’m not looking for a roommate. If you intend to keep our agreement, you’ll sleep in the master bedroom and leave the bathroom door unlocked if you need to wash up.”
‘Huh?’ Kyla froze. “Why… can’t I lock the bathroom door?” She blushed a little as she asked.
“If anything happens to you in the bathroom, at least I can enter without having to kick the door down.
It’ll save a lot of time,” he said.
She suddenly understood and replied dully, “Oh.”
“Do you think I have other intentions toward you?” he asked in reply.
“No. Of course… I know that. With the way I look right now, there’s no way you’ll have other intentions toward me,” she said as she lowered her head and went to the second bedroom to put some of her belongings in the master bedroom. Then she grabbed her toiletries and a change of clothes before hurrying into the bathroom.
The bathroom door was closed but not locked.
Martin Weiss stood at the bathroom door as he listened to the sound of the rushing water. His hands that were by his sides were clenched slightly. A moment later, he
leaned back against the wall near the bathroom door and took a long breath.
The funny thing was that she could still attract him and make him have mood swings despite him already trying to keep himself in check.
‘Have I lost my feelings for her?
‘But why do I think the hypnosis is gradually losing its effect? Why do I care more and more about her?
Even when I came in and saw her resting on the couch, I felt content.
‘What… am I content with?’
Martin Weiss shook his head and told himself that he would officially divorce her in a year and two months. He would have grown tired of this boring husband and wife relationship by then.
He would realize that there was nothing more to married life with this woman when the time came!
‘Yes, there’s nothing more to it! There’s nothing more!’
He told himself over and over in his head.
Kyla and Martin Weiss lay in the same bed all night. She thought she would have trouble falling asleep, but she only had trouble sleeping’ for ten minutes. When his scent enveloped her whole body and all she could smell was his scent, she suddenly felt safe and… fell soundly asleep.
By the time she woke up the next day, Martin Weiss was no longer at home. However, there was a strange woman in the living room. As soon as she saw Kyla, she said, “Hello, Mrs. Weiss. I’m the caretaker Mr. Weiss hired to look after you. My name is Skye Maldonado. You’re free to address me however you wish. Let me know if you need anything.”
Kyla looked at her. She was a middle-aged woman in her 40s. She looked amiable, making people like her.
“Okay, I’ll call you Skye Maldonado, then. You may call me Kyla. I’m not used to being called Mrs.
Weiss,” said Kyla.
“Well…” Skye Maldonado hesitated for a moment before saying with a smile, “Alright, I’ll call you Kyla.
I’ve made some breakfast suitable for pregnant women. See if it’s to your taste.”
Skye Maldonado said as she brought out the breakfast from the kitchen. Then, she saw Kyla searching for something on the couch.
“Kyla, what are you looking for? Let me help you find it,” said Skye Maldonado.
“I left a book on the couch last night. Did you see it when you came over this morning?” asked Kyla.
“Is it the one with a red cover?” asked Skye Maldonado as she recalled.
“Yes, the one with a red cover.”
“I saw Mr. Weiss reading it this morning. Did Mr. Weiss take it with him?” Skye Maldonado said.
Kyla was immediately petrified.
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