Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“Cough… Cough…” She choked. Well, he was right.
He glanced at her flushed face out of the corners of his eyes. “You seem to blush easily. Are you going to keep blushing and saying nothing like this for the rest of our relationship?”
“No… No.” She hesitated slightly before suddenly saying, “I’m sorry I stuck my hand in your bathrobe this morning… I didn’t mean to. I didn’t know I would do that after falling asleep…”
She stammered to explain.
Brian smiled. “Remember what I said yesterday? Yesterday, you said you wanted to force yourself on me and touch me. I said I didn’t mind you having such ideas. I don’t mind you doing that either.
Speaking of which, you left out one step. You didn’t force yourself on me, right?”
“Cough… Cough…” Valda Theller choked herself again.
‘Did he say that to encourage me to force myself on him?’
“Valda, we’re a couple. You have nothing to be ashamed of, but I hope you won’t avoid me. Don’t be silent because you’re embarrassed. It’ll make me feel like I did something wrong,” Brian said slowly.
Though her blushing and awkwardness were adorable, he liked to hear her talk. He liked her chattering and how she got along with him naturally. Valda Theller bit her lip slightly before nodding heavily and saying, “Yeah, okay. L-Let’s behave as usual.”
He nodded.
Then, the atmosphere in the car relaxed, and Valda Theller started chatting with Brian.
She realized how quickly time flew when the car reached her apartment.
“Well… I’m getting out now,” said Valda Theller.
There was a slight smile on Brian’s lip. Perhaps even he did not realize that he was smiling more.
She looked at his smile blankly and impulsively went over to kiss him on his lips.
Then, she gasped slightly as she asked nervously, “I… I’m your girlfriend, so it’s okay for me to do this, right?”
He smiled. “Yes, you can.”
His assurance immediately dispelled her tension. A smile spread from the corners of her lips. He fell into a trance when he saw her smile.
He found the smile beautiful.
When she got out of the car, waved at him, and turned to walk into the apartment, he slowly raised his fingers and touched his lips where she had just kissed.
His usually cool lips were burning slightly.
“You checked into a hotel room with Brian!” Camille Strickland looked at her best friend. Things had escalated a little too quickly.
“No. We only checked into a hotel to dry our wet clothes,” Valda Theller hastened to explain.
“But didn’t you spend the night at the hotel? Do you know how worried I was? I couldn’t get through to you. I almost went to the police!” joked Camille Strickland.
Valda Theller touched her nose awkwardly. She found many missed calls and text messages from her best friend after charging her phone as soon as she got home.
“Well… Didn’t I call you back as soon as I charged my phone?” “Yeah, yeah, but I wouldn’t have been so worried if I had known you were with Brian yesterday,” said Camille Strickland as she looked curiously at her best friend. “Well… Did anything happen between you and Brian yesterday?”
Valda Theller’s face turned red as soon as she asked this.
“No way. Did something happen? What did he do to you? Don’t they say men tend to give in to their sexual impulses? He didn’t…” Camille Strickland said nervously.
Valda Theller was speechless. Brian had not done anything to her. She was the one who did something to Brian.
“It’s not what you think!” she said, looking awkward.
Camille Strickland saw her best friend’s expression and probed, “Did you do something to him?” Come to think of it, it was not impossible. After all, Brian’s looks and figure were top-notch among men.
Valda Theller covered her flushed face with both hands. Camille Strickland instantly knew she was right.
Camille Strickland patted her best friend on the shoulder. “It’s normal. I get it. I get it!”
“…” Valda Theller was flabbergasted. ‘Is that any consolation?”
Camille Strickland asked, “Did you proceed until the last step? If you did, did you use any contraception? If you get pregnant, it’s always the woman who gets hurt if the father doesn’t want the child.”
“No, we didn’t! We only shared the same bed yesterday,” she explained quickly.
“That’s good. But don’t forget to use contraception if anything happens,” warned Camille Strickland.
“Got it,” mumbled Valda Theller.
‘Pregnant… Will I be pregnant with Brian’s child one day? If so, will it mean that Brian has fallen in love with me?’
“By the way, the film crew called yesterday about Starlight Charity Gala. You’re invited. An invitation will be sent to your studio in a couple of days.” Camille Strickland finally mentioned what she wanted to say when she called yesterday.
“I’m invited?” Valda Theller froze slightly. She learned from the news that Starlight Charity Gala had invited many popular celebrities, producers, directors, and socialites from Emerald City.
As far as she knew, such charity galas had nothing to do with her.
At most, she would only read relevant content online. She never expected an opportunity to attend one.
“Who else was invited?” Valda Theller asked.
“They also invited the male lead, Gloria,” said Camille Strickland.
“That’s it?” Valda Theller blinked.
“That’s it,” said Camille Strickland.
Gloria was a popular celebrity, so it was reasonable to invite him. However, the other directors, the producer, and the female lead were not invited. Instead, they invited her-the original author. It was weird.
As if seeing her best friend’s doubt, Camille Strickland explained, “I think people in tMason Swansonrcle know you’re the crown prince’s girlfriend, so it’s natural that you would be invited to a charity gala like this. ”
Valda Theller was instantly enlightened. “Can I skip it?” After all, she shuddered at the prospect of facing reporters’ cameras and questions. “You can ask Brian for his opinion. Attending charity galas will do you some good in terms of networking,” said Camille Strickland.
When Brian came to pick up Valda Theller for dinner that evening, Valda Theller asked, “I was invited to Starlight Charity Gala. Do you think I should attend? By the way, do you know about this charity gala?
It’s-”
“I know about the charity gala. They sent you an invitation?” Brian said thoughtfully.
“Yeah,” she nodded. “Gloria and I were the only ones invited.”
“What do you think? Do you want to attend?” he asked.
“I’m not sure. I think I’m invited because they know I’m your girlfriend. But I’m scared of facing reporters. I’m not good with cameras and questions. At the same time, I’ve never been to a gala like this before. It seems many big shots in the entertainment industry will be there,” replied Valda Theller.
Therefore, she was somewhat curious about what such an important gala would be like.
“Attend it, then. No press will film you or ask you questions,” said Brian.
“How do you know?” she asked, surprised. “Because I’m attending too,” he said.
She was stunned for a moment before realizing he was the crown prince of the entertainment Industry.
It seemed normal for him to attend a gala like that.
“That’s great. It won’t be so scary when you’re with me!” Valda Theller was relieved. “I should have thought of it. You definitely would’ve been invited too.”
Brian smiled and said nothing. He was Invited but was not interested in attending. He had already rejected it.
However, he was now accompanying this woman to a gala he had no interest in.
He seemed to be… looking forward to it too.
“I’ll send someone to pick you up and take you to the salon to get styled. You can go earlier to see if they have gowns you like,” he said.