Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
How can she still stand by his side like this?
This will only subject him to more criticism.
Valda got out of bed and didn’t use her crutches. Instead, she dragged one leg slowly and lightly, taking one step at a time. She made her way out of the bedroom and arrived at the sofa in the living room, where Brian was sleeping.
At this moment, he is sleeping on the narrow sofa, with moonlight. shining on his face, highlighting his beauty even more.
He could have slept comfortably in his villa, but he insisted on squeezing into this small apartment with her. She understood his intentions very well.
Even if his love for her was out of pity, what he did was still enough.
She just hopes that he can have a good life from now on, no matter who he ends up with, she will give her blessings.
Valda, do you really mean your blessings? Do you truly want him to be with other women and say
“love” to them? Her inner voice suddenly spoke up.
“Brian, how nice it would have been if you had said you loved me earlier,” murmured Valda softly. If he had said he loved her before she got into trouble, there would have been no element of sympathy or pity, I suppose.
In that case, it means he really fell in love with her.
Now… even if he repeatedly says that he loves her, he won’t use the word “love” out of pity or guilt.
But is there really none? Perhaps he himself is not even aware.
Valda bent down and helped Brian pull the thin blanket before turning around and slowly walking towards her own bedroom.
At this moment, she didn’t notice that behind her, a pair of phoenix eyes had quietly opened and were fixedly staring at her back…
Over the next few days, many people came to visit Valda at her apartment. Among them were Kyla and her family, Lina Sweeney and Hadwin Stephenson, as well as some of the staff from the magazine where Valda used to contribute, and Valda’s two assistants.
They all exclaimed about Valda’s luck, surviving under such strong water currents.
“This time we were really lucky,” Kyla exclaimed.
“Yeah, it was definitely lucky. It feels like we used up all the luck we’ll ever have in our lives,” Valda said.
“What are you talking about? You’ll have more luck in the future,” Kyla said.
Valda smiled and whispered, “By the way, how are you and Mr. Weiss doing?” At that moment, Martin and Brian were chatting in the kitchen.
“Since your accident, our relationship has improved a bit. Maybe we both realized that life is unpredictable and we want to change.
our situation,” Kyla said. “But…”
“But what?” Valda asked.
“But he still cares about the past. After all, we’ve been through too much together. In this world, nothing is easy. Breaking up was hard, and being together is just as hard,” Kyla murmured.
Although over the past year, their relationship had gradually become like that of an ordinary couple, with warmth and harmony, even if they occasionally argued, they quickly made up.
But she also understood that everything was like walking on thin. ice. One misstep and they could fall into the icy water.
Martin Weiss had not recovered his hypnotized memories, and those memories were like time bombs.
She didn’t even know if he would never recover or if he would recover better.
Every time they had a moment of warmth, she always felt uneasy.
She knows how much he used to love her before. But what about now? Does he really still love her or is it just because she was someone he used to love? Is it because they already have two children together?
Is it because he’s tired and doesn’t want to be bothered by love anymore?
She had no answers to any of these.
“So, what about you? Now that you’re back alive, when are you planning to marry Brian? I’m looking forward to attending your wedding,” Kyla said.
Valda’s expression darkened as she said, “I… haven’t thought about getting married.”
Kyla paused for a moment, then seemed to understand something and let out a soft sigh. “Valda, don’t do something you’ll regret. Sometimes, if you miss something, it may take even longer to get it back. Just like me and Martin… because of a regretful decision, even though we love each other, after all these years of ups and downs, we can’t necessarily say the word ‘happiness’. Valda, are you willing to give up the happiness that is within reach?”
“I…” Valda hesitated for a moment.
“Sometimes, don’t jump to conclusions or make decisions too quickly. Relationships involve two people, so decisions should also be made together. If you make a wrong decision on your own, you may end up regretting it like I did.” Kyla spoke earnestly, hoping that Valda wouldn’t become another version of herself when it comes to matters of the heart.
In the kitchen, Martin looked at Brian and said, “Valda’s back, why do you look like you’re not in a good mood?”
Brian replied self-deprecatingly, “Have you ever loved someone who unfortunately didn’t love you back?”
“I have,” Martin said.
Now it was Brian’s turn to look at Martin in surprise. “Was it Kyla?”
he asked.
“Who else could it be?” Martin replied. “So now Valda doesn’t believe that you love her either?”
The two men looked at each other in silence.
“Do you remember what you once said to me?” Martin suddenly asked. “You said that even if a relationship is painful, you wouldn’t choose to forget it easily, but would rather remember it forever. So now, if Valda continues to not believe you, what are you going to do?”
“I’ll keep trying until she believes me,” Brian said.
“The process might be very difficult,” Martin warned.
“Even if it’s difficult, it’s nothing compared to what she’s done for me,” Brian said, looking past the kitchen’s glass door at Valda, who was talking to Kyla in the living room. “When Valda was washed away by the water, I realized that I couldn’t bear to lose her.”
After a pause, he continued, “Emotions are what make us human. Without them, we are just empty shells, not knowing the purpose of our existence. I remember my feelings for Valda. At least with her, my life had a purpose. But if I were to forget her, my life would be nothing but a miserable existence, worse than it is now.”
“Really?” murmured Martin, his gaze also turning towards Kyla.
So, is he now just a walking corpse? Once hypnotized, he buried his feelings for her.
Even now, he understands that he has fallen in love with her once again, but does he need to remember the past feelings? Whenever he gets close to her, he feels like a part of his feelings for her is missing.
Sometimes, on small matters, she would say a certain phrase without him understanding it at all.
He knew that it was their past together. But now, she was the only one who remembered it.
In the evening, Kyla put her youngest daughter to bed and then went to check on her son Nelson in his room. She made sure he wasn’t kicking off his blankets before returning to her own room.
As soon as she entered the room, she saw Martin sitting on the sofa, flipping through a photo album.
That is… her and her child’s photo album.
The album mainly contains photos of her and Nelson taken during the time when she was released from prison but had not yet been found by him.
“What made you suddenly start looking at photos?” Kyla approached and asked.
“After looking at these photos, I realized that I hardly have any pictures of you,” said Martin.
Kyla pursed her lips and after a while said, “Even if there isn’t, it’s not a big deal.”
“But I not only don’t have any photos, I also don’t have the feelings we once had together.” Although he remembers some memorable things, some small memories have already faded away. And as time passes, even the memories he still remembers seem to be becoming more and more blurry.
Just like humans… the more emotional something is, the more memorable it becomes, while the less emotional something is, the more blurry the memory becomes.
That’s because the brain determines that those things are not important and can be forgotten.
And what about him? Will he not only forget the past feelings, but also forget this memory if time goes on?
If he really forgets everything, does that mean his past is nothing but a blank slate?
“You have them, they’re just buried within you right now. But at least those emotions exist. Maybe one day, when you want to reclaim them, they can come back,” said Kyla.
“So, if I’m willing to recover now?” Martin asked.
Kyla stared at the man in front of her, feeling a bit stunned and unable to react for a moment.
Martin put down the photo album and stood up, staring at Kyla intently. “I can retrieve the memories that were hypnotized and I can undo the hypnosis. I also know what happened between us in the past.
However, for me now, those past experiences are like watching a TV drama performed by strangers. I don’t know how I will react when those feelings come back, when I truly feel the pain and despair of that time.”
Her expression was complicated, but she understood what he said. What he worried about was also what she worried about!
“Kyla, do you want me to restore it?” Martin asked.
“I…” Kyla hesitated. Once upon a time, she could confidently give an answer, but now she was uncertain.
They want him to recover, but they are also afraid that it will destroy the warm and peaceful life they have worked so hard to build.
Initially, the secret phrase I set for undoing the hypnosis was a sentence that you had to say with your own mouth. I wrote this sentence on a piece of paper and placed it in your bedside table.
If you wanted to undo my hypnosis, all you had to do was say this sentence in front of me. However, if you didn’t want to undo it, then you should never say this sentence to me.
Kyla, listen, there’s a mixed feeling inside.
She had desperately wanted to know the secret words to hypnotism, but never succeeded.
But now, he was planning to simply put it in her bedside table.
He left the decision up to her, and she had to decide whether to release herself from the hypnosis or not.
Martin opened his arms and embraced Kyla, “Kyla, whatever decision you make, I will accept it. But if in the future… if I really have conflicts with you because of the hypnotism and the past feelings, please don’t give up on me, because the fact that I love you has never changed.”
“Okay, I understand,” Kyla hugged Martin back.
Yes, he had always loved her, from the past to the present, and she believed that he would continue to love her in the future.
If only they had more trust in each other in the beginning, maybe they could have avoided some of the obstacles.
Perhaps they could have been very happy… very happy…
These days, Brian has been staying at Valda’s apartment. Although Valda has repeatedly expressed her desire for him to return to his own villa, Brian still remains in her apartment.
And when the old Mr. Hart and the old Mrs. Hart found out that Valda had returned, they came to visit her and brought along a large amount of supplements.
Regarding Valda’s limp, the elderly couple didn’t say anything. Instead, they asked Brian to stay in the apartment and take care of
Valda.