Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Valda looked silently at Brian, who was so close to her, and her mind went back to what had happened to her earlier that day.
When she was in despair from the pain, he came and held her in his arms, making her feel incredibly relieved.
No matter when, he was like her spiritual support during her suffering, pulling her out of pain.
However…
Her gaze was fixed on his face, even though he was dozing off, his brow was still furrowed as if carrying too much on his mind.
Was he still worried about her?
Valda was thinking when suddenly Brian’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and then his phoenix eyes slowly opened.
The next moment, she felt as if she was caught in his gaze and couldn’t break free.
“Are you awake? How does your leg feel now? Is it still hurting?” Brian asked anxiously, his face full of concern.
“It doesn’t hurt much now. I’m fine, thank you for saving me today,” Valda said.
“You shouldn’t thank me. You should say why I didn’t protect you!” Brian murmured.
“This is not your concern, Brian. Don’t take the responsibility for everything on yourself,” Valda said. “I don’t like seeing you blame yourself all the time.”
If she really gets together with him, then his self-blame will only increase, won’t it?
At that moment, Brian grabbed Valda’s hand and said, “Valda, I’m not someone who always takes the blame for everything, but for your situation, I will definitely take the blame.”
Because for him, her matters are more important than his own matters!
Valda felt that the hand he was holding was burning hot.
She used to envy holding hands with her beloved and growing old together.
But now, she…
Valda twisted her wrist and pulled her hand out of Brian’s fingers.
“I…I’m a bit hungry and I want to order some takeout. Do you want to eat with me? But I’m not sure if they deliver to the hospital at this late hour.”
“If you want to eat, you will definitely be able to eat,” Brian said confidently. “What do you want to eat?
Let me help you get it.”
So, after half an hour, a light and suitable dinner for patients was placed on the small table next to Valda’s bed.
Valda was eating and then looked at Brian beside her, “Aren’t you going to eat?”
“I’m not too hungry, you go ahead and eat,” he said. It seemed that just watching her eat now gave him an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
“Would you like to try one?” she said.
His eyes flickered slightly, “Okay.” Saying that, he leaned over, brought his face close to her hand, and slightly parted his lips.
She was taken aback by his posture. Could it be that he wanted her to… feed him?!
“What, don’t you want me to have a taste?” he said.
“Or, would you like to pick it up yourself?” she said.
“Just have a shrimp dumpling, no need to bring out another pair of fork,” he said.
“She suddenly didn’t know what to say, so she could only pick up a shrimp dumpling with her fork and put it to her lips.”
He took a bite of the shrimp dumpling, but held her hand that was holding the fork. It was as if they were holding the fork together, feeding him the entire shrimp dumpling one bite at a time.
During the process of eating the shrimp dumpling, his pair of phoenix eyes stared straight at her.
When they finished the shrimp dumpling, Valda’s face turned red.
“It really is delicious,” Brian whispered, licking his lips with his tongue, his phoenix eyes showing a strange look.
Valda’s face turned even redder, his gaze seemed to be filled with desire.
“I…I’m full, I want to sleep a little more,” she said, putting down her utensils, wiping her lips with a tissue, and then lying back on the bed, closing her eyes.
If she continued to look at him, she was afraid that her determination would waver, and she would want to be with him.
Her recent injury had actually made her see reality more clearly.
For her, a person with a disabled leg, things that seemed simple to others were no longer simple.
When others saw her limping, they would look at her with strange eyes.
And those mocking, those contemptuous… How could she let
Brian bear it with her?!
He was so good, so perfect, she didn’t want him to become the subject of criticism because of her!
At this moment, even if she closes her eyes, she can feel his gaze as if it’s always fixed on her face, so intense.
She didn’t know how long had passed when she heard a faint sigh.
Is he sighing… because of her?
Valda suddenly felt a strange sourness in her heart.
And how could Brian not see that the person in front of him was pretending to be asleep?
Her eyelashes were trembling lightly, revealing her current nervousness. ?
Just since she doesn’t want to face him, he also doesn’t want to expose her avoidance.
“Valda, do you know? On the day of the accident, when I saw you fall into the water, I completely broke down. In that moment, everything in front of me felt dark and colorless, as if the world had lost its vibrancy.”
He sat by her bedside and gently spoke, saying all the things he wanted to say to her.
“At that moment, I finally realized that I had fallen in love with you.”
As he spoke, he lifted his hand and gently stroked her slightly messy hair. Then, he gently took her right hand and placed his lips on the back of her hand. “My obsession with Grace has lasted for years.
It’s a deep obsession, and the pain is also deep. I thought I could never get out of that abyss of pain in my life, but… it was you who reached out your hand. It was you who repeatedly told me that you would try to make me fall in love with you. And then, unconsciously, my pain seemed to decrease and my happiness increased. And all of this was given to me by you.”
Grace still had her eyes closed, but her body seemed to have become even stiffer, and her eyelashes trembled a few times.
But at that time, I was too foolish, too foolish to realize that
I had already fallen in love with you. I thought… it was just a simple liking. But it wasn’t until the moment I lost you, when the overwhelming pain swept over my entire body, that I realized the fact that I had already fallen in love with you.
“Valda, will you blame me? Will you think I’m too foolish, foolish enough to love without realizing it?” His voice continued to softly echo in the hospital room. “You said that when I told you I loved you, it was only out of pity, sympathy, and a sense of duty… If that’s really the case, then I wouldn’t be in so much pain.”
“Do you know? Even when I thought you were dead, I saw Jasmine and wanted to strangle her, to strangle the child you risked your life to save. Wasn’t I despicable? To direct all my anger and desire for release onto a child. If Jason hadn’t stopped me at the time, I would have made a huge mistake.”
His lips kissed her hand so deeply and tenderly, “Valda, I love you, truly love you so much, so…please, please don’t abandon me, okay? If you abandon me again, I will be struggling in pain, and this time, no one will be able to pull me out!”
As he finished speaking, Valda felt something wet dripping the back of her hand.
Gradually, her hand back was becoming more and more wet.
Is that… his tears?!
Brian… cried?!
Her eyelashes trembled, and at this moment, her pillow was also soaked.
The next day, Valda woke up and Brian was still in her hospital room.
But both of them tacitly didn’t mention what happened after she pretended to sleep last night, as if she had never pretended to sleep and he had never said those words.
He gently helped her to the bathroom to wash up, prepared meals for her, and almost acted as a substitute for crutches when she wanted to get out of bed and walk a few steps.
When Camille entered the hospital room, she saw Brian lying on the sofa, and Valda was lying on top of him, with both hands still propped up on his chest.
From the look of it, it was as if Valda had pushed Brian down and was about to do something unspeakable to him.
Are you kidding me? She just mentioned the handsome guy plan, and Brian already put it into action so quickly? That’s way too efficient.
Camille muttered to herself in her mind, then made a face at the two people in the hospital room. “I know I’m not coming at the right time, but I promise to disappear right away. You can completely ignore me and continue… um, continue…”
She spoke and took a step back, intending to close the half-opened door.
“Wait!” Valda quickly shouted, “Camille, don’t go, it’s not what you think! I… I just lost my balance and accidentally bumped into
Brian too.”
Camille suddenly stopped in her tracks and pushed the door open. She looked regretful and said, “Oh,
I see. I thought you two were alone together, like a match made in heaven.”
Valda looked embarrassed, wondering what on earth Camille was thinking. “No, there’s nothing like what you’re imagining!”
“That’s quite a pity! If it were someone else, they would have been attacked by the vicious sheep a long time ago.”
Valda was at a loss for words and didn’t know how to respond.
Brian broke the awkward silence by standing up and saying, “Alright, you guys talk. I’m going to step out and make a phone we call.” After speaking, she got up and left the hospital room.
There were only Camille and Valda left in the hospital room all of a sudden.
Camille looked at Valda with a sly expression, “Did nothing really happen between you and him last night?”
“Of course…not…” Valda replied, but her answer seemed a bit guilty, and she couldn’t forget the words Brian said to her while she pretended to be asleep last night…
Each word was like a brand on her mind, unforgettable.
“From the looks of it, it doesn’t seem like nothing happened,”
Camille muttered.
Valda bit her lip and gathered her courage to ask, “Can you tell me what Brian was like when I disappeared?”