Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Lina trembled and said, “Let’s just forget I said anything.”
Amber watched this scene and stood up, walked to the side to get a glass of champagne, and started drinking it on her own. Kyla walked over to her and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“It’s nothing, I just thought of Herman,” Amber whispered.
Kyla was taken aback, then realized that Herman was also Amber’s childhood sweetheart, but now they were worlds apart.
“Are you planning to be alone for the rest of your life?” Kyla asked.
“I think so,” Amber replied. “After experiencing that kind of love, how can I love someone else again?”
Kyla also sighed. After experiencing such a tragic love, what kind of love could enter their hearts again?
“What about George? Do you really have no feelings left for him?”
Kyla asked.
Amber gave a bitter smile. “If there are any feelings left, it’s probably just disgust. Disgust that I once loved someone like him.”
Hearing this, Kyla knew that George really had no chance.
“Kyla, there’s no possibility between George and me anymore. I envy the warmth between you and
Martin, so you should cherish it,” sighed Amber. “Relationships need to be maintained. In this world, no relationship is taken for granted.”
Upon hearing this, Kyla couldn’t help but look up in Martin’s direction, and their gazes met directly.
He was also looking at her!
His gaze, in an instant, made her feel bewildered.
These days, they share the same bed, and to others it may seem warm and peaceful, but only she knows the distance between them.
His past relationship with her, Grace, was under hypnosis and she has not yet been released from it.
And now, she didn’t ask about what kind of feelings he had towards her.
Asking too many questions may ultimately only cause unnecessary worry.
Kyla instinctively avoided Martin’s gaze and smiled at Amber, “I’ll have a drink with you.”
On the other side, Brian patted Martin’s shoulder and said, “Do you know what your expression just now looked like?”
“What?” said Martin.
“Students who are filling out their college applications are unsure of what the best choices are,” said
Brian. “Did something happen between you and Kyla?”
“There was nothing, absolutely nothing happened, it was very calm,” said Martin.
Because of this calmness, it makes him even more anxious.
Sometimes, the more peaceful things are, the more it can make a person feel uneasy.
“So why are you still showing such a conflicted expression? Are you not getting along well now?” Brian asked.
“No, we get along very well,” Martin replied calmly and warmly.
His relationship with Nelson was also improving, and sometimes he felt that this was the life he wanted.
However…deep down inside, Grace has a growing sense of unease.
It’s because of the unresolved emotions from the past.
The hypnotized emotions are still there.
Although the hypnosis has not been lifted yet, he can’t help but think that if one day the hypnosis is accidentally lifted, the emotions that were accumulated before will be restored.
Once, he refused to break the hypnosis and restore those emotions because he was afraid of falling in love with her again.
But now, he is unwilling to break the hypnosis because he is afraid that if those emotions truly resurface, he will hate her.
Even though he remembers every single thing that happened between them, that feeling has been hypnotized and he feels like an observer watching a movie, rather than truly immersing himself in the plot.
And once the hypnosis is lifted and he truly becomes the character in the play, how will his emotions be affected?
Will he hate Kyla more or love her more?
Will there still be such calm and warmth between them in the future?
“Since we get along well, are you not satisfied?” Brian asked.
“Not satisfied?” Martin sighed softly, “It’s not so much about being unsatisfied as it is about being too satisfied, which is why there’s a fear of losing it.”
This statement made Brian feel a sense of sorrow, as he could relate to it. After all, he had experienced the same thing. Because he had lost Valda before, even if she returned to him now, sometimes he and Grace would feel scared, and he would even wake up in the middle of the night from a bad dream.
And at that time, only holding her could calm the unease in his heart.
“If you’re afraid of losing, then try your best not to lose,” said
Brian. “Everything I’m doing now is to avoid losing Valda again, because the days without her were too painful.”
Martin pursed his thin lips, don’t you want to keep it?
But the instructions he gave under hypnosis for contact hypnosis were… As he thought about this, his heart couldn’t help but beat strongly again.
The party is still going on with a few women who have been.
drinking. Some, like Amber, are not yet drunk, while others, like
Lina, are on the verge of losing control and publicly stripping
Hadwin.
“I’m telling you guys… *hiccup* my husband has a really great physique…” Lina said while burping and praising her husband. She kept grabbing at Hadwin’s clothes with her hands, “Especially his abs, they look so good. Every time I see them, I drool…”
Hadwin looked helpless. Some people just insist on drinking even though they know they can’t handle it
– like his wife!
And after getting drunk, their alcohol tolerance isn’t very good either!
“Don’t stop me… It’s better to have fun together than alone,” Lina shouted.
“Zhong Le Le? Who does she want to have fun with?!” Hadwin rolled his eyes at Lina, but she remained oblivious.
“Lina got drunk, so I took her back first,” said Hadwin.
Valda quickly responded, “Be careful on your way.”
Lina continued, “Valda, next time you come to my house, I’ll show you the collection of handsome guys posters I have. They are my hidden treasures that I haven’t even shown Tingxin.”
Hadwin was speechless. Now, not only did he know about her secret treasure, but also everyone present at the scene knew about it!
He will go back and search for her hidden treasures, to see whose posters she has collected.
“By the way… Valda, Kyla, Grace… Next time Valda gets married, we should have a few guys dance together in a group performance. It will definitely be a lot of fun. I’ll go back and see if I can find a suitable dance track.”
Lina kept talking about it, and the other men were getting a headache from listening. If they were asked to do a group dance, it would be unimaginably difficult!
So a few men gave Hadwin a look and urged him to quickly take his wife and leave.
Hadwin didn’t plan to stay any longer, “Alright, Lina, let’s go…”
“Okay…let’s go, let’s go…” Lina muttered, then turned back to Camille and said, “Camille, I’ll see if there’s a suitable match for you. I’ll help you find someone.”
Camille quickly thanked her and checked the time. She then said to Valda, “Valda, I’m going to leave now.”
“Okay,” Valda replied.
Then, one by one, the others left with their children. Amber was the last to leave, as her apartment was upstairs.
As Simon and Valda said goodbye, Simon curiously looked at
Brian and asked, “Uncle Brian, will you really dance a group dance with Auntie Valda when you get married?”
Simon was still very interested in this group dance.
Brian’s expression changed slightly, and he gave the little guy two words, “No, but if you want to see a group dance performance, I can find professional dancers to perform.”
Simon looked disappointed and said, “But I still want to see you dance, Uncle Brian.”
“…” “Brian was speechless.
The two of them, one big and one small, stared at each other.
“Okay, let’s go back now,” said Amber as she held her son’s hand and left.
Valda glanced at Brian beside her and asked, “Are you really not planning to dance?”
Brian raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, “So, do you really want to see me dance?”
“I do want to,” she nodded honestly. “I haven’t seen you dance before, so I wonder what it would be like when you dance.”
Her face showed some curiosity, and at this moment, she was slightly tipsy due to the drinks she had earlier.
She raised her hands and stood on her tiptoes, wrapping her arms around Brian’s neck. “Brian, can you dance for me? I really want to see you dance.”
The vague voice, accompanied by the coquettish tone, made him feel a bit helpless.
“I’m not really good at dancing,” he said with a hint of embarrassment.
“That’s okay, I’m not good at it either! If… at our wedding, you don’t want to dance, how about you show me now? Just dance for me alone, okay?” She murmured, continuing to act coquettish.
Upon hearing this, Brian looked at the face that was so close to him.
Her cheeks were slightly flushed, and in her round eyes, there was a hint of confusion, as if there were some twinkling stars, which fascinated him.
She made him unable to resist agreeing to all her requests, even if some of them made him feel embarrassed.