Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“Well…” he started to say, but his phone suddenly rang.
Brian picked up his phone and answered the call. After a moment, he furrowed his brow slightly and said, “Okay, I’ll see how things go later.” With that, he ended the call.
Valda asked suspiciously, “What’s wrong? Do you have something to do now?”
“It’s not just me, it’s us,” he said. “My mom said that some relatives are having dinner at their place today, and one of them expressed interest in meeting you and asked if we could come over.”
Valda was taken aback, is this… about meeting relatives?
“If you don’t want to go, then don’t go,” said Brian. “Anyway, if we don’t meet today, we’ll have plenty of opportunities to meet in the future.”
He doesn’t want to force her, and besides, he’s not in a hurry to meet these relatives.
“Then go ahead,” said Valda. “As you said, if you don’t meet today, you’ll meet in the future. It’s better to meet sooner rather than later.”
“Let’s just meet briefly and have a simple meal, then we can go back to the villa early,” he said, knowing that she didn’t enjoy this kind of socializing.
“Mhmm.” She nodded.
Valda and Brian arrived at the Hart family’s mansion and entered the living room where they saw many people of all ages and genders. They were likely all relatives of the Hart family.
All of their gazes are now fixed on Valda.
“Brian, is this your fiancée Miss Theller?” A middle-aged woman spoke up after a moment.
“Yes, she is my fiancée Valda. Valda, this is my Auntie Sandy,”
Brian introduced.
“Hello Auntie Sandy,” Valda politely smiled and greeted.
The young woman standing next to Auntie Sandy spoke up before Auntie Sandy had a chance to say anything. “Brian, I thought your fiancée would be much prettier, but now that I see her, she looks so ordinary. Your taste is…”
The other person’s words abruptly stopped short, as Brian’s piercing gaze fixed coldly upon her with a glint that seemed capable of freezing her to the core.
Even the surrounding air pressure has decreased significantly.
“Say one more thing, Lexi, and see what happens,” Brian said in a cold tone.
The young woman, who goes by the name of Lexi, immediately blushed and turned pale, stammering and unable to speak.
Auntie Sandy quickly said, “Okay, okay, it was just a slip of the tongue from Lexi. Brian, please don’t take it to heart.”
“Valda is my fiancée, and I don’t want to hear this kind of talk again. If I hear it again, don’t blame me for disregarding family ties,” Brian said, holding Valda’s hand and walking inside.
He was clearly defending Valda, and Auntie Sandy’s face turned ugly. Lexi, her daughter, glared at Valda’s back with anger but didn’t dare to speak up.
The other relatives looked at each other in confusion. After a while, someone said, “Okay, let’s all be mindful of what we say in the future. After all, that woman is Brian’s fiancée and will be the future daughter-in-law of the Hart family!”
“Hmph, she’s just a cripple!” Lexi muttered, “I don’t know what tricks she used to make Brian defend her like this!”
“Enough, you talk too much!” Auntie Sandy scolded her daughter. “Have you forgotten about the news that caused a stir before?
Tracy offended Valda, and as a result, the Barlow family was ruined by Brian. Do you want our family to be the second Barlow family?”
“Mom, how could that happen? We’re relatives with Brian!” Lexi rolled her eyes, obviously not agreeing with her mother. “Anyway, I just don’t like this woman. Many people in our school are talking about how
Brian is going to marry this cripple, and it’s embarrassing for me!”
In the past, she had enjoyed the attention from her classmates because she was Brian’s cousin.
Especially now that she was studying film and television at a prestigious university, majoring in acting, she was even more popular among her classmates.
After all, Brian was a prince in the entertainment industry! As his cousin, her future path to stardom was naturally smooth, and those classmates who flattered her naturally wanted to get some resources from her.
In the past, she had enjoyed this kind of attention from her classmates, which made her feel superior.
Recently, due to the news about Valda and Tracy, many students in school have been discussing it.
Some even approached her and asked if Valda is really going to be her sister-in-law and why the prince would be interested in someone with a limp.
Even some people’s gaze towards her has changed, making her feel like everyone is laughing at her.
As soon as she thought about having to call a crippled sister-in-law in the future, she felt nauseous.
Especially this crippled person, who was not particularly attractive and also an orphan, made her feel as if she was being humiliated!
“Okay, okay, don’t say these things in front of your brother Brian anymore. Be careful, he might really get angry!” Auntie Sandy reminded her daughter.
Lexi reluctantly kept her mouth shut and didn’t say anything more.
This paragraph is like a short interlude, and it has passed for now.
Before dinner, the elderly Mr. and Mrs. Hart formally introduced
Valda to the relatives who had come to their home today. In their words, they seemed to already consider Valda as their future daughter-in-law!
The attitude of the old Mr. and Mrs. Hart made it clear to the relatives that Valda’s position in the Hart family was secure. Her limp and family background would not subject her to any mistreatment.
As a result, Valda’s relatives became more enthusiastic towards her, and some even voluntarily gave her gifts, including expensive ones, which made Valda feel a bit overwhelmed.
“Since it’s their goodwill, you should accept it,” Brian said.
Valda then accepted the gifts.
Lexi felt even more uncomfortable seeing Valda accept the gifts. How could a cripple become Brian’s wife?
After dinner, Lexi deliberately walked up to Valda and said with a smile, “Valda, I read online that the reason you disappeared was because you saved Grace’s child. You have a big heart. Most people wouldn’t be able to do that.”
“It’s nothing,” Valda said. Even though the other person was smiling, she could still sense the contempt and unfriendliness in their bones.
But since this person was a relative of the Hart family, Valda naturally had to give them some face.
“But what you did will bring you good karma. Grace is the person
Brian has been thinking about for many years. By saving Grace’s child, Brian naturally has a better impression of you and will want to repay you. You know, there were so many women around Brian before, but he never said he would marry anyone!” Lexi continued to smile.
On the surface, it seemed like Lexi was praising Valda’s actions, but in reality, she was implying that Brian only married Valda out of gratitude and that Grace was the one in Brian’s heart.
Valda narrowed her eyes slightly. Indeed, Lexi had ulterior motives.
“Is that so?” she replied calmly.
“I think that’s how it is. You’re really lucky, even though you had a tough time during the year you were missing, at least you were able to marry into the Hart family! You’ll have a good life from now on. It was also good timing that you stumbled upon this situation and made the right choice,” said Lexi.
Valda stared straight at Lexi, and her gaze made Lexi feel a bit uneasy, as if Valda had already seen through all of her thoughts.
“Valda, why are you looking at me like that?” said Lexi.
“It’s nothing. I understand what you want to say, so you don’t have to continue talking,” said Valda, wanting to end the boring conversation.
However, her words seemed to have provoked Lexi instead, especially with Valda’s indifferent expression, which made Lexi feel like a clown jumping around.
“Valda, you’re not right about this. I was just trying to compliment you for saving a child’s life and changing your own destiny. Why do you seem to think I said something wrong? Do you know how much Brian cares for Grace? If you hadn’t saved her child, how could Brian have possibly…”
“What will happen?” A cold voice suddenly sounded beside the two of them. Lexi shuddered and turned around abruptly, only to see that Brian had somehow walked up to them.
At this moment, Valda’s gaze also turned towards Brian, looking at his handsome face covered in frost, and his phoenix eyes were already filled with coldness.
He is angry!
She immediately realized it!
It seems that Lexi’s words just now made him angry!
Right now, it was a gathering of the Hart family relatives. Valda didn’t want there to be any distance between Brian and his relatives because of her. So she quickly stood up and walked briskly to Brian’s side. She softly said, “I didn’t take her words to heart, don’t worry!”
Brian held Valda’s hand tightly and said to Lexi, “Get lost!”
As soon as Brian uttered these words, everyone was stunned.
Lexi, in particular, looked at Brian with disbelief and asked, “Brian, what did you just say?”
“I want you to leave, and never step foot in here again!” Brian said coldly.
Lexi’s face turned red instantly, and Auntie Sandy hurried over, asking “What happened? Is everything okay?”
“Mom, I just had a chat with Brian’s fiancée, and then Brian told me to leave. I didn’t do anything to his fiancée, and I was actually complimenting her the whole time.”
Lexi looked extremely wronged and appeared very aggrieved.
Auntie Sandy quickly comforted her daughter and then turned to Brian, asking, “Brian, what’s going on? Did you misunderstand something, or did someone spread rumors to you?”
When Auntie Sandy said this, she looked towards Valda, indicating that she thought Valda was the one who was gossiping and said something that caused
Brian to misunderstand.
“No one talks nonsense to me, and I haven’t misunderstood anything. Auntie Sandy, you better take your daughter and leave now, or I will have someone throw her out directly!”
Brian’s words can be said to have shown no mercy towards Auntie
Sandy’s family.
Auntie Sandy immediately looked embarrassed and said, “Everyone…we’re all relatives, it shouldn’t be like this.” She then looked at Valda and spoke with a hint of reproach, “Miss Theller, if this is all because of something you said, don’t you think you should speak up? What did you say that made
Brian so angry with our Lexi?”
The dirty water splashed onto Valda all at once.
Valda pursed her lips, feeling displeased, but still wanted to smooth things over since the other party was Brian’s Auntie Sandy.
But before she could speak, Brian spoke up first and said, “Auntie Sandy, Valda didn’t say anything. I heard it all myself! You should ask your daughter first about what she and Valda said and what their intentions were before jumping to conclusions about who started this whole thing.”
At that moment, the elderly Mr. Hart and Mrs. Hart also walked over. “What’s going on? What happened?” they asked.
“Dad, Mom,” Brian turned to his parents, “You know how important Valda is to me. If anyone tries to ruin the relationship between me and Valda, they will be crossing a line and I won’t let it go.”
Upon hearing this, the elderly Mr. and Mrs. Hart glanced at their son’s serious expression and then at Auntie Sandy and Lexi standing nearby. They understood to some extent what might happen.
After all, before Brian arrived, some of Lexi’s words were filled with disdain towards Valda.