Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Grace asked Valda, “How are you feeling now?”
“Other than a bit more morning sickness, everything else is fine,” said Valda.
“How long have you been pregnant? Morning sickness usually decreases gradually after three months,” asked Amber.
“It’s been ten weeks,” said Valda.
“Sometimes, I feel like pregnancy is quite difficult to endure, but at other times, it’s just a blink of an eye,” said Amber.
When Kyla heard this, she seemed to have thought of something and turned to look at Amber. Then she gently patted her shoulder and said, “It’s all in the past now, and your relationship with Simon is also very good.”
“Uh, it’s all in the past now,” said Amber.
Grace and Lina, looking at Amber, also had a touch of heartache. This was because when Amber was pregnant, she was in a mental hospital and was even deceived into believing that she had given birth to a stillborn child. If it weren’t for Amber’s kind blood donation to Simon later on, this truth might have been buried forever. Fortunately, in the end, justice was served for Amber, and the person who framed her received the punishment they deserved.
Valda didn’t know about this, so she looked at them with some confusion, but seeing the sadness on
Amber’s face, she wisely didn’t ask too much. It must not be a happy thing.
“I wonder which lucky baby will be your and Brian’s child. Do you mind if this child has one more godmother?” Amber brought up a new topic.
Valda smiled and said, “Of course not, I would be delighted.”
“Then I want to be a godmother too!” Lina naturally followed suit.
Grace and Kyla exchanged a smile and said, “Don’t forget about us.”
An unborn baby already has a bunch of people making appointments to be its godmother.
On the other side, where Brian is, a few men are discussing pregnancy and its related issues, which is quite different from the godmother appointment on this side.
“Single birth?” Jason asked.
“Yes, a single fetus,” Brian said. “Fortunately, being a single fetus means the risk is much lower.”
Once there are multiple fetuses, the risks that Valda would have to bear would be much greater.
Therefore, he was relieved to find out that it was a single fetus.
“That’s not necessarily true,” Jason said. After all, when Grace was pregnant with their fourth child, she was also carrying only one baby, but the risk was still present.
Martin and Hadwin, who were standing aside, also agreed with Jason’s words and nodded in agreement.
For them, their wife was also a single birth, but she almost didn’t make it off the operating table.
Brian seemed to have realized this too, and his face turned pale.
“Valda’s physical examination seems to be fine, right? She doesn’t have any hidden illnesses, does she?” Martin looked at Brian, who had a pale complexion, and asked.
“No, the results of the physical examination were pretty good,”
said Brian.
“That should reduce the risk significantly,” said Martin.
…. Brian looked at the other person, was this supposed to be comforting?
Hadwin said, “You and Valda, you don’t have any enemies, do you?”
Brian frowned, “Do business competitors count as enemies?”
“Mainly those enemies in the emotional aspect, such as unrequited love, like the arranged marriage partner your family chose for you, or your ex-girlfriend,” said Hadwin. “You need to be careful of these people and watch out for their actions.”
In the beginning, he was targeted by his “ex-girlfriend” and almost lost Lina because of her actions.
Before Brian could even say the word “no”, Jason spoke up, “I remember you having quite a few ex-
girlfriends, right?”
Brian furrowed his brow and glared at Jason. This was a matter from many years ago when he had been searching for the little girl who had saved him when he was a child. He had been relying on his memory to constantly search for a replacement.
He will engage with someone as long as they have some features that resemble the appearance of a little girl he remembers from his memory.
However, the more he engaged in such relationships, the more it intensified his emptiness. Until one day, he met Grace.
“It seems so, you’ve had quite a few ex-girlfriends,” Hadwin said, as if recalling the past. “Back then, I was the only one, but Lina was poisoned during childbirth. If you had that many, maybe you should start investigating and taking precautions now, so you don’t end up being targeted again.”
Brian’s thin lips were tightly pursed. These ex-girlfriends were from so many years ago that he had almost forgotten what they looked like.
Now, with Jason bringing it up like this, his heart began to feel uneasy again.
In the evening, after everyone had left, Valda looked at Brian’s silent face and asked, “What did you guys talk about? You look so serious now.”
Brian looked at Valda and pursed his lips before speaking after a while. “They asked me to pay attention to certain. things to prevent any accidents from happening in the future.”
“Unexpected?” Valda paused for a moment.
“I’m afraid you might encounter some danger when giving birth.”
Valda just realized that, come to think of it, it seems like Grace, Lina, and Kyla all had difficult childbirths.
“I’m fine,” Valda said. “The doctor said my test results were all good, and the baby’s measurements are also good. Anyway, if the baby’s position is really bad or if it’s too big, we can always have a C-section.”
In her opinion, the risk of giving birth to this child was actually quite small. Furthermore, he had arranged for an experienced medical team, so even if there were some dangerous situations, she believed that those experienced medical professionals would be able to save her.
“It’s not just that,” said Brian.
Valda blinked her eyes, “So what now?”
He hesitated, with a hint of struggle in his eyes.
“What’s wrong? If you have something to say, just say it. Is there anything we can’t talk about between us?” Valda said.
Brian said, “So… after you hear this, please don’t get angry, okay? You’re pregnant now, so even if you want to be angry or scold me, please wait until the child is born to do so, okay?”
As soon as he spoke, Valda’s expression became serious and focused. Could it be that there was really something important going on?
“Okay,” she responded.
Brian took hold of Valda’s hand and held it in his palm.
Valda looked at the other person with a slight surprise, and only then did she realize that he was holding her hand and that his hand was actually quite cold at the moment.
After thinking for a moment, Valda raised her other hand and reached back to grab Brian’s hand. “Go ahead and tell me,
I’m listening. No matter what it is, I won’t get angry.”
“I… when I was a child, I met Grace. Grace saved my life. As I grew up, I have been searching for Grace,” he said.
Valda’s eyes flickered, she already knew all of this.
Does what he’s about to say next have to do with Grace?
ous Wife is an Ex-Convict!
“I searched for Grace for many years, but couldn’t find her. So
I found a replacement. As long as the woman resembled the image of the little girl I remembered Grace might have grown up to be, I would date her,” he said.
Valda blinked and asked if you are dating your stand.
“How many women have you been in a relationship with?” she asked in a trembling voice.
“I can’t remember.” He said, “During that time, I changed girlfriends frequently. Sometimes, if it was fast enough, I could change girlfriends in just one or two months.”
As he spoke, he gave a bitter smile. “Wasn’t I ridiculous back.
then?”
His bitter smile made her heart ache. She took his hand and gently kissed it.
His body trembled, and she heard her say, “That’s because you really wanted to find Grace at that time.” He must have been desperate, otherwise, why would a man like him look for a substitute to have more fantasies?
“Valda, you…” Brian started to say something, but didn’t finish.
Valda seemed to have guessed his thoughts and said, “You want to ask if I blame you?”
He answered softly, and it seemed that she was getting to know him better. There were things he didn’t say, but she could guess them all.
“I don’t blame you.” She said, “That was something that happened in the past. There’s nothing to blame. I didn’t participate in your past life, but in the future, I won’t miss it. I’II always be by your side.”
Her gentle voice made a big stone in his heart gradually fall.
Brian suddenly hugged Valda. “Valda, if possible, I really hope to erase all those ridiculous things so that I can meet you with a better version of myself!”
“But for me, you’re already great, Brian,” Valda said. “I also have a past, and no one can guarantee that their past is always good. As long as we can have a good future, that’s all that matters, right?”
He held her tighter for a moment. If it weren’t for her being pregnant, he might have taken her to the bedroom right then and there.
“Valda, from now on, I want us to be good every day,” said
Brian.
“Uh-huh.” Valda raised her hands and hugged the other person back. “But why did you bring up your ex-girlfriends when we were talking about the child?”
She feels a bit strange.
Brian then talked about what happened during Lina’s childbirth.
Valda also knew about the danger during Lina’s childbirth. “So, do they think that your ex-girlfriends might harm me during that time?”
“Although the possibility is very slim, after all these years, I haven’t seen those people appear in front of me. But still, I need to make some preparations,” said Brian.
“Ready?” she wondered.
“Don’t worry, I won’t let anything unexpected happen to you and the child,” he said, lowering his head and placing a kiss on her forehead.
She sweetly smiled and said, “I am very relieved, Brian. I am not afraid of anything because I know you will make sure I am safe and sound!”
Over the next few days, Brian began investigating the current information of his ex-girlfriends. Despite the passage of time, he was able to uncover all the information he needed if he really wanted to.