Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Veronica and Mason are in a cold war. Since Mason destroyed that ointment, Veronica hasn’t spoken to him.
And Mason, unusually, hasn’t actively sought reconciliation.
The two of them are just cold to each other.
However, the Barlow family members have keenly sensed this.
When Archer had a chance, he said to Veronica, “What’s going on between you and Mason? I warn you, if you make Mason angry and leave the Barlow family, I won’t spare you!”
“And then? Are you going to slap me like last time?” Veronica retorted.
Archer paused for a moment and then said, “Anyway, you need to quickly appease Mason for me!”
When Veronica heard the word “interfere”, she felt a bitter taste in her mouth. “Mason is my brother, and I will handle things between us on my own. I don’t need you to ‘guide’ me,
Dad.”
“You… Have your wings grown stronger? Do you think that leaving the Reed family makes you something special? Have you ever thought about why you can live in such a house, have luxury cars to pick you up, teachers who treat you well at school, and people calling you Miss He with respect?” Archer said unkindly.
Even if her father didn’t say it, Veronica knew very well why.
“Dad, have you ever considered the fact that Mason is the second son of the Reed family while you’re using him?”
Veronica asked.
“What do you mean?” Archer stared at his daughter.
“The second son of the Reed family is staying with the Barlow family and being used by them. Are you really so easily fooled, Mason, or is the Reed family just easy to manipulate?” Veronica mocked, “Dad, the Barlow family has had their good days, and now you should be thinking about how to use the resources you have to become self-sufficient, instead of trying to keep Mason at the Barlow family forever! Did you really think the people of the Reed family were so easily controlled?”
Veronica’s every word at this moment is a great irony to Archer. “As long as you treat Mason well, how could Mason leave the Barlow family? He is so attached to you, as long as you are in the Barlow family, he won’t leave!”
Veronica said, “That was when we were kids, Dad. Mason and
I are growing up, we can’t stay the same as we were back then forever.”
In short, you are not allowed to have any conflicts with Mason. If you do something that upsets him, you must apologize to him immediately. If Mason decides to leave the Barlow family, don’t blame me for disowning you as my daughter! Archer threatened firmly.
During dinner time, Archer took the initiative to say to Mason,
“Mason, Veronica wants to apologize to you. If she did something wrona, please don’t blame her!” Then he turned to
Mason? Hurry up and apologize!”
Veronica looked at her father and understood his intention. He planned to force her to apologize by driving the ducks onto the shelf.
But…
Veronica kept her lips tightly sealed and didn’t utter a word.
At this moment, stepmother Rosalind also said, “Hey, Veronica must be feeling embarrassed. We are all family, what’s wrong with apologizing?”
Meanwhile, the youngest son of the Barlow family, Lionel, was looking at his sister Veronica and then at Mason, his eyes darting around as if he was thinking about something.
Veronica looked at her father and stepmother who kept urging her and said, “Whether or not I should apologize is my own decision, not my father’s decision to make. Besides, I don’t think I have anything to apologize for!”
“You…,” the three words “dead girl” got stuck in Archer’s throat.
“I’m full, so I’ll go back to my room first,” said Veronica, getting up and walking towards her room.
Archer and Rosalind looked at each other in confusion, and quickly started saying all sorts of nice things to Mason, afraid he might get angry.
Mason’s gaze was fixed on Veronica’s back as she walked into the room. He only looked away when she disappeared inside.
He then lowered his eyes and ate his dinner mechanically, one bite at a time.
Lionel’s eyes sparkled as he witnessed this scene.
In the middle of the night, Veronica couldn’t sleep, so she got up and decided to come to the living room to pour herself a glass of water. However, when she opened the door, she found Mason sitting by her room’s doorway.
She was taken aback and asked, “What are you doing here?”
This sentence is the first one she said to him in the past few days.
“I can’t fall asleep,” he said.
“I can’t sleep, so you’re waiting outside my room? It’s already. late, you should go back to your room,”
she said, walking out of the room and heading to the water dispenser in the living room.
He followed behind her.
“Are you still angry with me?” His voice suddenly sounded cold.
cback angry – or rather, scared. It was fear of
Because they grew up, even though she always treated him.
like a younger brother, he was not one. He was the second son of the Reed family, and should have been a prominent figure.
If he wanted to, he could easily destroy the things she cares about, and she is powerless to stop him.
Just like that ointment!
At this moment, as Veronica looked at Mason in front of her, she suddenly felt a heavy feeling in her heart.
Moonlight shines through the window and onto his handsome face. He doesn’t show any expression, but the way he looks at her makes her feel like a pitiful puppy, gazing at its owner with pleading eyes.
Oh my goodness, what is she thinking! Veronica quickly shook her head. Anyway, Mason wouldn’t be an abandoned puppy, and she certainly wasn’t his owner.
“I’m not angry,” said Veronica, she just didn’t know how to face him.
She finished speaking, poured a glass of water from the water dispenser, and after drinking it, she said to him, “It’s already very late now, you should go to bed early and stop squatting outside my room.”
After speaking, she walked back to her room, but Grace followed closely behind her all the way to the door of her room.
turned around and looked at Mason with a hint of
I feel like even if she closes the door, he will still continue to squat outside her room.
She sighed and asked, “What exactly do you still want to do?”
“Can I apologize?” he murmured softly.
She was taken aback, clearly not expecting to hear such words from his mouth, “You want…an apology?”
“If I apologize, can we go back to how things were before? Will you still talk to me every day like you used to?”
These days, she’s not talking to him, which makes him feel like every minute and every second is becoming particularly unbearable.
Veronica’s heart softened, “Mason, what I want is not your apology. I just hope that you can also respect me, instead of using force just because you don’t like something.”
His eyelashes trembled slightly and the gleam in his eyes flickered. “Okay, I will respect your wishes. From now on, I won’t use forceful methods anymore.”
“Really?” She was surprised that he gave in so easily.
“Yes, really,” Mason said. “So, can we go back to how things were before?”
She looked at him and smiled slightly. “Okay.”
The two of them seemed to have reconciled, “Okay, it’s late.
You should go back to your room and sleep,” she urged him. again.
“Can I sleep in your room tonight?” he asked.
“Huh?” She looked hesitant, after all, they were not children anymore.
“I’m afraid you’ll ignore me again tomorrow morning,” he said.
“I won’t,” she promised.
“Well, then let me stay outside your room, I won’t be able to sleep in my own room anyway,” Mason said.
Veronica hesitated for a moment before finally saying, “Okay…just for tonight. Tomorrow, you need to go back to your own room and sleep.”
“Okay,” Mason agreed readily.
Veronica then let Mason into her room, and the two of them lay on the bed together like they used to when they were kids.
Veronica’s room was not small, and the bed was also a
1.8-meter bed, so even with two people lying on it, it was quite spacious.
But Mason still snuggled up to Veronica, his body slightly curled up.
His body language was like he was trusting her with all his heart, which made her feel a sense of nostalgia and emotion.
Thinking about it, many people change as they grow up, but he is the only one she knows who hasn’t changed.
He still sticks to her like he did when they were kids, and when expressing his emotions, he is still as direct as ever.
She felt that he didn’t respect her when he casually threw away and crushed the ointment Daniel gave her, but from another perspective, wasn’t it also his way of expressing his emotions directly?
In front of her, he never hides his emotions.
And she, who could accept it when they were kids, can’t accept it now, so…actually, she’s the one who has changed!
The next day, when the Archer couple saw Mason coming out of Veronica’s room, they were both very happy, knowing that the two children had made up.
Apart from that, they don’t care about anything else. If Mason really did something beyond the boundaries of siblinghood. with Veronica, they would probably be even happier and feel that the Barlow family and the Reed family are inseparable.
After learning about Mason and Veronica’s reconciliation, Lionel’s eyes darted around and a mischievous smile appeared on his face. He secretly approached Mason and whispered, “Bro, my method worked, didn’t it? Actually, my sister is the type who responds better to kindness than toughness. As long as you’re willing to be gentle with her, she’ll definitely let go of any grudges.”
Mason looked at Lionel with his dark eyes, but didn’t say anything. Lionel, on the other hand, felt a bit uneasy under
Mason’s gaze.
“Bro, why are you looking at me like that?” Lionel timidly asked.
“You are not allowed to repeat what you just said to anyone else. If I hear it from someone else, you may not be able to