Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
She wanted to see him one more time, to ask him if he could really forget the feelings they once had together, or if he even wanted to try to find them again.
Veronica ran all the way to the director’s office and pushed the door open.
The sound of the door opening startled the people inside, and all eyes turned towards her.
Among them was Mason.
Veronica gasped for breath as she looked at Mason, who was sitting in a chair not far away, holding a pen in his hand and a document in front of him.
Veronica hurried over and saw that the document was a transfer notice.
“You’re transferring?” she asked Mason.
At the moment, no one around was stopping Veronica, probably because everyone knew about her relationship with
Mason.
“I’m transferring schools,” Mason said calmly.
“Why?” she asked.
He lifted his eyelashes and looked at her. “No reason, just don’t see the point.”
She felt a sudden pang of realization. He had only attended this high school because of her. If it weren’t for her, he could have gone to a better one.
And now, since he no longer has feelings for her, is there no need for him to stay here anymore?
As soon as Veronica thought about these things, she felt a strong tightness in her chest.
She suddenly grabbed Mason’s wrist and exclaimed, “I need to talk to you!”
He didn’t resist and let her pull him towards the office without any protest.
Leaving the office, Veronica didn’t stop walking but continued.
forward.
She was in front, and he was behind. As she walked, she could feel his gaze fixed on her, making her uncomfortable.
Suddenly, he spoke up, “Where are you taking me? If we keep going, we’ll be off campus.”
Veronica’s steps came to a sudden halt.
She turned around and looked at Mason. “Do you really have to transfer? Even if…even if you say you’ve forgotten all our feelings, you can still finish high school here!”
“I already said it earlier, there’s no need,” he said calmly.
“Is there really no need? Or…do you hate me?” she suddenly asked.
His gaze fixed on her, and after a moment, his lips slowly parted. “It’s hate.”
Her body stiffened, and her face turned incredibly pale.
Even though she had asked the question herself, hearing his answer still caused a sharp pain in her heart.
Even though she had asked the question herself, when she heard his answer, her heart still ached terribly.
All the things she had wanted to say were now stuck in her throat, and she couldn’t utter a single word.
“Can you let go of my hand now?” His voice rose.
Only then did she realize that she had been gripping his wrist tightly.
Taking a deep breath, she asked, “One last question, what was Mason thinking in the moment he was being hypnotized?”
His gaze flickered slightly. She had asked about Mason, not
Mason!
The two of them locked eyes.
After a while, he spoke, “I was thinking that from now on, I can finally stop liking you. I won’t feel like
I’ve lost everything in life. because of your rejection.”
Veronica’s body trembled, and her fingers slowly loosened.
It turned out that her rejection had weighed so heavily on him.
Did she make a mistake? She had always been wrong in thinking that Mason’s rejection of Daniel meant that he wanted to be her boyfriend instead of her brother, like a child’s attachment to a toy.
But she forgot to consider that he was no longer a child and his feelings for her could change.
She never thought that he really liked her in a romantic way, so it’s only natural that he doesn’t want to be with her anymore and chooses to leave.
“Mason, I’m sorry,” she whispered, finally letting go of his wrist.
Her gaze fell on his face, as if she wanted to see him clearly and remember him forever. “And I hope you never feel like you’ve lost your whole life again.”
From now on, they will truly become strangers!
Time passes by faster than we imagine, and Mason’s transfer marks the official end of their relationship. Gradually, their classmates also realized what had happened and began to mock Veronica, calling her an ugly duckling who had returned to her original form.
The Barlow family’s business has become even more difficult.
Archer has repeatedly asked Veronica to reconcile with Mason, otherwise there won’t be anyone willing to do business with the Barlow family like before, which is almost like giving them money.
Veronica responded to her father’s request with a simple statement, “Dad, Mason and I won’t reconcile.
Even if I try to reach out to him again, it won’t make any difference.”
“What’s wrong? Don’t you want to drink?” She asked, with a hint of anxiety in her eyes.
“No rush,” he replied, not really interested in the milk tea.
“If you don’t like this flavor, I can get you something else,” she became even more anxious, after all, her goal today was to get him to drink from the straw!
If he didn’t drink it, how was she going to get the straw?
Her anxiety made him a little curious, “Do you really want me to drink the milk tea?”
As Archer watched Veronica refuse to take action, he had no choice but to go to the Reed family himself. However, he hit a snag when dealing with them, which made Archer even more embarrassed.
Veronica’s situation at school was also becoming increasingly embarrassing.
People often made fun of her and even strangers would point and whisper as she walked through the halls.
One afternoon, while she was carrying her lunch tray to an empty table, someone stuck their foot out and tripped her.
Her food spilled all over the floor and the person who tripped her laughed and said, “I couldn’t walk straight earlier, but now
I see it’s the Reed family’s Mason’s sister. Wait, that’s not right.
Mason only has two sisters, no older ones. And your last name is He, not Reed!”
“Yeah, that’s right. Mason from the Reed family has already distanced himself from her. I heard from my mom that her dad has been asking around for help lately.”
“Their family is like a bunch of leeches. If it weren’t for Mason, would they even have any money?”
These mocking words kept pouring into Veronica’s ears, and she knew very well that in the eyes of others, she was nothing more than a joke.
Despite being surrounded by so many people, no one came up to her.
Even her former classmates who used to flatter her now kept their distance.
Veronica’s nose began to tingle, as there was once a figure who would always stand in front of her whenever she was in danger, but now that person was gone and would never return.
This bitter feeling of wanting to cry grew stronger and stronger.
She didn’t want to cry because she was being bullied, but because the person she thought she would always rely on was no longer by her side.
Veronica stood up in a disheveled state, determined not to let herself cry.
Even if she wanted to cry, she didn’t want to do it in front of these mocking people.
In the evening after school, Veronica left the campus and unexpectedly saw the Reed family’s driver.
He stopped in front of her and said, “Miss He, the Madam is waiting for you in the car.”
Veronica turned her head and saw a black Maybach parked not far away.
Veronica got on the car and saw Grace sitting in the back seat.
“Auntie Grace,” said Veronica.
“I heard that you’ve been living alone in your old house before moving to your current one,” Grace said.
“Yes,” she replied.
“Let me take you there,” Grace said, instructing the driver in the front seat.
The car slowly left the school.
“Why did you leave your home to live in your old house?”
Grace asked.
“Why do you want to leave home and live in the old house?”
Grace asked.
“I feel it’s quieter over there. Besides, I’m already grown up now, so it’s okay for me to live alone. And when my mom passed away, she left me a bank account with some money in it, so my living expenses won’t be a problem,” Veronica said.
Grace looked at the girl in front of her and felt like she had changed again, as if she had grown up a lot overnight.
However, sometimes a person’s sudden growth is often accompanied by hardships and pain.
Thinking of this, Grace felt even more heartbroken for the girl in front of her.
Arriving at Veronica’s place, Grace looked around the old house. It was a 60-square-meter house with two bedrooms and a living room. It was not bad for one person to live in, but the decoration inside the house was over a decade old and quite outdated.