Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“Jasper, do you want to be friends with me?” Roger suddenly spoke up.
Jasper’s footsteps suddenly stopped, and she turned to look at him in surprise. “Are you willing to?”
He took a step forward, walked up to her, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. “Didn’t you say that everyone in the school thinks we’re friends? Since that’s the case, let’s be friends. There’s nothing wrong with being friends with the princess of the Reed family, right?”
Upon hearing his words, she felt a hint of disappointment in her heart. Was this person only willing to be friends with her because she was the so-called “the Reed family” princess?
“Of course, if you don’t want to, you don’t have to.” Roger continued.
Jasper pursed her lips tightly and took a deep breath. “I don’t mind. We can be friends from now on!”
“Great, we’re friends now!” He said, extending his hand for a handshake.
She hesitated for a moment, but eventually reached out her hand. Their hands clasped together, and
William, who was standing nearby, felt a sense of worry and unease spreading in his heart.
This Roger, regardless of whether he is Lawrence or not, is having an impact on Jasper!
Later on, William dropped Jasper off at the entrance of the girls’ dormitory. “Do you really intend to be friends with Roger?” he asked.
“Is there a reason not to?” Jasper replied, puzzled.
“What if he’s not Lawrence?” William questioned.
“It doesn’t matter, we can still be friends,” she answered. “He plays the guitar really well.”
He frowned, and his previous worries and anxieties seemed to blend together, causing him to blurt out,
“Do you befriend anyone who plays the piano well?”
He is like this, Lawrence is like this, and Roger is still like this!
Does nothing else matter to her?! This thought made him even more anxious.
“Not really,” Jasper blinked his eyes, “I like people who are good at playing the piano, but not everyone who is good at playing the piano can be my friend. Besides, even people who can’t play the piano can be my friend. Not all of my friends know how to play the piano.”
William paused for a moment, then let out a long breath. He realized that Roger’s appearance had thrown him off balance. Was he feeling uneasy because of him?
“William, were you angry just now?” Jasper asked.
“No,” he replied, raising his hand to gently stroke her forehead. “I’m just worried about you. We don’t know much about Roger, so you should be careful while being friends with him.”
“Okay, I understand,” Jasper replied.
“Alright then, you should go inside and rest well,” William said.
Jasper waved at him and turned to walk towards the door of the girls’ dormitory.
After taking a few steps, she seemed to have thought of something and turned back to him. “William, even if you can’t play the piano, or even if one day you stop playing, you will still be my most important friend. I like you, not because of your piano!”
After saying this, she turned around and walked back towards the dormitory.
Watching her back, William’s hand hanging by his side tightened slightly.
She didn’t know that he didn’t just want to be her most important friend. When will she understand his feelings?
She knew that he didn’t just want to be her best friend. When will she finally understand his feelings?
But he will patiently wait for her to realize what love is, and then he will tell her how much he loves her!
“Jasper, are you going to the mixer?” Meave, Jasper’s roommate, asked him. The other people in the room were also looking at Jasper.
“Mixer?” Jasper blinked, “Is it the kind where you look for a boyfriend?”
“It’s supposed to be only for singles, but some people actually bring their boyfriends or girlfriends along.
It’s just a way for everyone to hang out together and have some fun. The person organizing it is also from our school and posted about it on the school forum, so it’s a good opportunity to meet new people,” explained Meave. “The three of us are planning to go, what about you, Jasper? Will you come too?”
Horea and Nina, the other two people in the dorm, chimed in, “Yeah, Jasper, come with us! It’ll be a fun group activity for our dorm.”
“Yeah, it’s just a casual get-together, not like we have to go there to find a date or anything,” added
Nina.
Jasper thought about it and realized it might be a good chance to socialize and make new friends in college. Plus, she had never been to a mixer before.
“Okay, I’ll come!” Jasper agreed.
“Great!” the other three laughed. After all, if Jasper was also going to participate, this gathering would be very lively.
But when William found out that Jasper was going to attend the gathering, his face immediately changed. “You’re going to the gathering?”
“Yeah, I’ve never been to one before. I don’t know if it’s like in TV shows or comics, but the people in our dormitory said it’s just for fun, everyone gets together and plays around with a name for it,” Jasper said.
William pursed his lips slightly. “But some people go there to find boyfriends or girlfriends. What if they think you’re one of them?”
“Then I’ll just refuse,” Jasper said. “I won’t like them anyway, so of course I’ll refuse.”
“What if you like it?”
“Huh?” She blinked her eyes, “If I like it, then I should accept it.”
His heart sank. Her answer without any hesitation meant that she didn’t have anyone she liked at the moment.
Similarly, he didn’t either!
She only liked him as a friend, not as someone she could date.
“Then I’ll go too,” said William.
Jasper almost choked on his saliva. “But you’ve never liked attending these kinds of lively gatherings, have you?”
“Since you’re going, I also want to see what kind of social event it is. Besides, isn’t it allowed to bring friends?” William replied.
“That’s true, but…” Jasper hesitated for a moment, looking at William’s serious expression. Finally, she said, “Alright then, I’ll let my roommates know.”
After a pause, she asked again, “But William, do you want to go because you, like me, want to see the excitement, or do you want to meet someone?”
William’s eyes flickered slightly, “What if I want to meet someone?”
She was taken aback. Although she had asked the question, hearing him say that made her suddenly feel uncomfortable.
“Do you want a girlfriend?” she asked, stunned.
He stared at her and after a moment, he slowly said, “Not at the moment. If I were to look for someone, it would be someone I swear to protect for the rest of my life. In this lifetime, I will only love that person!”
At this moment, his gaze was like a kind of magic that made it impossible for her to look away.
In that instant, she felt a twinge of envy for his future girlfriend. “William, what does it feel like to only love one person for your whole life?”
“It’s a feeling of not being able to lose them. If you lose that person, you feel like you’ve lost everything and there will be no more happiness.” William said, expressing feelings he had never spoken to her before, using this opportunity to do so.
“What if you never meet that person?” she asked.
No, he had already met her! He silently thought to himself.
She looked at his silence, suddenly realizing something and quickly said, “Oh, forget what I said earlier.
You will definitely meet someone!”
He smiled, “Yes, I will definitely meet someone.”
“But when I heard my dorm mates talking about being in a relationship and doing things together, like watching movies, eating together, holding hands, celebrating holidays….
realized that we have done all those things too. So what is the difference between being in a relationship and not being in one?” Jasper murmured, as if she had just thought of this.
“Do you want to know the difference?” William asked.
“You know?” Her eyes lit up.
William stood up. The two of them were sitting face to face at a round table. Jasper thought he was going to move around, but instead William leaned forward, placing his hands on the table and leaning over it. His face came close to hers in an instant.
Jasper stared at the face in front of him, which was so close that he could almost touch it. He remembered that when they were young, he used to look at his face from such a close distance quite often. This was because they used to sleep together frequently, and every time they slept, she liked to hug him tightly.
But as they grew older, they never got as close to each other’s faces as they used to.
“What…what are you doing?” She suddenly felt nervous, even her voice started to stutter.
“You wanted to know the difference between the two, right? If it’s a romantic relationship, then there will be more intimate actions, like kissing. But if there’s no romantic relationship, then there wouldn’t be a desire to kiss the other person.” His thin lips parted and closed as he spoke in a low murmuring voice.
“Do you want to kiss me?” he asked.
Her gaze involuntarily fell upon his lips.
His lips were sharp and defined, thin yet with a hint of sexiness. Suddenly, she had an urge to try kissing those lips, to know what it would feel like.
Oh my god, what is she thinking! Jasper suddenly felt that his previous thought was like something lewd and inappropriate.
Oh my god, what is she thinking! Jasper suddenly felt that his previous thoughts were like those of a pervert or a womanizer!
“You, you’re not serious!” She said in a flustered tone, “If you’re going to the mixer, let me make a quick call to my roommates and let them know!”
With that, she grabbed her phone and hurriedly left the table to make a call outside.
He watched her figure through the transparent floor-to-ceiling window.
In the end, she didn’t kiss him. Does this mean that she never really considered him as a potential partner?
Will his waiting ultimately yield the desired outcome?
Perhaps only time can provide him with an answer!
Regardless, he will continue to wait.
During the weekend, Jasper and William went to the gathering location together, while Jasper’s three roommates rode along in William’s car.
When they saw William’s Porsche, they couldn’t help but admire it. He truly lived up to being the childhood friend of the princess, like a prince and princess from a fairytale.
“Is Barlow really coming to the mixer with us?” Horea couldn’t help but ask again.