Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
He didn’t argue with her and asked, “You said you came to find me. Is there something you need?”
It was then that she remembered her purpose for coming to him. “I came to ask you why you publicly asked me if I wanted to date you yesterday.”
“Do I need to ask about this?” he said with a smile. “Of course, it’s because I want to date you that I said that.”
“You want to date me?” Jasper looked skeptical. “But you don’t like me, do you?”
Sometimes, he even looked at her with a hint of disgust in his eyes.
“How can you be so sure that I don’t like you?” He suddenly approached her, one hand firmly around her waist and the other holding the back of her head, making it almost impossible for her to move.
As he leaned in, his handsome face was close to hers. “If I said I like you, would you want to date me?”
She was dazed, and for the first time, other than William, she was so close to a man who was not related to her by blood. His breath sprayed on her face, hot and itchy, and she could easily see her own face in his pupils.
His pupils were very black, like black glass, with clear black and white eyes, giving people a sense of purity. His straight nose made his delicate face more three-dimensional, with a full forehead, soft cheek lines, and those sexy thin lips. His facial features and contours had a shadow of Lawrence.
If Lawrence saw her again, would his eyes be filled with the same disgust as before?
“But you hate me, don’t you?” she murmured.
His eyes flickered slightly, then he sneered and lifted his thin lips, “Even if I hate you, we can still date.
You are the princess of the Reed family. If I date you, I can save decades of struggle. Who wouldn’t want that?”
She was stunned. Although she understood the reasoning behind it, she had never heard anyone say it so bluntly before. Many guys who had shown interest in her in the past were undoubtedly drawn to the Reed family behind her, but he was the first person to say it so directly.
“What, are you not naive enough to not understand this?” he said.
She stared at him and suddenly reached out to touch his cheek.
The mocking smile on his lips froze, and even his entire body stiffened.
He narrowed his dark eyes and looked at her suspiciously.
“You–”
He narrowed his dark eyes and looked at her suspiciously,
“You–”
But her hand continued to stroke his cheek, then her fingertips brushed over his eyebrows, eyes, and nose…
Time seemed to slow down.
He knew he should let go of her, take her hand off his face, and not continue like this.
If he continued like this, he would be easily stirred by her, just like when they were children.
But his body was so stiff, and his hands were still holding onto her tightly.
It’s like an instinctual feeling in my body, unable to let go of her.
“If you really want to avoid struggling for decades, you can. Even if you don’t date me, I can promise you that,” said Jasper.
His pupils suddenly contracted, and he looked at her in surprise.
“I can tell my dad that in the future, the Reed family can support you after you graduate, so you don’t have to worry about your career development,” Jasper said.
“Why?” he asked in a hoarse voice.
She pursed her lips. “Because your face looks a lot like my friend’s.”
He suddenly let go of her hand, as if he had used all his strength!
Jasper stumbled back two steps before finally regaining her balance.
“So, Miss. Reed is looking for a replacement?” Roger sneered.
Jasper replied, “No one can replace Lawrence, and I don’t want you to be a replacement. I just hope that there is someone who looks similar to Lawrence and can live a good life.”
It’s just to make up for the regret that she couldn’t make Lawrence live a good life!
At that time, if she hadn’t been so determined to break up with Lawrence, maybe everything could have been different.
“Live a good life? Miss. Reed is really generous. It seems that the Lawrence you mentioned is not doing well,” Roger said.
“Think whatever you want,” Jasper said. “Also, I came to talk to you today to say that I only date people
I like and who like me back.”
After saying this, she walked out of the music room.
Roger stood there for a while before raising his hand to touch. his own cheek. When she touched his cheek earlier, he felt flustered and didn’t know what to do.
Was his face enough for her to easily agree to let him stop struggling for a few decades? Was this because of guilt towards the former Lawrence?
She knew that the former Lawrence lost everything and fell into hell!
People often don’t feel the bitterness if they have never tasted sweetness.
But if someone gives them sweetness and then takes it away halfway, they can no longer bear the bitterness!
“Jasper, who do you like? William? Then let’s see who you will choose in the future…” he whispered.
A few days later, William gave Jasper a preliminary investigation report.
Roger grew up abroad and was admitted to Stanford University as a special student due to his outstanding performance in chemistry. He is also the sole heir of the Elliott family living overseas.
The Elliott family is relatively low-key even overseas, with few members. However, in recent years, they have accumulated wealth quickly through multiple patents.
Before the age of 14, Roger was weak and sickly, and did not attend school. Instead, he received home schooling from a private tutor. It was only after he turned 14 that he officially enrolled in school.
Therefore, there is hardly any information available on Roger
Accompanying these materials are photographs of Roger taken every year since he was 14 years old.
Jasper looked at the photo of 14-year-old Roger, who looked more like her memory of Lawrence.
However, this information also indicated that Roger was not
Lawrence.
Could it be that people really do look alike?
“What about photos from before he was 14? Do they exist?” Jasper asked.
“Not yet,” William replied. “The Elliott family has never revealed any of Roger’s previous photos, as if they deliberately hid them.”
“Intentional?” Jasper pondered. If they were intentionally hiding something, there must be something they didn’t want others to know!
“Are you still trying to find out about Roger before he turned 14?” Jasper asked.
“I’ll try, but back then Roger didn’t go out much. He mostly stayed at home or in the hospital. Patient information in hospitals is confidential and not easily leaked. If you really want to find out about his life before he turned 14, you might have to find his old teachers or the servants who worked for the Elliott family,” William said. “But it’s been so many years, it’s not easy to find them.”
“Anyway, try your best to find out,” suddenly, Jasper thought of something else. “Also… I remember that after Lawrence’s parents died, the police kept a DNA sample. If we can get Lawrence’s hair or blood, we can use DNA testing to find out if he’s really Lawrence, right?”
“Sure, I can do that,” said William. “Or I can try to figure something out.”
“I’ll take care of it,” Jasper said. “He probably won’t let you get close after your confrontation at the mixer. As a girl, he might not be as guarded with me.”
“You?” William frowned. “What are you going to do?”
“I could sneak in while he’s asleep and pull out a strand of hair or something,” Jasper suggested. She regretted not taking advantage of the opportunity when she saw him sleeping in the music room earlier.
William’s expression changed. “Are you planning to break into the boys’ dorm and pull out his hair while he’s sleeping?”
William’s face changed, “Are you still planning to sneak into the boys’ dormitory and pull their hair while they’re asleep?”
Jasper choked on her saliva, “How could I possibly sneak into the boys’ dormitory?!” Even if she wanted to, she didn’t have the ability!
“Then how do you plan to do it?” he asked.
“I haven’t figured it out yet, I’ll just wait for an opportunity,” Jasper said.
William looked at Jasper, “Anyway, what you have to do is protect yourself, you know? Roger is not simple.”
Even if that person really is Lawrence, it would be extremely dangerous!
“I got it!” Jasper said.
The question now was how to get a DNA sample from Roger. There were many possible samples, such as cigarette butts, used toothbrushes or cups, blood, and so on. However, many of these were not accessible to her.
Jasper crouched under the chemistry building, trying to think of a method she could use later.
Getting Roger’s class schedule was not difficult, and she had obtained it with little effort. Therefore, she calculated that Roger should be coming down soon.
As expected, shortly after the bell rang for the end of class, Roger walked out of the teaching building.
Jasper quickly approached him and called out, “Roger!”
He stopped in his tracks and looked towards her.
Initially, he thought that after their last encounter, she would stay away from him for a while. However, he didn’t expect her to come find him so soon.
She ran a few steps and reached him, asking, “Do you have some free time now?”
“Is there something you need?” he raised an eyebrow and asked.
“I think there may have been some misunderstanding between us. How about this, I’ll treat you to some milk tea? There’s a milk tea shop next to the school that has really delicious milk tea.” She said this while looking at him eagerly and even a bit anxiously, as if afraid he would refuse.
“Misunderstanding? Is there any misunderstanding between you and me?” Roger asked.
“It’s about last time…when we weren’t very happy in the piano room. I just want to treat you to a cup of milk tea and be friends from now on. You did say before that you wanted to be friends with me, right?”
She said.
“So you want to be friends with me just because of my face?” He asked in return.
She smiled awkwardly, “Um…even if you didn’t look like this, I would still like to be friends with you.”