Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
This terrible feeling was like drowning him.
Even in the few hours since they separated, the hypnotized memories of their relationship kept flashing through his mind like a slide show.
Even if he no longer had the same feelings as before, the memory of him at that time was so miserable, so painful, and so desperate.
And now, if he continued with her, what about the future? If something like this happened again and she defended someone else, what would he do?
He was afraid, afraid of experiencing it again!
Perhaps this is the source of that unease!
“So, do you believe my explanation now? Do you believe that I only love you?” Veronica looked at
Mason with pleading eyes.
Believe her? Should he believe her again? Mason looked at Veronica with a heavy gaze.
If he believed her again, would he fall into this pain and unease again if something similar happened next time?
He used to choose to hypnotize his feelings, wasn’t it because he didn’t want to endure this pain anymore?
Then why go through it again and again?
“I’m tired, so I don’t want to believe anymore.” After saying this, Mason raised his hand and pulled his sleeve away from Veronica’s fingers.
As Mason’s figure disappeared completely from Veronica’s sight, she lowered her head and stared blankly at the emptiness between her fingers.
It’s like trying to grab onto something desperately, but in the end, nothing can be held onto.
His one sentence of being tired decided the breakup, but what about her?
She once thought that she could have another chance at happiness, that she could walk with him in warmth, but now, everything has been turned upside down in just a few hours!
It hurts! It really hurts!
What is hurting?!
Is it heartache? Or is it a headache? Or is every breath painful?
But the most painful thing… is that even if she wants to cry now, she can’t. She can only let out a hoarse scream from deep in her throat, which is a painful sound that she can’t suppress no matter how hard she tries!
When Mason returned to the Reed House, Jasper immediately greeted him, “Mason, you’re back.
Sister Veronica came to our house looking for you carlier. Your phone was off, and she was quite worried. Why don’t you give her a call?”
“No need, I’ve already seen her,” Mason said in a cold voice, with a hint of fatigue on his usually handsome face.
Jasper looked at Mason’s expression and felt that something was off. “Did something happen? Sister
Veronica seemed very anxious when she came to find you earlier.”
“It’s nothing major, we just broke up,” Mason said.
Jasper was shocked. “What did you say? You and Sister Veronica broke up?”
“Yes,” Mason said.
“But… why? Weren’t you two getting along well?” Jasper found it hard to believe. Just a few days ago, Mason and Sister Veronica were strolling around the campus festival together and even had a meal together!
At that time, she couldn’t see anything unusual between Mason and Sister Veronica. In fact, they seemed to have a good relationship, and it was as if they had never been separated for those few years.
“Because I’m tired,” Mason gave the answer and walked towards the stairs.
Jasper stood there in disbelief. Mason and Sister Veronica broke up just because he was tired? Was he joking?!
That night, Jasper couldn’t sleep and kept thinking about
Mason’s situation.
The next morning, she naturally had dark circles under her eyes when she went to school.
“What’s wrong? Did you not sleep well last night?” William looked at Jasper and said, “You don’t look too good. Why don’t you go back to the dorm and catch up on some sleep?”
“I can’t sleep even if I go back to my room,” Jasper said weakly.
“Is something wrong?” William asked.
“Yesterday, after Mason came home, he said he broke up with Sister Veronica,” Jasper said. “I was really confused. They seemed to have a good relationship before, didn’t they?”
“Did Mason say why they broke up?” William asked.
“He said he was tired,” Jasper said. “Breaking up for this reason is just ridiculous! Should I go and ask him what really happened? But…”
Jasper hesitated. Although she really wanted to find out what happened between Mason and Sister
Veronica, they rarely talked about relationship issues, and Mason was generally a man of few words.
She didn’t know how to broach the subject.
As for Sister Veronica, Jasper had sent a tentative text message to her earlier in the day, but she hadn’t replied. Jasper didn’t want to ask again.
After all, based on yesterday’s situation, it seemed that Mason had dumped Sister Veronica. He said he was tired, so they broke up. Sister Veronica seemed to be the unlucky victim! She was probably very upset.
“Let me ask your Mason,” William said, noticing Jasper’s hesitation.
“You ask him?” Jasper was surprised. “Will Mason tell you?”
Of the triplets, William and Mason had the weakest relationship. They only exchanged a few greetings every time they met.
“As a guy, there might be some things that are easier to talk about,” William said.
Jasper thought about it and nodded. “That would be great. I really don’t know what happened between them.”
“It’s not a bother. It’s only natural for a boyfriend to help his girlfriend in times of trouble,” William said.
Jasper suddenly hugged William’s waist and buried her face in his chest. “Let’s never break up for no reason like this again. And you can’t say things like ‘I’m tired’ like Mason did!”
William hugged Jasper back with both arms. “We will never have a day of breaking up, so you can’t think about these things. I will never say ‘break up’ to you!”
Even if one day in the future, she comes to him to say goodbye, he will desperately try to keep her, make her change her mind, and be with him again.
She chose him, which is the luckiest thing in his life, so he will cherish this luck even more!
In the afternoon, on his way to find Mason, William ran into Lawrence on the school’s tree-lined path.
At the moment they passed each other, William suddenly said, “Wait!”
Lawrence paused. “What’s up, Mr. Barlow?”
William suddenly raised his hand and punched Lawrence in the face.
Lawrence stumbled back two steps and touched his mouth, which was bleeding.
He spat, “Mr. Barlow, do you want to be punished by the school for hitting someone? Or do you think the Barlow family’s donation to the school can easily solve this matter without any consequences?”
“Punished?” William sneered. “It doesn’t matter if I’m punished! I just want you to understand that if you ever dare to force Jasper again and do anything excessive to her, I will not let you go!”
Lawrence suddenly laughed. “Did she tell you? That I kissed her?”
William’s face turned ugly.
But Lawrence seemed even more pleased. “Speaking of which, her lips are really soft. Kissing her feels great…”
“Shut up!” William grabbed Lawrence by the collar and glared at him fiercely. “She’s not someone you can toy with. If you continue to act recklessly, one day you’ll exhaust the last bit of affection she has for you in her heart. I hope when that day comes, you won’t regret it!”
Lawrence’s face darkened. “What do you mean? What do you mean by ‘won’t regret it”?”
“Can’t you understand? Or are you pretending not to?” William said. “She…doesn’t owe you anything!”
After saying this, William let go of Lawrence and left on his own.
Lawrence stood there, staring at William’s back, feeling a sense of unease in his heart.
He came back for revenge. The more Jasper suffered, the happier he would be. What was there to regret?
It’s ridiculous!
When William found Mason, Mason had finished his class.
“Mason, can we talk?” William said.
Mason glanced at William indifferently. “I don’t think we have anything to talk about. If you want to find
Jasper, you can call her.”
“I heard you broke up with Sister Veronica, and Jasper is worried about you,” William said.
Mason looked coldly at him. “Since when did you become so nosy?”
“You’re Jasper’s Mason, so it’s not nosy,” William smiled.
“Who I break up with is none of your business, and I’m not interested in talking to you,” Mason said.
“Mason finally got back together with Sister Veronica, wouldn’t there be any regrets if they really broke up again?” William asked.
Regrets? Mason lifted his foot and didn’t intend to pay attention to William.
William quickly followed, “Mason, don’t you really want to talk about it? Is the sudden breakup because of Daniel?”
When the word “Daniel” came out of William’s mouth, Mason’s footsteps suddenly paused, and his gaze shot towards William like an arrow.
“This isn’t the right place to talk about this. Why don’t we find a place to sit down and talk?” William smiled.
Fifteen minutes later, Mason and William were sitting in a private room at a restaurant near the school.
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“That day at the school festival, the private room we ate in was also in this restaurant,” William said.
Mason pursed his lips, “How much do you know about Daniel’s situation?”