Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
So, does that mean he truly doesn’t love her, or rather, he has no desire for her at all?
Is there really a need to maintain such a marriage contract?
What does their engagement mean to him?
Harley didn’t say anything else, but obediently followed Lornell to the front of the car and got in.
They remained silent throughout the journey, and as the car was approaching the school, Harley suddenly spoke up, “How about we call off the engagement?”
Lornell’s body suddenly stiffened: “What are you saying?”
“I said, how about we call off the engagement?” Harley repeated.
Lornell’s thin lips tightened, but she didn’t say a word.
The car continued to drive forward as if she hadn’t said anything just now.
The silence was filled with an inexplicable sense of repression.
When the car stopped in front of the school gate, Lornell suddenly spoke, “Why did you call off the engagement? Haven’t you always loved me?””
In fact, if she had asked to get married immediately after reaching the marriageable age, he wouldn’t have been surprised.
However, she insisted on breaking off the engagement.
Harley looked at Lornell in disbelief and suddenly smiled bitterly. He had known all along!
Lornell had always known that she had a crush on him!
“Well, I have always liked you,” she took a deep breath, “but I realized that your feelings towards me may not be what I want. The engagement between us has become a kind of bondage, so I want to break it off.”
“I have never said that this engagement is a bondage to me,” he
She lowered her head and thought to herself: That’s because, to him, this engagement is the best shield, blocking the entanglement of those women who annoy him.
“You can get out of the car. I can pretend that I didn’t hear what you said today. The Quentin family’s engagement is not something that can be undone just by saying it!” Lornell said coldly.
“But I…” she wanted to say something else.
Lornell’s face became even colder: “Get out of the car!”
Harley could only awkwardly get out of the car, then watched as Lornell’s car drove away directly in front of her.
Breaking off the engagement… she never really expected that one day she would have the guts to say those words to him.
But it was something that had crossed her mind repeatedly.
She used to be afraid, afraid that he would never love her, afraid that one day he would be the one to propose breaking off the engagement.
But now, it was she who brought it up first.
She really admires the love between her mom and dad.
Even though her mom has a disability in one leg, her dad still loves her so much. She has heard many people say that her ordinary mom is not worthy of her dad.
As the head of the Hart family, known as the god of the entertainment industry, many women want to flatter and climb up to her dad.
But her dad never pays any attention to those women, his eyes only have her mom.
Harley even remembers when she was a child, she once accidentally saw her dad bending over, gently washing her mom’s feet, and finally kissing her mom’s scarred and limping leg!
Dad said that Mom’s leg was injured because of him, but
Mom said it wasn’t true. She just saved someone she wanted to help, and it had nothing to do with
Dad.
Because of the beautiful love between Mom and Dad, she has always longed for it since she was young.
However, reality has proven that not everyone is lucky enough.
to have a mutual affection.
She met someone she liked, but unfortunately, that person didn’t feel the same way about her. Maybe she should let go of this relationship, and break off the engagement.
This way, she can free herself, not just for her own sake, but also for Lornell’s sake.
Besides, she won’t have to feel jealous watching others show interest in Lornell while she’s still engaged to him.
Jealousy is a terrible emotion that can make someone feel unlike themselves.
“Hey, still looking at your fiancé’s car? He’s long gone! It was Lornell who dropped you off at school earlier,” a hand patted Harley’s shoulder and said to her.
Harley turned to look and saw Karen Snee, her college classmate.
However, the two had actually known each other for quite some time. After all, they were both part of the upscale circle in Emerald City. They had a good relationship before and even studied the same major in college.
“Hmm,” Harley responded and walked into the campus together with Karen.
“What does your fiancé’s family do?” Karen asked curiously. “That car is a limited edition, not something an ordinary family can afford.”
And being engaged to the Hart family, it should be a rather extraordinary family, logically speaking.
However, in the upper-class society of Emerald City, there happens to be no Quentin family.
Over the years, Karen hasn’t been able to find out much about the Quentin family. She only knows that her friend’s fiancé is a medical student, and everyone in his family is involved in medicine. They can be considered a medical dynasty.
“You know, they’re doctors,” Harley said.
After all, the Quentin family is a member of the Crypt families, and there aren’t many people who truly know the details about them.
“Is that it?” Karen blinked her eyes.
“That’s it,” said Harley, shrugging.
“So, have you been to his house? Where is it?” Karen asked again.
“No,” Harley replied, “I haven’t been to his house, and I don’t know where it is.”
“Not even once?”
Not even once!
Karen looked at her friend in shock and whispered, “You’ve been engaged to him for so many years, and yet you don’t even know where his family is, and you’ve never been there. It’s truly amazing!”
Harley lowered her head slightly because even though she was engaged to Lornell, she was still considered an outsider to the Quentin family.
She didn’t actually know much about the Quentin family.
As they walked into the campus and headed towards the dormitory, suddenly a noise came from a dark corner. Then,
Harley heard someone say, “If you dare to seduce my woman, believe me, I’ll destroy you!”
“I… I didn’t…” a weak voice spoke up.
Another sound of fists hitting: “Didn’t? Then why does my woman keep staring at you all the time? Do you think you’re so great just because you’re good-looking? Well, today I’ll make your face more interesting and see if any woman still likes your face.”
Harley listened, furrowing her brows. She was about to step forward, but her friend Karen held her back. “Don’t go, the person speaking is a notorious troublemaker in school. It’s not worth getting involved with him.”
Despite furrowing her brows, Harley shook off her friend’s hand and walked over.
What caught her eye was a skinny teenager, being pinned against the wall by another boy. The boy pinning him down. held a knife in his hand, gesturing menacingly in front of the teenager’s face as if he was about to slash it harshly at any moment.
However, the teenager didn’t seem as afraid as Harley had imagined. Rather than being scared, it seemed more like resignation. He didn’t even struggle, as if he was simply waiting for the cruel fate to descend upon him.
“Stop!” Harley shouted.
Suddenly, all the people at the scene turned their gaze towards her, including the boy.
The boy holding the dagger looked at Harley and his eyes flickered. “Oh, who do we have here? It’s the
Hart family’s little miss. What’s the matter? Are you here to play the damsel in distress?”
Harley glanced at the beaten boy. He now had a completely battered and bruised appearance, and there was nothing remotely beautiful about him.
“So what if I am?” Harley retorted. “If you release him, we can talk things out. But there’s no need for this kind of approach.
This is a school, and if he really got hurt, you won’t be graduating either!”
The boy’s face turned unpleasant. Harley was quite famous in the school, after all. With the support of the Hart family, she was recognized as the princess of the entertainment industry. Many people wanted to flatter and please her.
After all, if we can get the resources of the Hart family, then in the entertainment industry, even if we can’t become top-tier stars, we’ll still have a good chance of making it to the A-list!
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If it weren’t for Harley already having a fiancé, there would probably be a line of people chasing after her!
“Consider yourself lucky!” The guy who got punched spat at the boy and left unwillingly.
Harley walked up to the boy, looking at his face full of wounds, and noticed that he was looking at her.
Although one of his eyes was swollen shut from the punch, the other eye that was uninjured was surprisingly beautiful, with long eyelashes and deep black irises, giving off a hint of allure.
If this face can reduce swelling, it might actually look quite attractive. After all, it has a pair of captivating eyes!
“I can help you once, but I can’t help you every time. If you haven’t done anything wrong and the other party is just picking on you, then you need to find a way to help yourself instead of resigning to your fate!” Harley spoke up.
The other person stared at Harley in confusion.
Helping oneself?
Is there still a need for self-rescue in a life like his?
A complete mess of misery, pitiful!
And standing in front of him at this moment is a true princess!
He knows of her existence, even in this school full of wealthy people, she still attracts attention.
Because she is the princess of the Hart family, the daughter of the entertainment industry’s moguls that many people want to get close to.
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