Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“Because… Didn’t Brian always think I might be the one he was looking for? However, he found her now. It’s… Stella.
Therefore, I think he meant to say that he won’t misunderstand me anymore. I’m not the one he’s looking for.”
Grace spoke. Her heart was beating violently when she said these words.
What she said was true, but now that she had recovered her lost childhood memories, she felt guilty when she said
His eyes were still fixed on her, and he raised his hand to stroke her cheek.
“What about you? Do you regret it?”
The cold voice seemed to hammer every word into the depths of her soul.
‘Regret? Regret that Brian made a mistake? Regret that partners who went through a life or death incident together couldn’t recognize each other in the end?’
She probably regretted it, but she knew what was most important to her.
“I have no regrets,” she said.
“Is that so?” He lowered his eyes gently, his lashes concealing the gloom that flashed in his eyes.
‘If there’s no regret, why did… she hesitate for so long?
‘She and Brian…
He got up and put away the ointment.
“You’re probably hungry. I’ll get the servant to prepare some food.”
Grace just realized she was hungry. It was almost after eight o’clock at night and she had not had anything to eat since lunch.
Perhaps Grace was really tired after a hard day. After eating some food, she fell into a deep slumber.
Jason sat on the edge of the bed, staring gloomily at her sleeping face.
She lay still as if she would not go anywhere, could not go, and could only remain in his sight.
She was right in front of him, but why did he feel like he could not hold on to her?
‘Today she said she won’t regret it, but why… do I think she’s regretting it? I don’t think she meant what she said!’
The scene of Brian carrying her on his back was like a scene in a movie that kept rewinding, replaying in front of his eyes.
He had never been so afraid! It was as if all he feared was coming true!
“Does Brian really mean nothing to you?” he murmured, his fingers softly touching her closed red lips.
It was naturally impossible for her, who was asleep, to give him an answer.
“Jason, even if you do fall in love with someone in the future, I don’t want you to fall too deeply or put your life in their hands.
“Jason, do you know what cowardice is? It’s when you hate someone, but you can’t even bear to hurt them in the end.
“Jason, don’t learn from me. Don’t be like me! It’s too painful and hard. You can’t even control your life…”
His father’s voice rang in his ears again and again.
‘Control… I’m supposed to control everything!
‘I’ve trapped her by my side and have her firmly in my hand, haven’t I?’
“Grace, did you betray me?” His voice rang again, but he did not know whether he was asking her or himself.
‘I’m not my father, and my fate will not be the same as his!’
Suddenly, he got up, went to his original room next door, and pulled open one of the drawers. There was a photo of her in a floral dress and the little silver bracelet he had taken from her grandmother’s mementos.
It was the same as the silver bracelet Brian had. They were originally a pair.
‘I’ve tried so hard to keep them from recognizing each other, but did it work? Or maybe it’s just… His eyes grew darker.
When Grace woke up the next day, it was already after ten in the morning. Jason was not in the room.
She pulled back the covers, got out of bed, and washed up. The bruises from yesterday were mostly painless today, and the bruises on her wrist had faded by now.
She looked at herself in the mirror. She had a deep sleep last night and felt very comfortable.
Perhaps it was because she had sorted out the doubts about her memory and let those matters go!
‘Today’s my birthday! Jason promised to make me a cake today!
Grace’s mood brightened again at the thought.
‘I’ll surely enjoy my birthday today. It’s my first birthday after getting out of prison.’
When they put on the candle, she would make her birthday wish. ‘I’ll wish him peace of mind and for him not to get hurt anymore. I’ll wish that I can grow old with him.’
After washing up, Grace changed into a
As she was still mourning her grandmother and it was the day after the 49th day of her grandmother’s death, she did not want to dress in bright colors.
However, she did apply a little foundation and put on light makeup.
Of course, with the dexterity of her fingers, she struggled to do so delicately.
She looked down at her fingers and smiled a little. Her fingers could not recover as before, but they were much better now.
‘Now, my hands have let Brian go. From now on, I’ll only be holding Jay’s hands!’
Standing up, Grace was about to leave the room when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the door connecting the two bedrooms was open.
‘Jason rarely goes back to his bedroom. It’s become a habit that he sleeps with me in mine.’
Grace stepped forward, intending to close the door, but when she reached the door, she stepped into his bedroom.
“Jay?” she asked. She then saw that no one was in the room.
‘He’s not in the room. Is he making my cake in the kitchen downstairs?’
She remembered that he had said he would spend the day with her at home.
Grace was about to turn away when she caught a glimpse of a photo album on a low cabinet nearby.
The photo album was wide open right now, and it contained photos of Jason and his father when he was young!
‘Is this… Jay’s photo album?’
Grace could not help picking up the photo album. ‘Speaking of which, I’ve never seen Jay’s photo album!’
Grace leafed through the photo album, seeing photos of Jason as a child. He was either alone or with his father. There were no photos of his mother.
After going through more than half of the photo album, there were photos of him after the age of seven or eight. The way he dressed was obviously different from before. It was much better, but his eyes no longer had the ignorance of a child. He looked more mature than children of the same age.
‘It must have been… when his father pa**ed away and he had to return to the Reed family,’ Grace thought to herself and kept turning the pages. Looking at the photos, he grew taller and taller year by year. He went from being cute in his childhood to being handsome.
However, in most of these photos, he was expressionless and was always alone.
She… did not even see a photo of him with his grandfather.
‘Is it not in this photo album, or… have they never taken a photo together?’
Grace recalled the time Jason stood alone in front of his father’s memorial tablet in the mourning hall, and her heart could not help aching again.
His father’s death was probably a turning point in his life.
Photos of him before he was seven or eight years old showed a wide range of expressions on his face, from happily laughing to crying and pouting.
However, from then on, his expression had become increasingly monotonous.
Grace’s gaze fell back on a photo of him that looked like he was around three or four years old. He was smiling broadly.
She could not help but take out her phone and take a picture of it, saving it on her phone.
‘I hope that he’ll always smile like that!’
Just as she was about to close the photo album, she suddenly noticed that the last page of the photo album was blank.
‘No… It’s not exactly blank. On the last page, there’s just a photo. A photo of me.’
It was a photo of her in a floral dress that he used to think looked good and got it for her.
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