Chapter 220 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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“How could I…”

Before Kyla Corbyn could finish, Jason said, “Martin Weiss has been looking for you all these years, right? However, you were clever enough to bribe the prison staff. Then you went into hiding and changed your household registration information. This also means that he won’t be able to find you if he doesn’t work harder.”

Kyla Corbyn almost jumped out of her chair.

He… He knew! He would not have known these things if he had never investigated her.

“You… investigated me?” asked Kyla Corbyn with her eyes wide.

“Yes. Since Grace wanted to work for you, I naturally had to conduct a background check on everyone in this restaurant.

However, Grace doesn’t know that, and I don’t want her to,”said Jason.

Kyla Corbyn got the idea that Jason was warning her. Did Grace know that this man was protecting her in areas she did not know about?

“I see… I won’t say anything to her.” Kyla Corbyn hesitated and said, “I only found out today that Grace is your girlfriend. I never wanted to use her. I only hired her because she had been to prison just like me and I empathized with her, so I wanted to give her a chance.”

The iciness in Jason’s eyes dissipated a little. “I’m not going to interfere in the affairs between you and Martin Weiss. I just want Grace to work safely at your restaurant. You can call me anytime if something has happened to her.”

With that, he gave Kyla Corbyn his phone number.

Kyla Corbyn hurriedly wrote it down. Not many people in Emerald City could get his phone number, but she managed to get it under such circumstances.

However, Jason said that he would not interfere in the affairs. between her and Martin Weiss, which meant that he would not tell Martin Weiss about her whereabouts.

This made Kyla Corbyn relieved.

Jason stayed in the restaurant and had dinner with Grace there.

By the end of the day, all her colleagues in the restaurant

Those colleagues did not know about Jason’s identity as Grace. only referred to him as ‘Jay’

Those colleagues also joked that her boyfriend looked rich.

and that Grace would be a rich man’s wife in the future.

Grace could only smile at these comments.

If they knew he was Jason, would they still make fun of her like that? Or would they think that she and Jason did not have a chance at all?

On their way back, Jason said, “Your boss is a nice lady.”

“Yes, Kyla is nice,” said Grace. Suddenly, as if remembering something, she added. “By the way, Nelson is going to have his operation tomorrow. Kyla and her mother are going to the hospital to watch over Nelson. The restaurant will be closed for a few days, so I have a few days off work.”

“Does that mean I won’t be able to eat the lunch you deliver tomorrow?” he said as he raised his eyebrows.

“…” Was that what he was thinking? Grace was a bit speechless, but come to think of it, she had been having lunch. with him recently. “How about I cook lunch tomorrow and bring it over?”

When she said this, she suddenly thought of their time at the rental house. Sometimes, she had to work overtime, so she would prepare food for him. He could then eat the food after

Back in those days, she would cook for him, and she would feel happy whenever she saw him eating her food diligently.

Cooks loved seeing people enjoying their food-even if the food was ordinary.

“All right,” he replied with a smile. “You said so yourself. I’ll wait for your lunch tomorrow.”

Now that she had promised him, she could not go back on her word. Grace said, “Do you have anything you want to eat?”

“I’m not a fussy eater. I’ll enjoy anything you make,” he replied.

‘Not a fussy eater… In other words, he did not have any favorite dishes or food, Grace thought to herself.

“Well then, I’ll just cook something up tomorrow.”

Once they got back to Reed Residence, Grace washed up and got out of the bathroom. She found Jason already sitting on the bed.

These days, he would lie on the same bed with her inside. the bedroom overnight. Even though the two did nothing in particular, it seemed that sleeping in the same space had become an unconscious habit.

Grace had to have the lights turned on to sleep, so she said euphemistically, “You can’t seem to get used to me constantly turning on the lights to sleep. Perhaps you should go back to your room and sleep there.”

Consequently, Jason replied, “I want to sleep with you, Sis. I

feel more comfortable sleeping with you. It doesn’t matter to me if the lights are on.”

Hence, Grace decided to keep the next few sentences to herself.

However, the words Jason had uttered were… somewhat coquettish! Did he not know that such words were capable of causing inappropriate reveries?

“Are you going to sleep?” Jason asked as he watched Grace walk toward the bed.

“Yeah,” Grace responded with a flustered face.

Grace lifted the quilt and got on the bed. Jason’s arms were readily wrapped around her waist as he hugged her tightly. He buried his face into her chest as if he was a child, acting spoiled around an adult.

The current him seemed slightly childish, and he was not the same as usual. Nevertheless, Li Grace inexplicably fancied Jason’s childishness.

“By the way, what did Brian say to you today? Were you guys arguing?” Grace suddenly thought of the matter.

“Which sentence?” Jason asked; he felt that holding her in such a manner was really addictive.

Once he attached himself to her, it was hard for him to let go. He wanted to keep on doing so and become surrounded by her air.

“When he said that he didn’t want to be your enemy,” Grace continued. After all, she remembered that Brian had a good relationship with Jason; those words would have made one feel like they were rivals instead.

Suppose the Hart family and the Reed family were really enemies. In that case, Grace could already see the financial and film circles in Emerald City experiencing a crisis.

“He meant it literally,” Jason responded.

“But, there’s always a reason for such things.” Grace curiously asked, “Are you two competing for a business deal?”

“No, we’re competing for you,” Jason retorted.

Grace almost choked on her saliva. They were competing for her? That could not be it! He had to be joking, right?

Jason slowly lifted his head and gazed into her eyes. As usual, his dark pupils seemed to blend in with the endless night. “He’s interested in you and wants to steal you away. So, I told him that if he actually dares to make a move, I’ll make him an enemy of mine. When that time comes, I will not hesitate to tear him apart.”

Grace looked at Jason in a dazed manner as if a stormy sea had been set off inside her heart. “Are you really… going to do that to Brian?” Grace asked naively because she knew very well what the price he would have to pay was a fall-out occurred.

“I’ve told you before. I love you. You’re as important to me as my own life, did you think I was joking when I said that?” Jason asked in response.

Grace bit her lips with her teeth, and her vivid, almond-shaped eyes widened at this moment. It was as if she had been put in shock.

What she was unaware of was that the expression she was wearing on her face was enough to make one’s heart skip a few beats. Not to mention, give one the urge to possess all of her.

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