Chapter 390 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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Lily had now recognized the man in front of her. He was the new patriarch of the Stephenson family who just took office for more than half a year-Hadwin Stephenson.

He managed to take over the

Stephenson family with the identity of a b*stard, which meant he was no rookie in terms of schemes and trickery.

The Stephenson family was now on a roll and was actively expanding in Emerald City. The Atkinson family had not been doing so well in recent years. Several major projects at hand had suffered losses. Some time ago, her father mentioned that he wanted to collaborate with the Stephenson family on several projects.

However, she did not expect that Hadwin Stephenson’s girlfriend was… Grace’s friend!

Lily’s face paled as she pursed her red lips, only feeling that the world was smaller than she imagined.

“You’re not apologizing?” Hadwin Stephenson’s voice rang again.

A sentence escaped Lily’s mouth with much difficulty. “It’s my fault, Miss…”

“Sweeney. My girlfriend’s last name is Sweeney,” said Hadwin Stephenson.

“Miss Sweeney, please forgive me.” With that, Lily stepped on her high heels and left without turning back.

Lina was still a little confused. From Hadwin Stephenson’s appearance to Lily apologizing and departure, everything happened too fast.

It was not until Hadwin Stephenson took her into the VIP room of the auction and gave her a cup of juice to calm down that she finally came to her senses.

While blinking, she sipped her juice and looked around the VIP room. It was a place where even the director could not get in!

“Are you here for the auction?” she asked.

“Yeah. Real estate is the best way to make money nowadays. If the Stephenson family wants to expand in Emerald City, real estate would be the safest choice,” he replied.

Then, Lina recalled that the Stephenson family did have any real estate companies.

“Why didn’t you call me? Were you really going to let yourself be dragged out if I didn’t happen to bump into you?” asked

Hadwin Stephenson.

Lina was stunned. Then, she said somewhat lamely, “I forgot.”

“You…” he said somewhat helplessly. “You never take my words to heart, do you?”

He had told her more than once to call him if she was in trouble.

However, she never seemed to remember.

‘Not really… Lina said to herself. She took it to heart when he said he wanted to become the sword in her hand that day.

It was because she cared so much about it that she kept thinking about it.

“By the way, which plot are you going to bid for?” asked Lina as she changed the subject.

“What do you think? Which one’s the best?” asked Hadwin Stephenson.

Lina immediately pointed to the most popular plots and said, “This one, of course. They’re going to build a complex, right? I wonder which design firm will undertake this project. Wow, I’m itching just thinking about it.”

Hadwin Stephenson glanced at her thoughtfully. “Why, do you want to design a complex?”

“It’s just a thought.” She shrugged. “As an architectural designer, I have to dream a little.”

“That’s true.” He smiled faintly.

Hadwin Stephenson joined the bidding on the popular plot Lina mentioned when the auction began.

“President Stephenson.” His a**istant was surprised.

After all, the plot was not part of their plan. It was so popular that the competition was intense, so the final price might not be pretty.

Even if they won the auction, they would probably earn a reputation rather than a profit.

However, Hadwin Stephenson said, “Bid for it and use this land to make a name for the Stephenson Group.”

The a**istant stopped speaking, but his eyes could not help but wander to the woman who was drinking juice while surfing the internet on her phone.

‘President Stephenson isn’t going to bid for that plot just because of what the woman said, is he?

‘Is it possible? Spending billions of dollars just because of what she said?’

It was crazy just thinking about it.

Lily sat in the private room and looked at the numbers jumping on the screen in front of her. ‘Stephenson Group… is also bidding for that popular plot.’

Earlier, she had clearly said that Stephenson Group was not interested in the land and other companies participating in the auction did not have what it took to get the land, so she was pretty confident she could get it.

Now… Stephenson Group was going to compete with her!

Lily gritted her teeth. Her gorgeous face was now contorted.

‘Could it be because of the woman named Qin? Is that why Hadwin Stephenson has decided to continue standing up for that woman and compete with the Atkinson family for the plot?’

It seemed that not only Grace, but even her friend, a woman who had always been a nobody in her eyes, was now her obstacle!

‘Sooner or later, I’ll make them regret it! I’ll make them see that I, Lily, am not someone they can pick on easily!”

Lina felt relieved when the auction was over!

She even laughed out loud when the Atkinson family lost their bid.

On their way out, Lina once again bumped into Lily who was about to leave. She unceremoniously gave Lily a sarcastic look.

The director and her colleagues had already left, but Lina received a lot of text messages from them.

They all said that they did not help her out because it happened so quickly that they were stupefied. As such, they hoped she would not mind.

Looking at these text messages, Lina pursed her lips and did not reply.

“If you don’t feel comfortable in your current design firm, just go somewhere else,” Hadwin Stephenson said suddenly.

Lina knew that Hadwin Stephenson had figured out that she was unhappy because the director and her colleagues stayed quiet to keep themselves safe earlier.

“It’s not that easy to get a new job!” she said.

“How hard is it? I’ll help you find a suitable place later,” said Hadwin

Stephenson.

Lina was stunned. ‘Oh, I forgot. These things are pretty easy for him.

“No thanks. I won’t switch my job for the time being. I’ll do it when I’ve made some real achievements and have a better resume,” she said.

“Don’t you mind how those people treat you?”

“I do, but… that’s also the frustration of being an adult. Even though I don’t get along with those people, I still have to stay for the sake of earning a living. As for them… Um, it was the second daughter of the Atkinson family, Lily, who wanted to embarra** me. If they helped me, they would be offending Lily. We’re not that close, so they have no reason to do that for me, right?”

Hadwin Stephenson was somewhat surprised. He did not expect her to be so understanding.

However, after saying that, she froze and looked at him strangely.

“What’s the matter? Why are you looking at me like that?” he asked with a slight frown.

She pressed her lips together for a long time before she said, “Nothing… I’m hungry and I want something to eat.”

“Alright.” Hadwin Stephenson smiled.

Since it was not dinner time, Hadwin Stephenson took Lina to a dessert shop that was pretty popular these days.

He ordered the dessert he was interested in, but Lina was a little absent-minded.

She kept looking at Hadwin Stephenson.

He naturally felt that something was wrong with her, but… it felt good when she looked at him that way.

“What’s the matter? Why do you keep looking at me today?” Hadwin Stephenson asked with a smile on his lips.

Lina bit her lip. Everyone in this world knew how to seek benefits and avoid harm. She understood that her colleagues and director were afraid of offending Lily, so they dared not intervene in her affairs with that woman.

However, when she had a conflict with

Jason, Hadwin Stephenson did not hesitate to intervene and took on all the responsibilities for her. Someone like him should know that once he intervened, he would offend Jason by doing so.

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