Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
She had not eaten and neither had
Chase Harper.
“You’ve helped me a lot today. Why don’t
I treat you to lunch?” said Grace.
Chase Harper smiled shyly. “I’m a man. I should be the one to treat you.”
“It has nothing to do with whether you’re a man. If I ever help you out with something, then it’s never too late to treat me,” she said.
Chase Harper’s eyes lit up as he nodded his head.
The restaurant near the hospital served common dishes. Grace ordered two set meals for herself and Chase Harper.
The two of them were eating when
Chase Harper’s phone rang. Chase Harper answered his phone. “Hmm… Yes… Mom, don’t worry about me. Well… I won’t go. I have someone I like. I’m not going, so don’t ask your girlfriends to help me find…”
Grace’s hand stopped mid-air as she held the chopsticks. Even if she did not hear what Chase Harper’s mother was saying on the other end of the line, judging from what Chase Harper was saying, it sounded like she was trying to help her son find a girlfriend.
However… Chase Harper said he had someone he liked.
‘Could he be talking about… me?’ Grace’s heart somehow felt heavier and so did the chopsticks in her hands.
If possible, she hoped she was not the person Chase Harper liked.
She was so emotionally scarred that she could not afford another person’s affection.
saying on the other end of the line, judging from what Chase Harper was saying, it sounded like she was trying to help her son find a girlfriend.
However… Chase Harper said he had someone he liked.
‘Could he be talking about… me?’ Grace’s heart somehow felt heavier and so did the chopsticks in her hands.
If possible, she hoped she was not the person Chase Harper liked.
She was so emotionally scarred that she could not afford another person’s affection.
After ending the phone call, Chase
Harper suddenly looked at Grace with some embarra**ment as if he had noticed something. He happened to meet her eyes.
“Well… I…” He seemed to want to say something but did not know how to. He was so embarra**ed that he was at a loss. He unconsciously wiped his hand to the side but accidentally knocked over the half-drunk bowl of soup. It immediately spilled on him.
Chase Harper’s face turned red instantly.
He hurriedly tried to clean up after the mess, but he only made it worse.
Grace quickly got up and took some paper towels. She went to Chase Harper’s side and helped him wipe the soup off his clothes. Then, she quickly cleaned the table and asked the waiter for a cloth to wipe the spilled soup.
Chase Harper was embarra**ed. He was several years older than her but when an emergency happened, she was the one calmly helping him while he was at a loss.
“Thank you,” he said, blushing.
“Be careful,” said Grace.
“It seems that… you’re good at taking care of people,” he said.
She smiled faintly. “Maybe it’s because I live alone. Now, when you get home, soak the clothes in detergent so that there won’t be any stains.”
“Sure,” he replied. Then, he suddenly asked, “Are you… currently living alone too?”
“Yes.”
“Then… Where’s your brother?”
When he said this, she stiffened. The word ‘brother’ once felt so close to her, but now it felt so far away.
“He… has gone back to his own home. I was only taking him in temporarily,”
muttered Grace. She then returned to her seat, lowered her head, and began to eat her unfinished meal.
Chase Harper only stared at Grace.
‘Is the ‘brother’ who at first seemed to be monopolizing her no longer with her?
‘Is she alone now? Does that mean I…
have a chance?’ The idea grew stronger and stronger in his mind.
Neither of the two in the restaurant noticed a black sedan parked a short distance from the restaurant.
The man in the car was staring at them through the window.
Terrence did not even dare to breathe.
He just looked at his boss who was in front of him in fear before looking at Grace and the man called Chase Harper in the restaurant.
After finding out Grace’s current location, Master Reed just made him drive over, and… he just kept watching.
‘When is he gonna stop?’
Terrence just wished Grace and the man could finish their meal soon.
After lunch, Grace had to go back to the law firm. Chase Harper insisted on driving Grace there.
“I have something to do anyway. We’re heading in the same direction, so I can drop you off,” said Chase Harper.
“Thank you… then,” said Grace.
In the car, Chase Harper asked about the case and the possibility of Baldwin getting compensation.
“There’s little chance,” Grace hesitated but still answered, “According to what I’ve been able to find out so far, the perpetrator has already transferred all their a**ets. They don’t have any a**ets in their name, and the a**ets that were transferred have all been re-transferred.
Unless we can now find out what else is in their name, we’re just going to win the case without getting any money.”
“How can such a person exist? She hurt a living person!” Chase Harper said angrily.
“There are many such people in the world,” said Grace. The selfishness of human nature was sometimes unimaginably evil.
It was just like the reason she was imprisoned. It was because the witnesses. who testified against her were easily bribed to fabricate facts for money.
Those people only cared about money. They never thought that the people they testified against would be unjustly imprisoned and would suffer for nothing while getting their lives ruined.
Chase Harper seemed to have also thought about Grace’s imprisonment. “If only… I had known you earlier.”
“Hmm?”
“Well… Maybe I could have been of some help. Maybe… you wouldn’t have to suffer so much,” he said.
Grace smiled. Chase Harper was a simple man. Although he was older than her, his social circle kept him from seeing much of the dark side of the world.
“Even if you knew me then, it wouldn’t change anything,” she said. Though it may be a blow to his good intentions, she did not want him to have any affection for her.
It was because… that would not lead to anything.
Just like when someone wanted to make her a scapegoat as the powerless her could easily become an abandoned pawn!
A flash of embarra**ment came over
Chase Harper’s face, but he said with great certainty, “I… I know I can’t do much, but… but if I had known you then, I would have done everything I could to help you!’
The car had come to a stop at the building of Grace’s law firm.
Grace leaned over slightly and looked at the man next to her carefully.
The man looked ordinary, but he had a power that warmed people’s hearts. After going through so much, she knew that perhaps ordinariness was the most precious of all.
‘Chase Harper, you’re a nice person and a good man, but I’m not right for you. I’ve been through a lot of things and I’ve been disappointed in love and in marriage. I just want to focus on my career now. The rest doesn’t matter to me!” said Grace.
“Then I can wait. I’ll wait until you’re willing to focus on relationships and marriage!” As if with great courage, Chase Harper reached out and took Grace’s hand.
He held her hand so firmly and his eyes were so clear.
These hands were completely different from Jason’s, but they made people feel warm.
However… “Don’t, because there’s no point. Chase Harper, you’re a good person, but a relationship requires effort from both parties, not just one. You’re great, but I don’t love you,” said Grace.
Chase Harper’s face gradually turned pale.
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