Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Grace looked at Jason who was sitting beside her. There was a playful smile on his face, but his eyes were cold.
“What’s the matter? Do you like that man named Chase Harper? Do you enjoy being with him that much?” he seemed to say nonchalantly, but in her ears, it was like a heavy hammer to her heart.
“It’s none of your business,” said Grace.
“Really? Chase Harper runs a pretty small car dealership. A car dealership like this could cease to exist overnight,”
he said.
She stiffened immediately. ‘Is he implying that he’ll do something to Chase Harper’s car dealership? Chase
Harper started the car dealership. I don’t want to cause Chase Harper any trouble because of me.’
She bit her lip slightly and said slowly, “I don’t like him.”
“Really?” His dark eyes were fixed on her as if he was examining the truth of her words.
“If I liked him, I would’ve dated him when
I was working at the Sanitation Service
Center,” said Grace.
Sometimes she wondered if she had fallen in love with a man like Chase
Harper, then she would probably be happy with an ordinary but honest and sincere man like him.
“That’s best,” said Jason before suddenly reaching out and grabbing Grace’s right hand.
She was stunned and saw that he had taken a piece of paper towel to wipe her hand gently. “You touched Chase Harper with this hand, didn’t you? If you want what’s best for him, don’t touch him anymore.”
He said it so gently as if it was just a kind reminder.
However, Grace immediately felt goosebumps all over her body as a chill ran up her spine.
A man like him could take Chase Harper down easily!
In Emerald City, he could control others’
life and death at will!
“Your hands are so cold,” he muttered, rubbing her hands lightly against his like how he used to warm them in the winter.
However, she felt nothing warm.
“Jason, don’t… do anything to Chase Harper,” she said dryly, her lips severely dry.
“Are you worried that I might harm Chase Harper?” he said with a chuckle.
“Would you?” Her almond-shaped eyes looked straight at him.
The smile on his lips faded a little. “Are you that worried about him?”
“I… just know what it feels like to have someone control your life and death,”
Grace said bitterly.
“People like you probably don’t feel that way, but I do. We’re all human beings, but some people are superior to others and can easily control them. Some people are ordinary, so they have to be the inferior ones. They can’t even take charge of their destiny and can only be fooled by others.”
‘If… I were not the daughter of an ordinary family but the daughter of a rich and powerful one, then I wouldn’t have to be blamed for the car accident at all.’
‘The people who framed me would never have dared to let me take the blame.’
Every day in prison, she lived like a soulless body. How she spent her day was at others’ disposal. Others could decide freely whether she was going to be beaten that day.
All this depended on only one word from their superior.
Jason’s dark eyes looked at the woman in front of him.
“How do you know I don’t feel that way?”
he whispered, a wry smile creeping out of the corners of his lips.
‘Does she know that the reason why I broke up with her and the reason why
I want to stop loving her is that I don’t want her to control my life and death?
‘Once I love her too much, it’s no different from letting her take control of everything!’
Doubt flashed in Grace’s eyes when she heard Jason saying that. ‘It’s as if he knows what it was like.
‘However… he’s the high and mighty
Master Reed of Emerald City. Who could control his life and death?
“You must be joking, Mr. Reed,” she said lightly.
“I told you to call me Jason.” He frowned a little. “You were calling me Jay when you held me last night.”
Grace’s eyes widened as she looked at him in disbelief. All she had to do was to exclaim ‘That’s impossible!’
“You don’t believe me? Why don’t I call Terrence for you and you can ask him yourself? He heard it yesterday. Otherwise, you can also ask Hadwin Stephenson,” said Jason.
Grace looked embarra**ed. “I… was drunk yesterday.”
“So?”
“I spoke nonsense because I was drunk.”
“In wine there is truth.”
Grace almost choked. ‘In wine there is truth? What did I say when I got drunk yesterday?’
As if he had read her mind, he continued to gently rub her cold hands as he said,
“You said you liked Asian men with black hair and that I have the most beautiful black hair.
“You also said I was good and you liked
“You said you’re my Sis and you would protect me.”
The more Jason spoke, the more Grace lowered her head. Her head was almost lowered to her chest. ‘Gosh, why would I say that?’
“Don’t… Don’t take me seriously!” Grace said quickly.
“What if I want to?” He took her hand to his lips and huffed out air as if it would warm her hands. “I don’t take what other
His lips rested on her hands that were getting warmer as he spoke. “Don’t you want to be my Sis? You wanted to be my Sis when you were drunk. If you want, we can go back to how it used to be, or even if you don’t want to move back to Reed Residence, I can live with you in this rental house as I did before.”
Stunned, Grace instantly raised her head and looked at him in surprise.
His thin S**y lips were pressed against her palm while his light, warm breath sprayed on her hand.
His face looked handsome with those delicate features, and his eyes were beautiful. It was as if he had fused the two opposites-purity and amorosity-to such an extreme that you could not take your eyes off his face.
‘Do I want to be his Sis? Do I want to go back to the way it was?’ Grace asked herself. ‘Perhaps… that was the warmest and uninhibited time for me.
‘Back then, I felt like I had a family and would no longer feel lonely!
‘I never expected love. I just wanted family affection.’
A moment later, the surprise in her eyes gradually subsided and she became calm as well as indifferent again. “Jason, we’ve broken up, so there’s no way we can go back to the way it used to be. You don’t have to insist on me being your sister. If you want to experience what it feels like to be a brother, I’m sure there are plenty of women out there who would love to be your sister.”
His eyes turned cold, and his fingers clenched her hand hard. Grace immediately felt a pain in her wrist!
“Does that mean you’d rather stay with someone like Chase Harper than me?” he asked coldly.
“Keep him out of this,” said Grace.
“What’s the matter? Are you worried about him? Didn’t you say you don’t like him? Even if we’ve broken up, why did you choose a man like him? What’s so good about him?” he said.
She repeatedly defended Chase Harper, and that upset him.
‘At least… Chase Harper’s sincere. At least Chase Harper respects me! If I date a man like Chase Harper, maybe I wouldn’t have to worry about being dumped randomly,’ Grace thought to herself.
‘However… I can’t tell him these.
Otherwise, Chase Harper’s dead meat if
Jason loses his temper.’
“I don’t think much of him. I only came into contact with him because of work!”
she said lightly, trying to distance herself from Chase Harper. “What kind of man do you think I should choose after breaking up with you? Someone like
Brian?”
His expression changed immediately, and the fingers that held her wrist almost seemed to break it.
When the car arrived at the neighborhood Grace lived in, Grace got out of the car and walked almost at a brisk pace toward her house.
She felt as if a sharp glare was staring at her throughout the entire time.
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