Chapter 446 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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However, Jason kept looking at her from time to time as he prepared the soup as if to see whether she was keeping her hand under the running cold water from the top.

After running cold water over her hand for about ten minutes, the burn on Grace’s fingers was finally relieved.

It was still a little red, but it was not a big deal.

“It’s still a little red,” said Jason, frowning.

“It should be okay in a couple of days,” said Grace.

She had just finished speaking when he put her fingertips in his mouth, gently licking them with the tip of his tongue as if  comforting the injuries on her fingertips.

Grace stiffened. She felt as though all her blood was rushing to her fingertips. She tried to pull back her fingers, but it seemed impossible.

Slowly, his licks turned to kisses. Scattered kisses rested on her fingertips.

His eyes were fixed on her.

Her confused face was reflected in his eyes. She felt as if she was drowning as she looked into his eyes.

Her heart seemed to beat faster.

‘This can’t go on anymore. If this goes on, I’m gonna…

Using almost all her strength, Grace withdrew her hand and took a step back. “My fingers are alright!”

Jason’s eyelashes fluttered slightly. His dark eyes seemed to be covered with a veil, and it was getting more and more difficult to figure out what was on his mind.

“Let’s eat.”

The servant served the three dishes and the soup Grace made. During the meal, neither of them made a sound. The dining room was silent.

Grace noticed that Jason was being unusually silent.

When they finally finished their meal, he said, “I’ll ask the driver to send you home.”

She nodded.

However, before she left, she looked at him and asked, “Are you alright?”

He smiled. “Why do you ask?”

Grace was speechless. It seemed that she was overthinking, so she said nothing and turned away.

His dark eyes were fixed on her back until she disappeared. Then, he stood up and walked to the bedroom on the second floor.

The bedroom where she used to stay in was now his.

All the things she had used previously were still in the room, and every night he would come to this room to hold her clothes to sleep!

He opened the wardrobe, took out a dress she once wore, and held it tightly in his arms.

It was like he was hugging his lover.

“He had almost lost control just now. As he was licking and kissing her fingers earlier, his lust only grew stronger and stronger. ‘Almost… Almost… I almost had my way with her in the kitchen!’

Even if he had decided not to love her, even if they were now broken up, and even if he only called her Sis now, her influence over him was as strong as ever.

She had only looked at him with her almond-shaped eyes and it was enough for him to lose his soul. At that sight, all reason was thrown out the window.

“Tell me. How can I not love you…” His mutters rang in the silent bedroom.

‘I thought it was hard to love a person, but I fell in love with her so easily.

‘I thought it was easy not to love someone, but… It’s so hard…”

“Grace… Grace…” His hoarse voice cried out her name again and again as if it was the only name he knew…

When Grace went to work the next day, everyone in the firm looked at her differently.

Many people came up to Grace to ask about her relationship with Brian, to which Grace replied, “I have nothing to do with him.”

They approached her out of curiosity but left disappointed.

Andrea Schwartz looked at Grace, her teeth itching with envy. She thought Grace was dead meat yesterday and she would be fired from the firm. However, such a plot twist happened instead.

Now, she could forget about kicking Grace out of the firm as many people were probably trying to get on her good side instead!

Even the colleagues from yesterday who criticized Grace for being a homewrecker were now caring and attentive to Grace, looking for all sorts of topics to talk about with her.

Andrea Schwartz felt so depressed that she wanted to throw up!

“The trial starts in three days. Sort out the information.” In the office, Lawyer Carter talked about what to look out for in court. Grace was already familiar with this.

“Alright,” she replied. Then, she asked, “Lawyer Carter, is it really impossible to change the defendant for this case?”

“We don’t have enough evidence. The court will look at the full chain of evidence, but the evidence we have is insufficient to form a good chain of evidence. You’re a lawyer too. You should get it,” said Lawyer Carter.

Grace’s eyes darkened. ‘Of course, I’m aware!

It was just that she hoped Baldwin could get compensation and good treatment.

‘Otherwise, what’s the point even if we win the case?’

After they were done talking about work, Lawyer Carter asked, “What’s your relationship with Mr. Brian? Can you tell me?”

Grace could not answer Lawyer Carter the same way she answered her colleagues, so she said, “I have a cousin named

Stella who’s one of Mr. Hart’s friends.”

Lawyer Carter did not ask any more questions but talked more about the case.

When Grace came out of the office, a text message ringtone rang on her phone. She took out her phone and saw that the text message was from Kyla Corbyn, but the contents were clearly not written by her.

Kyla: [Aunty, Mommy fainted.]

Grace immediately dialed the number, and it was Nelson who answered.

“Nelson, what happened?”

“Aunty, Mommy fainted. What do I do?” There was a hint of sobbing in Nelson’s childlike voice. After all, he was only four years old, so it was natural to be afraid of such situations.

“Where’s your grandmother?” asked Grace.

“Grandma… Grandma went out to buy groceries. I called her,” said Nelson. He had wanted to call Grace, but his mother previously told him she was at work during the day and he could not call her, so he sent a text message instead.

Grace was a little relieved. If Mrs. Corbyn had gone out for groceries, she should not be too far away from home and would probably be back soon.

Therefore, Grace asked more about the situation and said,

“Nelson, listen here. Help your mother loosen her collar and put a pillow under her feet to raise it a little. I’ll call the ambulance now. If your grandma comes back later, tell her what happened, alright?”

“Yes, got it,” answered Nelson.

Grace then called the emergency services and gave them Kyla Corbyn’s current address after explaining what happened.

15 minutes later, Mrs. Corbyn called, saying that the ambulance had arrived. The paramedic checked and said. that Kyla Corbyn’s condition should not be too serious, but just in case, they were sending her to the hospital for a check-up.

Grace was finally a little relieved. After asking which hospital. the ambulance was going to, she hurried to the hospital after work and saw Kyla Corbyn on the hospital bed.

After a week of not seeing her, Kyla Corbyn, who was in a hospital gown, was much thinner than the last time Grace saw her.

The hospital gown looked a little too big on her. Her pale face looked a little haggard, and even her lips did not have much color.

“Grace, thank you for calling the emergency services today,”

said Kyla Corbyn. She forgot to teach her son some general knowledge, causing him to panic when faced with such a sudden situation.

“Why did you pa** out suddenly? What did the doctor say?”

asked Grace.

“The doctor said it’s because she’s malnourished and has been sleeping poorly,” said Mrs. Corbyn.

Grace was stunned. After all, people rarely fainted from malnutrition these days.

“I don’t have much of an appetite lately, so I’ve been eating less, and sometimes I can’t sleep, so this happened.” Kyla Corbyn gave a wry smile.

“Is it because of Martin Weiss?” asked Grace.

Kyla Corbyn glanced over to Nelson who was already asleep in the bedside chair. Her son was a little shaken when she fainted, and it was not until she woke up that he finally fell asleep as he could finally be relieved.

When Kyla Corbyn thought of her son’s red eyes when she awoke, she felt a pain in her heart.

She did not hide it from Grace. “Yeah. A few days ago, Martin Weiss explicitly told me that he would fight for Nelson’s custody before he left Emerald City.”

Due to that, she had been feeling dispirited these days. She could not eat much, and she often suffered from insomnia.

“Is there no room to change all this?” asked Grace.

Kyla Corbyn shook her head with a wry smile. “He’s a man who’s true to his words.” There was no leeway at all.

Not to mention when it came to her!

Perhaps her existence was a sin to him! How could such a man give her any leeway?

“If he does fight for custody, then we’ll fight him for it. Kyla, if you don’t have any lawyers in mind, then I’ll handle this case. for you,” said Grace.

She knew that with Kyla Corbyn’s current situation, it might be difficult for her to afford a high-profile lawyer, and if she was to find an ordinary lawyer, why not let her do it?

“Grace, are you going to help me with my lawsuit?” Kyla Corbyn seemed happy.

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