Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Then, he held her hand tightly.
She took him by the hand and went into the house.
She was not that wet, so a little toweling off would do, but he was terribly drenched.
“You should take a hot bath, or you’ll catch a cold easily,” she said and turned to leave.
However, his hand was still holding hers tightly, refusing to loosen.
She could not leave at all.
“Can you let go? I’m going back to-”
She did not manage to finish her sentence when his voice interrupted her.
“Stay with me!” he said.
‘Stay with him? When he’s looking like this?’
“You should take a hot bath now,” she said.
“Stay with me.”
He stared at her as if he would not take no for an answer.
Grace was stunned.
She even had a feeling that if she refused, then maybe… he would do something dangerous that would be too much for her to handle… She hesitated a little before saying, “Then… I’ll wait for you His eyes softened when he heard this.
“Okay, you’ve promised to wait for me,” he said hoarsely while the remnants of the rain trickled down his cheeks.
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He walked step by step toward her, and she unconsciously stepped back. Suddenly, her foot caught on something and
she fell back.
“Ah!” A cry of surprise escaped her mouth.
Her hand almost instinctively grabbed one side of the curtains, pulling them…
The curtains were immediately drawn back, and at the same moment, an arm wrapped itself around her falling body.
Her eyes immediately met Jason’s handsome face.
“Thank… you.”
After a moment, she steadied herself awkwardly.
She turned away, trying to avoid his gaze.
However, she suddenly froze.
Her almond-shaped eyes were gaping in disbelief at the wall where she had just accidentally pulled back the curtains. There were many photos on the wall, and the person in all the photos was… her!
“My photos. Why…” she murmured.
“Why are they on this wall?” he interjected, staring at her intensely.
She felt her throat become unusually dry under his gaze while his fingers were caressing her face.
She tried to avoid his touch, but her body had become as stiff as a board as if petrified by his gaze. His thin lips parted as he spoke, “Because I can’t sleep. I won’t be able to sleep for even a moment If I don’t look at these photos.”
She looked at him in surprise, and it was as if a storm was surging in her heart. ‘Does he mean… he’s losing sleep? He can’t sleep without looking at my photos?” He murmured, “Do you know how hard it is to fall asleep? I want to sleep, but I can’t. Even when I close my eyes, I’m distracted by other thoughts in my head…” He had managed to fall asleep by cradling her clothes in his arms, but later, it seemed to stop working. Only by looking at her photos could he fall asleep for a short while. Then, Grace realized that the faint dark circles under Jason’s eyes were probably caused by insomnia.
“Now that you’re here with me…” As he spoke, he leaned his head against her shoulder and took in her scent.
His empty heart seemed to be satisfied.
‘Even though she doesn’t love me, she’s now with me, isn’t she?’
Grace only felt a heavy weight on one side of her shoulder. Part of his weight was now on her shoulder.
He was like a man exhausted to the core, looking for some support-even if it was only temporary.
She seemed to be his support, his only support in this world. If she pushed him away, it was as if he would fall off a precipice.
‘God, how could I have such an idea?’ thought Grace as she laughed at herself.
She could never be his only support. It was only a delusion given by his weariness.
“Well… You should rest. I’ll go back to my room,” said Grace as she tried to leave.
However, with a spin, he had suddenly pinned her down on the bed before she could take a step.
“Let me go!” She tried to push him away in a panic, but he only held her tighter.
“I won’t do anything to you. I’m just… going to hold you like this,” he muttered as he buried his face against her shoulders, taking in her scent and temperature almost greedily.
It was as if this was the only way to fill the space in his heart, to rea**ure him that he could… go to sleep… Grace stiffened as she was worried that Jason might do something to her, but he just held her… as he said he would! However, he held her in his arms tightly like a child holding their favorite toy.
She could not break free at all. Besides… Even if she did break free, he could probably use force to keep her in his arms if he wanted to.
Grace stiffened in Jason’s arms while her hand was pressed against his chest. Unobstructed by clothes, she touched his skin directly.
Her hands felt hotter and hotter… However, he held her so tightly that she could not even move her hand.
She distracted herself by thinking of irrelevant things. In the end, she simply recited legal provisions in her head. Sometime later, Grace heard the sound of Jason’s even breathing. The arms around her loosened slightly.
Grace hesitated for a moment and asked softly, “Jason, are you… asleep?” What answered her was still the sound of even breathing.
‘Is he… asleep or not?
‘He said he couldn’t sleep, but now… He fell asleep just like that?’
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