Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
However, Grace was calling him Bryn again. She…
He suddenly remembered that the last time they were in the hospital, she had called him Bryn and told him that she was the little girl he met when he was a child!
Only at that time, he thought she said that to save Chase Harper!
‘Could it be that… Could it be that…’
For a moment, he dared not think more about it.
Grace’s voice continued saying, “You’ve saved my life more than once, and I’m grateful. I understand the feelings you have for me, but I can’t give you a response. My feelings for you have never been love. Stop loving me, and don’t waste your feelings on me anymore. As for the favor of saving me, I’ll repay you when I have the chance.”
“What I need isn’t your repayment!” said Brian. He stared at her closely and said in a trembling voice, “Tell me, are you… Are you the little girl I’ve been looking for?”
“Does it matter whether I am?” Grace said with a faint smile.
“You are, aren’t you? You were the little girl, weren’t you?” As he spoke, he tried to reach out and grab her, but another hand reached out sideways and blocked his hand.
The next moment, a large hand grabbed Grace’s waist and her back was pressed against a chest. A familiar scent filled her nose.
“Brian, what are you trying to do to my wife?” Jason’s voice suddenly rang.
Brian shuddered. He straightened his back, and his phoenix eyes met Jason’s deep dark ones. The word ‘wife’ sounded so harsh. “I just want to know if she’s the one I’ve been looking for!”
“Haven’t you found her already? What else is there to know?”
Jason said lightly. His cold voice sounded sarcastic.
Brian’s face immediately turned paler. His thin lips were pressed together in a straight line, and his entire body tensed. Jason ignored Brian, lowered his head, and said to Grace who was in his arms, “Alright, you’ve said pretty much everything you wanted to say. It’s time to go back to the car.”
“Wait!” Brian stood in front of them. “No one is leaving until you make it clear today!”
He wanted an answer! He wanted to know the truth even though the answer might frighten him and cause him pain!
Jason sneered, “Brian, since when do you have the right to command me? I can leave if I want to!”
The two men confronted each other, and the atmosphere was on the verge of breaking out.
The pressure around them became extremely uncomfortable.
Patrick, who had retreated to the side, quickly stepped forward to lighten the mood. He said, “We’ve known each other since childhood. What’s with all this tension? Calm down. Why don’t… I treat you guys? Let’s sit down somewhere, have a cup of tea, and talk it over?”
However, neither Brian nor Jason paid any attention to him.
Patrick touched his nose dully. ‘Fine, they’re treating me like I’m invisible!’
Jason said to Brian, “You should be glad that you saved Grace. Otherwise, you would be lying on the ground now!”
However, Brian did not seem to hear him. His eyes were just staring at Grace. “Are… you?” he asked again in a hoarse voice.
Jason snorted coldly and was about to attack Brian when Grace suddenly grabbed Jason’s hand.
“What’s the matter? You can’t bear it?” said Jason as he raised his eyebrows. His peach blossom eyes were cold.
“He saved the babies and me!” said Grace.
Jason’s eyes glinted before withdrawing his hand. Grace solemnly said to Brian, “If I tell you yes, will you refuse to believe me like last time or will you choose to believe me?”
Brian suddenly quivered. “So, you’re really her, right?”
“Once, a little girl met a little boy who had escaped after getting kidnapped. The little girl wanted to take the little boy to a safe place. They were in the forest for a day and a night where they encountered a lot of danger. In the end, they walked out of the forest together without leaving neither one behind.”
Grace did not answer him directly but spoke as if she was telling a story.
Brian listened with a pale face even though a voice inside him kept saying, ‘Stop it… Stop it…’
However, he still stood where he was, taking every word she said into his ears and heart
“The little boy hurt his leg, so the little girl took the little boy to the hospital. The little boy then told the little girl he’d find her The little girl gave the little boy a bracelet, and they agreed to use it as a token. It was because she was afraid the little boy would come too late and they would no longer be able to recognize each other after growing up. At least with the bracelet, they could still recognize each other.”
Brian only felt as if his breathing had become more difficult, and his heart throbbed with pain. ‘It’s her. It must be her!”
She was just what he had imagined!
‘I was already attracted to her back then, but why couldn’t I recognize her?
‘Why? Why? Why did I miss her?”
Countless whys flashed across his mind. In the end, he only said one sentence. “Why did you choose not to reveal your identity when you know I’ve been looking for you?” The clear voice sobbed hoarsely.
“After the little girl sent the little boy to the hospital, she went home and developed a high fever. There was no good medical care in the small town, so the girl went to Emerald City for treatment. The fever subsided, but her memory was impaired. She forgot the things that happened a few days before she caught that fever, and that naturally included the memories she had of the little boy,” said Grace.
She was guilty toward Brian. After all, even if she had unintentionally hidden her identity from Brian in the beginning, her actions afterward were deliberate.
“Since you’re talking about this now, you remember what happened back then, don’t you? Since you remember now, why didn’t you tell me? Why did you only tell me after Chase Harper’s case happened?” Brian growled.
“Because…” Grace paused. What she finally said was, “Because I thought it was unnecessary. After all, I don’t love you. If I told you I was the little girl, you might pay more attention to me.”
“Unnecessary…” Brian suddenly laughed, but his eyes were wet.
“So it was unnecessary for me to keep my promise and look for you for so many years… So you knew I was looking for you but watched me being deceived like a fool?”
Grace bit her lip with her teeth. “I’m sorry.” It was probably all she could say now.
She owed him too much for this!
She had recovered her memory and knew she was the one he had been looking for, but she said nothing for selfish reasons. Now, it was too late.
Even though she wanted to avoid hurting him, it still turned out like this!
“Sorry…” Brian scoffed. “All I got from years of insistence is only sorry! Haha… Haha…”
He laughed, but tears fell from his eyes.
Grace stared blankly at Brian’s tears until her eyes were covered by a pair of hands. “Stop looking. You’ve said what you had to say. Let’s get back to the car.”
It was… Jason’s voice!
Pretty much blindfolded, Grace followed Jason back to the car.
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