Chapter 257 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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She had been through a lot of criticism. Although she might be okay with it, what about him? Grace was a bit uncertain.

“What’s the matter? You don’t want to go?” asked Jason, frowning slightly.

“Am I fit to go?” Grace took a deep breath, looked up, and asked, “Jason, if I accompany you to the banquet, a lot of people might recognize me. I’ve met a lot of people when I was with Sean Stevens… Besides, I’ve been to prison…”

“So what?” said Jason, shrugging it off. “You’re the one for me. So what if you’ve been to prison? So what if you’re recognized?”

As he spoke, he took her hand, drew it to his lips, and kissed it softly. “Didn’t you bring me home when I was like a vagrant on the streets, Sis? Did you ever think if I was someone fit for you to bring home? Whether you’re a princess or a beggar, I want you to stand by my side.”

His kiss fell on her hand. Her fingers felt a tingling sensation. that went all the way to her heart.

Slowly, he raised his gaze and stared at her with his dark,

deep eyes. “Besides, you’re going to stand by me for the rest of your life. If you worry now, what about the future? When are you going to be able to stand by my side with ease? Do you really want to wait until the day you reverse the case?”

Grace felt suffocated.

“I don’t care whether your case is reversed, Sis. I only care about you. You are the one I’m in love with, so you’re the best person to stand by me,” said Jason.

Grace pressed her lips together and finally said, “All right, I’ll go with you.”

No matter what she had to face at the banquet, she was willing to accompany him because she loved him too. Since he had no fear of gossip, she had nothing to fear.

“Then it’s settled.” His fingers slightly grabbed her chin as his face slowly drew close to hers.

She immediately knew what he was going to do. She lifted her chin submissively, feeling his lips fall on hers.

His kiss was so tender and rea**uring…

At the Stevens mansion.

Sean Stevens asked his wife with a puzzled look, “Why is your family’s mall suddenly getting demolished? Didn’t they invest a lot of money in the mall? It’s also operating just fine. Why are they demolishing it? No matter what they’re going to build, it won’t make as much money as this mall!”

At the mention of the mall, Lily’s face paled a little. Of course, she knew that the mall was making money. The demolition was a big blow to the Atkinson family, but they had to do it to save themselves.

Otherwise, they would lose much more than a mere mall.

“Jason wanted it demolished. Can the Atkinson family stop him?” asked Lily.

Sean Stevens was flabbergasted. “What’s going on? Why would Jason want to demolish your family’s mall?”

“It’s all thanks to your ex-girlfriend,” said Lily.

“Grace?” Sean Stevens was stunned. He thought of the time when the Stevens family was almost out of luck because of Grace. However, his sister’s leg was also crippled because of Grace. According to the doctor, it would be difficult for her to recover without a few surgeries.

The surgeries were risky. A slight mistake might cause her to be disabled for the rest of her life.

As a result, Zoe’s personality had changed a lot during this time. She was no longer as fearless as she used to be. She used to be a little arrogant but was still cheerful. Now, Zoe spent her days in her room and rarely gathered with her old friends which worried Sean Stevens a little.

“She’s the one. Jason has her back, so who can touch her?”

Lily’s tone was sour.

She was the woman she thought she would trample on forever and whom she might never see again. After all, they were from different worlds.

She did not expect her to reappear in front of her in such a way that made her afraid to do anything to Grace.

Hearing this, Sean Stevens suddenly seemed to understand something. “Did your family do something to Grace?”

Lily pursed her red lips, suddenly feeling a little guilty. “It was my fault for not warning my parents. As soon as they saw Grace, they were reminded of my sister. How could they not do something to Grace?”

“Tell your parents to let it go. Grace was in prison for three.

years, and her future has been ruined. Obsessing over it will only make it harder for them.” Sean Stevens urged.

Lily immediately glared at Sean Stevens. “Why, are you feeling sorry for Grace now? Why didn’t you feel sorry for her when she was in prison? All her nails were pulled out while the bones of her fingers were snapped off back then!”

Sean Stevens’s face paled immediately.

Even though more than three years had pa**ed, the scene still emerged vividly in front of his eyes, never having faded.

“Do you think you can distance yourself now that you care about Grace? Do you think Grace will put in a good word for you in front of Jason and help you out?” Lily’s voice continued to ring in Sean Stevens’s ears.

“What are you talking about?” Sean Stevens frowned and said, “It’s all over between her and me. You are my wife now. I’m just afraid that your parents will go against Grace again. It’s like throwing an egg against a rock. Only the Atkinson family will suffer. You’ve seen what happened with Zoe. What do you think Jason is incapable of doing?”

Lily eventually said nothing more.

Sean Stevens hugged Lily and said, “That’s enough. I love you and I married you. As for Grace, I’ve already made myself clear when you wanted to disable her arms. Isn’t that enough? Doesn’t that rea**ure you?”

Leaning into Sean Stevens’s arms, Lily muttered, “Are you sure you don’t regret… watching her suffer like that? If… she hadn’t been in that car accident and didn’t go to prison, would she be the one you love now? Will you still be with me?”

The question had been weighing on her mind all these years. and she finally dared to ask him.

Sean Stevens was a little stunned.

His mind went back to the days when he was dating Grace. The woman made him feel so wonderful. Though sometimes her sense of justice amused him a little, she was different from the upper-cla** ladies he had seen in his social circle. She was more energetic and radiant.

It was as if someone who had always been surrounded by conspiracies and schemes could not help looking forward to the light. Although his parents did not approve of him and Grace, he once thought that one day he would go against his parents for Grace and insist on marrying her.

However, no one expected his self-righteous insistence to collapse so quickly.

When the accident happened, he panicked and was frightened. His parents told him to get rid of Grace right away and he did so without even hesitating.

It was at that moment that he realized that the love he expected was not worth his future. He was not willing to sacrifice his future for Grace.

He loved Grace because he could be the grand young master of the Stevens family. Once this was gone, the so-called love was also gone.

Over the years, he would feel guilty sometimes, but whenever he felt guilty, he would tell himself that it was all Grace’s fault.

Things would not have come to this if she had not driven. under the influence and hit Jennifer Atkinson, so it was all

Grace’s fault.

It seemed that only by thinking this way could he feel at ease. again.

He thought that this was the end for him and Grace. Like two horizons, they would no longer intersect. However, now it seemed as if his life would gradually be filled with her influence.

Like with Zoe’s legs and now his wife’s family’s shopping mall.

It was all because of Jason. The person behind Grace was now Jason.

“Sean?!” Lily’s voice interrupted his trance.

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