Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
‘Martin Weiss was… reading that book?
‘But the problem is… that book is a romance novel!’
‘Martin Weiss was reading romance novels? Or is it because of something else?’ Kyla did not know how to describe what she was feeling at the moment.
Back in the office, Mallory Malcom was at a loss for words as he looked at the romance novel sitting on the chairman’s desk.
‘Loving You For The Rest Of My Life…’ Uh… The title clearly indicated that it was a romance novel.
“The chairman doesn’t seem to be a fan of such romance novels, though!’
However, it was lying open, obviously half-read. It was set aside as though the reader intended to return and resume reading it later.
Martin Weiss said, “I’ve had a look at LJ’s acquisition proposal, but there are still many problems. If we proceed with the current plan, we’ll likely fail. Tell them to come up with a new proposal. No more half-
baked proposals or they can leave… What are you looking at?”
“Ah!” Mallory Malcom suddenly came back to his senses. “N-Nothing?”
Martin Weiss followed his gaze, landing on the novel. “What’s the matter? Are you interested in novels like this?”
An awkward smile instantly appeared on Mallory Malcom’s face. It seemed inappropriate no matter what answer he gave.
It’s good to read… such books once in a while.” It took him a long time to think of such a statement.
“So you read them occasionally?” Martin Weiss asked.
“My girlfriend enjoys them, and I occasionally read them. But most of what she reads is online. She rarely reads physical books,” he said.
“Why do you think women like such novels?” Martin Weiss’s fingers caressed the book. “Is it because
they enjoy the romance these books talk about?”
“I think so. Every time my girlfriend reads such novels, she says how good the male protagonists are and how envious she is of the female protagonists.” Mallory Malcom could not help complaining.
His girlfriend always compared him to the male characters in novels.
“Envious of the female protagonists in novels?” Martin Weiss murmured. ‘What about Kyla… Is she also envious of the female protagonists in novels when she reads them?’
After Mallory Malcom left his office, Martin Weiss continued flipping the pages and reading the novel.
He was not the type who liked reading such books, but he could not help reading the novel because of her. He even… brought it to the company.
In the book, the male and female protagonists met by chance and fell in love at first sight. After dating for a few months, they encountered an incident. The female protagonist became a murder suspect, and the male protagonist tried his best to clear his lover’s name.
Everyone around the male protagonist advised him not to waste his time. Some even suggested that a big shot wanted to save their daughter, so they made the female protagonist a scapegoat.
However, the male protagonist threw caution to the wind for his lover. He told the people who advised him, “Although we’ve only been together for a few months, it feels like forever in my heart.”
Finally, the male protagonist collected all the evidence and handed it to the police. The police arrested the real murderer, and the female protagonist was acquitted and released. However, the male protagonist angered the big shot and fell into a vegetative state after the big shot’s men crashed into the male protagonist with a car.
After that, the female protagonist tried to catch the real murderer to avenge her lover. She also silently stayed by his side.
It was just like how the title suggested-‘Loving You For The Rest Of My Life’.
Twenty years later, the male protagonist woke up to see white hair on the female protagonist’s temples, but he still recognized her at a glance.
The novel ended with the female protagonist wheeling her lover in a wheelchair to the maple forest where they first met.
They looked at each other and smiled. In their hearts, they thought that it was enough for them to have each other in their lives.
When reading this book, Martin Weiss thought that the first half of the book was similar to what had happened between Kyla and him.
They met by chance and fell in love with each other too. The difference was that he premeditated his approach from the start. Then, he testified against her and sent her to prison. When in truth, she was only arrested by the police after getting framed.
If she yearned for such romance that’s written in novels like this… Did she hope that he had stood up for her when she was sent to prison?
Martin Weiss could not help smiling as he thought of it.
A relationship that had only lasted for a few months could feel like forever.
He had spent ten years loving Kyla.
Ten years… was enough!
It was enough for him to understand that this woman could never love him back! In that case, his feelings for her were useless, so choosing hypnosis was the best choice.
He was only trying to realize a longing he once had and let himself get tired of the woman sooner, so she could no longer affect his mood.
‘How could I be tempted by a woman who doesn’t love me?’
Martin Weiss told himself.
When Martin Weiss returned to the apartment at night, he saw Kyla and Skye Maldonado in the living
room. Skye Maldonado saw Martin Weiss and greeted him, “Mr. Weiss, you’re back.”
“Yes, you can go home now,” said Martin Weiss.
“Okay,” answered Skye Maldonado. She would not stay in the apartment at night but next door. There was a separate apartment for her to live in. She would come over to take care of Kyla when Martin Weiss was not around.
Skye Maldonado left, and a sumptuous dinner was already set on the dining table.
Kyla said, “Skye Maldonado cooked these. Would you… like to cat with me?”, “Let’s have dinner together, then. I haven’t eaten either,” said Martin Weiss.
The two of them sat down. While they had dinner, Kyla could not help but ask, “Umm… Is my novel with you?”
“Novel? You mean ‘Loving You For The Rest Of My Life”?” Asked Martin Weiss.
“Yeah,” she replied. ‘Has he even memorized the title?’
He said, “I have it. But I’m a little surprised that you’re fond of such books even now. I recall you enjoying reading such books when we were dating.”
Kyla was speechless. Likewise, she did not expect him to take her book. “It’s only to pass the time.
After all, I have to stay away from some electronics now that I’m pregnant.”
“Do you enjoy the novel?” he asked suddenly.
“It’s alright,” she said. Of course, a novel that was a bestseller and published in hard copies was good.
Martin Weiss seemingly spoke nonchalantly, “But don’t you think the two people in the book are wasting their time with each other? She spent 20 years with a man in a coma, wasting 20 years of her youth. Even though he woke up in the end, they were both already old. It would’ve been more practical for her to find a new relationship rather than waste her time on someone in a vegetative state, no?”
Kyla looked at the man in front of her. “Feelings are never commodities. It doesn’t matter whether it’s practical. She willingly stayed by his side because she loves him.”
“Is that so? Willingly? I think the woman just felt guilty! She made him fall into a vegetative state, so she was haunted by the guilt,” he said.
“It’s not guilt. If it’s just guilt, how could she gently wipe his body, apply the medicine for him, and do the dirtiest and most tiring work by herself every day for 20 years? If it’s just guilt, wouldn’t it be more convenient for her to just find a nurse?” she said.
Martin Weiss said, “The author probably has the same mindset as you, so they made it out to be love.
Isn’t it silly to bet the rest of your life on whether a person will wake up or not?”
“Do you really think it’s silly?” Kyla asked as she stared at him.
‘Didn’t this man say he would spend the rest of his life betting on a chance-a chance for me to forgive him? Even though I repeatedly told him that I wouldn’t fall for him again, he insisted on taking a chance.’
At first, she thought he was only being regretful and feeling guilty.
However, she later learned that he loved her and was willing to love her with his life!
However… he could no longer love her like that.
“Isn’t it silly?” he retorted with a look of amusement.
Her eyes darkened. “Perhaps… it is.”
“I brought the book back. I’ll return it to you later, but you should read fewer such books while you’re pregnant. I’ll buy you some books suitable for antenatal training.”
Martin Weiss said as he lowered his head and continued eating.
Kyla looked at Martin Weiss. After a long while, she said, “Do you no longer believe in love?”
She just blurted out the words. She had no idea why she asked that either.
“That’s not a question you should ask.” He looked up at her coldly.
Her heart instantly trembled.
She knew that she had ruined some things.
Grace called to inform Kyla that Jacqueline Bowman’s trial was set to be held three days later.
“Have you told Martin Weiss?” Grace asked. After all, nothing could go wrong if they wanted to prevent Jacqueline Bowman from sensing that something was amiss on the day.
“Yeah, he promised to cooperate with us,” said Kyla.
“Good. I’ll take care of the rest, then. You only have to act as usual,” said Grace.
“Okay,” answered Kyla. After the trial three days later, she would find out Amber Mitchell’s whereabouts.
‘Amber Mitchell… Amber Mitchell… I must find Amber Mitchell no matter what!’
At night, Kyla said to Martin Weiss, “Grace said Jacqueline Bowman’s trial is being held in three days.
When the time comes…”
“Got it. I’ll keep my word,” he said.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
He peered at her. “Do you care so much about Amber Mitchell because she helped you in prison?”
She said, “Yeah. Many people will send you flowers when you’re at your prime, but not many will help you when you’re at your lowest.”
“Is that why you can bear the humiliation, beg me for her, and disregard your dignity for Amber Mitchell?” he asked.
Kyla’s eyelashes quivered slightly as she looked down a little. “It’s because Amber Mitchell saved my and Nelson’s lives.”
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
On her wedding anniversary, Alicia is drugged and stumbles into the wrong room—straight into the arms of the powerful Caden Ward, a man rumored never to touch women. Their night of passion shocks even him, especially when he discovers she’s still a virgin after two years of marriage to Joshua Yates.