Chapter 1053 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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‘I don’t want to see her cry. Every tear she sheds is like an invisible needle puncturing my heart!’

“Is it because you’re worried about Amber Mitchell?” he asked in a murmur.

“I… I know I shouldn’t be crying. Crying isn’t good for the baby, but… I don’t know if Amber Mitchell is really in a mental hospital or not. If she is, then… how long will it take to find her? Although… Although Grace’s helping me, there are so many mental hospitals in the country. How long will the search take?”

Kyla sobbed, her tears gushing out harder!

Martin Weiss’s hand gently stroked her cheek that was stained with tears.

It was so hot! The heat penetrated his skin, went into his blood, and spread throughout his limbs. It made him… uncomfortable!

He murmured, “What can I do for you to stop crying? If send my men to help search Amber Mitchell too, will you stop crying?”

Kyla looked blankly at the face in front of her as she felt his fingers wipe the tears from her cheeks.

“Will… Will you help search for Amber Mitchell?” She quickly asked and grabbed his hand after recovering her senses.

“Yes, if you stop crying.” He gave her an answer.

As long as she stopped crying, he could send his people to search for Amber Mitchell.

Her tears made him so uncomfortable! It turned out that even though he had forgotten his feelings for her, her tears still upset him.

It was as if he would be willing to do anything for her if she cried in front of him!

Kyla did not expect Martin Weiss to offer to help search for Amber Mitchell! It was not until Martin Weiss called his men and asked them to check the list of patients in mental hospitals across the country in the past ten years that she was sure he was serious about helping her!

The only condition was that she did not cry.

Kyla found it unbelievable.

No matter what Martin Weiss was thinking, he was willing to help search for Amber Mitchell. She was grateful for that.

She lay in bed, and it was dark.

The lights in the room were off, and the only source of light was the moonlight streaming in through the window.

Kyla opened her eyes and looked blankly at the man lying beside her.

His usually cold and solemn face seemed gentle now that he was sleeping. With his tall nose bridge and beautiful lips, the man looked tender.

She remembered how he had wiped her tears with his hands and told her to stop crying.

At that moment, she even fell into a trance and almost thought that he was never hypnotized to begin with. She almost believed that he was still the same Martin Weiss who loved her and would do anything for her as long as she did not cry.

‘How could I… have such an illusion?’

Kyla could not help raising her right hand to reach for Martin Weiss’s face, but she instantly stopped right as she was about to touch his check.

He was so close, yet so far.

“Martin Weiss, thank you. And… I hurt you back then. Maybe you not loving me now is the best outcome for us, so don’t love me. That way, we’ll have nothing holding us back when we divorce later.”

That way, he could live well and start a new life without her.

Meanwhile, she would put away her feelings in a corner where no one else could touch them.

It was not that they had never loved each other. They just kept letting each other slip away…

Kyla smiled mournfully as a soft sigh escaped her mouth. She withdrew her hand and slowly closed her eyes, not noticing Martin Weiss clenching the blanket slightly as he lay beside her…

In the following days, the Reed family and Martin Weiss’s men were busy looking through the list of mental hospitals. Lina had also asked Hadwin Stephenson to investigate after learning about it.

With three parties investigating, they finally found a person named Amber Mitchell in a mental hospital in Deer City. She was admitted eight years ago. All her personal information, from her height to other details, matched the information Kyla provided. However, Kyla was stunned when she saw the photo of Amber Mitchell’ that they sent over.

It was a woman in a hospital gown. Her hair was patchy and uneven. She was bald in some spots as her scalp seemed to have suffered some injuries.

The woman’s eyes were dark and almost without light. Her skin was so pale it was almost transparent, and there was a scar on her cheek that was like a centipede. It could be considered to be a disfigurement. The most shocking thing was that the woman had no ring finger on her right hand. She was missing a finger.

Kyla stared blankly at the photo, almost unable to believe her eyes.

“That’s Amber Mitchell! It’s Amber Mitchell!’

It was a far cry from the woman she remembered, but she could recognize that it was Amber Mitchell!

The once beautiful woman had turned out like this!

“What the hell is going on here? How… did Amber Mitchell become like this?”

“What… What happened to her finger? She used to have all ten fingers!” Kyla said quickly.

Grace said, “She had already lost it when she was admitted to the mental hospital eight years ago. We don’t know how she lost it.”

“I… I’m going to Deer City. I want to meet Amber Mitchell!” said Kyla.

Martin Weiss rejected. “No! You’re not in the right shape to travel.”

“But I must go. I must find a way to get Amber Mitchell out!” said Kyla.

“If you want to release Amber Mitchell, I can get someone to check her condition and assess her mental state before making the appropriate arrangements. But you can’t go. What will you and the baby do if she’s mentally ill and attacks you?” Martin Weiss said.

“Amber Mitchell isn’t mentally ill. How could she be? Something must have gone wrong! Didn’t Jacqueline Bowman say Amber Mitchell is living a life more miserable than death? Yes… Jacqueline Bowman might know something! If Amber Mitchell is only an ordinary patient, why would Jacqueline Bowman use the phrase ‘more miserable than death”?” Kyla said.

However, Martin Weiss still said, “Whatever it is, I can find someone to take care of the matter in Deer City while you stay in Emerald City.”

Kyla suddenly reached out and grasped Martin Weiss’s sleeve. “Martin, please, let me go to Deer City. I can’t be at case until I see Amber Mitchell with my own eyes! I want to see her. I want to ask her what’s going on. I want to bring her out of there!”

Kyla sobbed with teary eyes.

Martin Weiss was silent.

Grace said, “Mr. Weiss, why don’t you let Kyla go to Deer City? She can’t take care of herself and the baby in Emerald City without worrying if she doesn’t go. I’ll speak to a maternity hospital in Deer City and ask the doctor in charge of Kyla to give them her medical reports for thorough preparation.”

Grace understood how Kyla felt. If she were in Kyla’s position, she would probably rush to Deer City immediately!

“What’s more, even if you don’t let Kyla go, she’ll find a way to go by herself. Wouldn’t it be better to agree to it than to increase the risk?” Grace added.

Martin Weiss gazed at Kyla’s pained and anxious face.

‘Does she care about Amber Mitchell that much? She’s so panicked after just learning a small piece of news about Amber Mitchell. Has she ever worried about me like this?’

Martin Weiss tried to think… if she had ever been in pain and gotten anxious for him. She had only shown such an expression when he went to save her after she was kidnapped by Mr. Lambert.

At that time, he mistakenly thought she had feelings for him.

However, he later realized he was only imagining things.

He already knew the gap in importance between him and Amber Mitchell to her, right? If he were half as important to her as Amber Mitchell was to her, she would never have let him be so disheartened that he would willingly choose to hypnotize himself so that he could forget his feelings for her.

“Since you’re so desperate to go, I won’t stop you. But I’ll go with you,” said Martin Weiss.

“You’re coming too?” Kyla paused.

“Don’t forget. We’re husband and wife. Since you want to go to Deer City while pregnant, as your husband, I ought to go too,” he said.

She bit her lip slightly. “Okay, then… Then let’s go together.”

Grace was relieved at this. It would be better if Martin Weiss went with Kyla. In that case, he would be around to handle things if anything happened.

“Kyla, I’ll go with you too. I’ll be able to help in case there’s a legal matter,” said Grace. The main thing was that she was still worried about Kyla. After all, Kyla was pregnant, and her pregnancy was riskier

than regular pregnancies.

Kyla looked gratefully at Grace. “Grace, thank you!”

“Don’t mention it. This time, we have to find out whether Amber Mitchell is really mentally ill,” said Grace. According to the information she obtained, it was indeed suspicious that Amber Mitchell was sent to a mental hospital.

Grace said to Jason at night, “Jay, I told Kyla I’ll accompany her to Deer City today. Y-You won’t blame me for making a decision before telling you, will you?”

Jason raised his eyebrows. “What if I do blame you for it? Are you leaving your husband and children for your friend?”

Grace was embarrassed, “But I really want to help Kyla. I know how she feels. Especially now that the condition her friend Amber Mitchell is in… is a far cry from what Kyla described to me.”

“But have you ever wondered how long you might have to stay in Deer City if you want to help her? It may take more than a few days to resolve this,” said Jason.

He had been involved in the whole thing, so he knew how Amber Mitchell was doing in the mental hospital right now.

“I’m aware of that, so… I’m here to apologize to you,” Grace said while wrapping her arms around Jason’s neck. “I’ll accompany Kyla to deal with the situation on hand first. If it’s going to take a long time, I guess I’ll just have to travel back and forth for a period of time. I can’t exhaust the pregnant Kyla, can I?”

Jason gazed at the person in front of him. “A verbal apology isn’t enough.”

“Well…” With her eyes glimmering slightly, she stood on her tiptoes and kissed his lips. “Is this okay?”

“Is a kiss all you have to offer?” He looked at her nonchalantly.

“…” She sprinkled more kisses on his cheek. “Is that enough to express my apology?”

His eyes grew darker as he gazed at her. His hoarse voice said with endless tenderness, “It’s not enough… Not nearly enough.”

As his voice ended, his big hand grabbed the back of her head, and his lips touched hers…

After a long time, Jason looked at the person leaning in his arms. He raised his hand and caressed her slightly untidy hair. “You can go ahead first. I’ll come look for you after I take care of the matters in Emerald City.”

“You’re going to Deer City too?” She was surprised.

“Otherwise? Am I going to let you go to Deer City alone?”

“What about the children?” she asked.

“Uncle Kwan will look after them. Besides, there are so many servants at home. I’ll take our two children with us if you’re still worried.” As for their other child, he would probably refuse to go to Deer City even if they wanted to bring him.

Jason had a headache thinking of how the boy clung to his ‘sister’ Veronica Barlow.

Mason’s ‘obsession’ with Veronica Barlow even surprised Jason sometimes.

The obsession had gone far beyond the feelings between siblings. He just had no idea if his son’s obsession was only a matter of childhood or if it would continue past his childhood days.

“Deer City is Philip Barlow’s territory. Give Philip Barlow a heads-up when you go to Deer City. It’ll be easier to handle matters in Deer City.” Jason urged her.

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