Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“Okay, we’ll make an appointment some time.” With that, Whitney Herrera bade them goodbye and left in a car while holding her husband’s hand.
Grace watched the car drive away and said to Brian, “Thank you. You did me another favor.”
“Grace, I’ll always help you if I can,” said Brian.
“What’s… the point…” Grace said with a sigh. She only felt indescribably stressed when he behaved like this.
“Maybe… it’s meant to be.” He gave a bitter smile.
Grace gazed at the person in front of her. “Brian, if things are meant to be, the one meant for you must still be waiting for you.”
‘Someone’s… waiting for me?’
Brian watched Grace get into the car, and the car slowly left his sight. She kept moving while he remained in the same spot.
He had remained in that forest on the hill when he first met her as a child… He had never moved on, while she had moved on and fallen in love with the one meant for her.
He was left alone.
How could he possibly have someone who was meant for him?
Grace returned to the hotel. Kyla had already fallen asleep.
Grace looked at the sleeping Kyla and asked Martin Weiss, “How is Kyla doing these days?”
“She doesn’t sleep well and will sometimes wake up in the middle of the night from nightmares,” said Martin Weiss.
“Because of Amber Mitchell?”
“She’s worried that Amber Mitchell will continue to be tortured,” said Martin Weiss.
“How Amber Mitchell was admitted to the mental hospital and what had happened between Amber Mitchell, Herman Moss, and George Gregory are indeed suspicious. Amber Mitchell was admitted to the mental hospital after Herman Moss died in a car accident. We need to investigate if these incidents are related,” said Grace.
“But it’ll take a long time to get to the bottom of this, and we may even find nothing in the end,” said Martin Weiss. After all, it was so long ago.
“Yes, everything happened a long time ago. Besides, Kyla may give birth at any time after 28 weeks of pregnancy. It isn’t suitable for us to stay long in Deer City. Why don’t you take Kyla back to Emerald City while I stay in Deer City?” Grace said worriedly.
Martin Weiss said, “She’ll refuse. She won’t leave Deer City until she has to. Even if I take her back to Emerald City, she’ll probably try her best to come back here.”
Grace was speechless. She could only take things one step at a time.
Just as Grace was ready to go back to her room, she saw Martin Weiss bending over suddenly and tucking Kyla in as though he was afraid she would catch a cold.
Grace abruptly asked, “Martin Weiss, have you truly forgotten your feelings for Kyla?”
Martin Weiss immediately froze and looked up at Grace with a half-smile. “You should ask Jason that.
After all, he was hypnotized too, wasn’t he?”
“Kyla isn’t entirely devoid of affection for you. I don’t know what you’re thinking, but whatever it is, I hope you won’t hurt her. She’s had a hard enough life,” murmured Grace.
Martin Weiss suddenly smiled sarcastically. “Grace, you’re wrong. She’s the one who hurt me. She refused to give me a chance and wanted to separate from me, yet you’re asking me not to hurt her.”
“She didn’t want to hurt you. She was only trying to protect you!” she blurted out.
The look of sarcasm on his face deepened. “Protect me? Do I need her to protect me? What makes her think she can protect me? Grace, aren’t you a lawyer? Since when did you start making things up?”
Grace helplessly shut her mouth. Martin Weiss’s misunderstanding was too deep. Besides that, his feelings for Kyla had also faded.
However, watching how Martin Weiss tucked in Kyla made her think that perhaps Martin Weiss still had feelings for Kyla even though he had been hypnotized.
After Grace left, Martin Weiss turned to look at Kyla, who was still sound asleep.
Her arched eyebrows furrowed again as if she was having another bad dream.
‘She’s probably dreaming about Amber Mitchell again,’ Martin Weiss thought to himself. Amber Mitchell, her children, her mother, her friends… There were too many people who were more important than him to her. He was nothing.
She begged him when she needed him and kicked him away without mercy when she did not need him.
“Tell me. Between us, who hurt who?” he muttered.
However, only the air answered him.
Two days later, Grace received a phone call from Whitney Herrera, who wanted to consult her about some legal issues.
Although she had given Whitney Herrera her business card when she talked to her at the party that day, she did not expect her to contact her so soon.
When Grace arrived at the private room Whitney Herrera had reserved, she found Brian sitting beside Whitney Herrera and her assistant.
“Miss Cummins, you’re Mr. Hart’s friend, so I can trust you. After all, I don’t want the outside world to know about my comeback yet, so I’d like to consult you about some contract terms and legal matters,”
Whitney Herrera said to Grace with a smile.
Grace knew she was trying to befriend her only because she knew Brian.
Otherwise, why would she consult an unknown lawyer like her when the Moss family had their own legal team?
Grace smiled back. “Sure, I’d be happy to answer your questions.”
During the meal, Grace learned that Whitney Herrera was planning to make a comeback and wanted to have a stake in the Hart family’s newly established film and television company. Brian came to Deer City this time to prepare for it.
Whitney Herrera said she asked Grace to dine with her to consult with her regarding some legal issues, but she did not ask anything about any legal issues during the meal.
“By the way, I have a plot that I’d like to turn into a film. Even though it’s just a film and any similarities would be purely coincidental, I thought I’d better talk to the Moss family about it first,” Brian said suddenly.
“Oh?” Whitney Herrera raised her eyebrows in surprise. “What’s the plot?”
“A story about the return of an heiress. She’s involved in a love triangle. In a car accident that took place later on, the second male lead went against human instincts and turned the steering wheel so that he would take the brunt of the impact in order to save the female lead. The second male lead died while the female lead went mad and was admitted to the mental hospital by her family and fiancé,”
Brian briefly explained the story.
However, Whitney Herrera’s and Grace’s expressions changed when they heard that.
Whitney Herrera looked at Brian in surprise. “This story…”
“Someone gave me this script. I read it and thought it might make a good movie, but I overheard someone saying the story is quite similar to what had happened to your husband’s eldest brother, Herman Moss, and the eldest heiress of the Mitchell family. Mr. Herman Moss died when he got into a car accident with Amber Mitchell. Amber Mitchell was rescued but became mentally disturbed. She was then sent to a mental hospital, wasn’t she?” Brian said.
Whitney Herrera bit her lip, and there was a tint of embarrassment on her face. “Mr. Hart, this story is indeed- similar to what happened to my husband’s eldest brother and the eldest heiress of the Mitchell family. To be honest, the Moss family has worked hard to suppress the news after the accident. If this is made into a movie, I’m afraid that it’ll cause sorrow to my family again, so I hope you could reject this script.”
Brian replied, “We’re already in the pre-production stage. We can’t just call it quits. Besides, it’s still different from what had happened to Mr. Herman Moss and the eldest heiress of the Mitchell family.
They were only friends. It’s not like they had feelings for each other like in the script. Besides, I can also ask the scriptwriter to modify the second male lead’s character so that others won’t be reminded of Mr. Herman Moss. Is that okay?”
Even so, Whitney Herrera was still unwilling to make the script into a film.
“Mr. Hart, if you really make this script into a film, I’m afraid it’ll hurt not only the Moss family but also the Mitchell and Gregory families,” said Whitney Herrera.
“Is that so? However, the female lead doesn’t know who she loves in this script. She hurt her fiancé as well as the second male lead. If they associate the script with the real people involved, they might find the Gregory and Mitchell families unjust after watching the movie. After all, George Gregory married Louise Mitchell shortly after Amber Mitchell was admitted to the mental hospital. Didn’t people call him unfaithful after that? In this movie, the fiancé is portrayed in a positive light!”
Whitney Herrera was instantly speechless when Brian said this.
“But Mr. Harl…”
“Unless the Moss family has something to hide regarding what had happened back then? Otherwise, I don’t think the Moss family should worry about it. After all, Mr. Herman Moss sacrificing himself to save his friend. It’s something worthy of respect. There’s nothing to hide!”
Whitney Herrera hesitated a little before hurriedly standing up and saying, “I… need to go to the bathroom. Excuse me.” With that said, she and her assistant left the private room.
Only Brian and Grace were left in the private room.
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