Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
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“They’ll be elated if they find out.” Patrick knew that Brian’s parents would not interfere with Brian’s marriage as long as he was willing to marry a woman.
“Did you come to see me about something?” Brian asked.
Only then did Patrick realize what he had come here for, but he was a little embarrassed to speak. “It’s about Queenie Mack. I didn’t want to bother with it at first, but her family makes a scene at my company every day and causes a lot of trouble, so I—”
“Do you want me to cut her some slack?” Brian asked as he raised his eyebrows.
“That was the idea, but I don’t think that’ll happen now,” said Patrick. Brian was serious about Valda Theller, so he would not go easy on Queenie Mack, who harmed Valda Theller on the film set.
The Huo family’s plans were now in vain.
“It’s best if you don’t have such ideas now. Since that woman dared to do such a thing in the first place, she should now suffer the consequences,” Brian said indifferently. His dark phoenix eyes glimmered with malice.
Jason’s men had subdued the people who put Grace in the hospital that day. They also learned from those people that L City was full of rumors about Martin Weiss having an affair. Martin Weiss had not made any statement about these rumors. It was as if he was planning to let people forget it with time.
Martin Weiss was not a celebrity, so it did not go viral but just spread in L City on a small scale.
Several people happened to recognize Kyla that day, so they wanted to make a video or get some special content to sell to Martin Weiss at a high price.
If they could not sell them, they could create some buzz online too.
However, they did not expect the Reed family’s mistress, Grace, to be with Kyla, let alone frighten her so much that she was hospitalized.
It was no use crying over spilled milk now. The Reed family had decided to sue them. The Reed family’s legal team was nationally renowned. The lawsuit would inevitably cause them to give monetary compensation and take corresponding responsibilities.
Grace called Kyla and told her about Jason’s findings.
“Why didn’t Martin Weiss explain? We’re divorced, so it’s not an affair,” said Kyla.
“Is it because he took someone else to the banquet before your divorce took effect?” Grace asked. “Even then, he could have argued against it with all sorts of other reasons so he wouldn’t be called a cheater. Especially if he only attended it with a companion.” Kyla was puzzled. It was a little far-fetched to call him a cheater when he only brought a companion to the banquet.
Perhaps… there was something else?
“There must be something else. But this rumor only spread in L City on a small scale. The people that day had no idea too. They only heard he was having an affair. How about this? I’ll ask Jay to look into it again,” said Grace.
“No thanks, I’ll call Martin Weiss and ask him myself. I want to ask why he didn’t make any statement to refute it,” said Kyla.
“Okay,” said Grace, knowing she did not want to bother her.
Besides, this was between Kyla and Martin Weiss. It was indeed inappropriate for her to interfere.
“Grace, I’m sorry about that day. I’ve put you in so much danger,” Kyla said apologetically.
“Don’t say that. The baby and I are fine now,” Grace reassured.
However, she would have to stay in bed until she gave birth.
“Kyla, you’d better find out what happened to Martin Weiss as soon as possible, lest it affects your children.”
Is an Ex-Convict!
Kyla replied and ended the call.
She should deal with this as soon as possible. Otherwise, Nelson would be criticized again if the same rumor spread in Emerald City.
She could not help but feel anguished when she thought of the criticism her son had endured because of her prison sentence and for having a single-parent family.
She did not want the past to repeat itself.
Taking a deep breath, she dialed Martin Weiss’s phone, praying that he would pick up her phone call.
Moments later, Martin Weiss’s voice came from the other end of the line. “What’s up?”
“I’d like to ask why we’re already divorced but there are rumors about you cheating in L City. Even if you brought Nurse Ruan to the banquet, such rumors shouldn’t exist. And why didn’t you issue a statement that you’re divorced?”
Kyla asked a series of questions, while Martin Weiss only replied with one sentence. “We’re not divorced yet.”
“What?” Kyla froze, thinking she had heard it wrong.
“I haven’t filed for divorce, so we’re still married,” said Martin Weiss. Kyla was dumbstruck. “Why… haven’t you done it?”
‘Didn’t he want me to sign the divorce papers to get rid of me sooner?’
She had signed the papers, but he had not gone through the formalities.
“I have no time.” He blurted out four words indifferently.
“…” Kyla did not know how to describe her mood for a while. “You can ask the lawyer to do it. Doesn’t Weiss Group have a legal team?”
“The company’s legal team only takes care of company affairs. It doesn’t include the Weiss family’s private affairs!”
“Then… why don’t you send me the agreement and I’ll take care of it?” she asked again.
The other end of the line was silent. After a long while, his voice came, “Kyla, do you want to divorce me that much?”
‘He’s the one who wants to divorce me!’
3/4 “Since we both want a divorce, I think it’s better to go through the formalities as soon as possible.
You’ll be divorced soon, so there’s no such thing as you having an affair. I also don’t want it to affect Nelson and cause him trouble.” “Have our children always mattered the most to you?” His voice grew colder.
‘No! He has become as important as our children to me, perhaps even… more important,’ she told herself.
‘But what’s the point of that now? I’m only humiliating myself. He’ll laugh at me.’
“Yes, my children matter the most to me,” she replied.
The other end of the line was quiet for a long time.
Kyla waited a long while before finally saying, “Martin Weiss, are you… still there?”
“I’ll take care of it. You don’t have to worry about the kids,” he said and hung up the phone, leaving Kyla staring at her phone.
‘What the hell is going on? Why didn’t he go through with the divorce formalities?’
If Martin Weiss had not resisted her so much and refused to lift his hypnosis, she would even think Martin Weiss was reluctant to divorce her.
‘Reluctant…’ Kyla laughed sarcastically at herself. She was overthinking.
That man had no feelings for her anymore.
In a mansion’s study, Martin Weiss’s fingers gripped the phone hard, almost crushing it. vict!
He knew what answer she would give him, but he went ahead and asked! It just gave him another heartache in the end.
‘Heartache?’ He was startled. His hand loosened suddenly, and the phone fell to the floor.
His hand covered his heart. Every heartbeat seemed to be tingling with pain.
He had already hypnotized his feelings. Why would his heart still ache for her?
‘Stop! Stop!’
He kept screaming to himself in his head, but the pain continued and did not stop…
It was as if the pain would continue as long as his heart kept beating…
A week later, Valda Theller and Brian went to the night market again to pick up the custom-made dolls.
The cartoon figures she drew were suitable for making dolls. They looked almost exactly like the ones she drew.