Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
20 minutes later, Valda Theller figured out what it meant.
Staring at the two female bodyguards, Valda Theller looked at Brian in disbelief. “Are you locking me up?”
“You’ll be staying in the mansion. They’ll be looking after you, so don’t try to escape. Don’t secretly take any medicine either. I’ll set you free if you’re not pregnant in a month. If you’re pregnant…” His voice stopped as he stared at her with his dark phoenix eyes. “You’ll give birth to the baby!”
She was shocked. She knew Brian was not joking!
However, the problem was… “We’ve broken up. Why do you want me to give birth to the baby?”
“Because you love me!” he said.
Valda Theller was speechless. Then, she showed a hurt look on her face. “Brian, you bastard!” She suddenly shouted at him.
It was the first time she had called him names since they met. She had not even said anything bad to him when they broke, yet she was now calling him names!
He turned to say to the two female bodyguards. “Look after her. Forget about having an easy life if anything happens to her.” The two bodyguards quickly replied in acknowledgment.
Brian then hurried away as if he was fleeing from something.
Walking out of the house, he got into his car and leaned heavily against his seat.
He did not mean to hurt her, but he did.
Her love for him seemed to be all he had left.
He had never liked children, but maybe the baby would bring them back together if she was indeed pregnant.
He knew he had acted impulsively and selfishly today, but he just could not get her to cut off the last possibility between him and her.
‘What the hell is wrong with me? Since when did I care so much about Valda Theller?’
Shaking his head, Brian straightened up, started the car, and sped away from the mansion.
Valda Theller and the two bodyguards looked at each other in the mansion.
Valda Theller did not expect Brian to lock her up in the mansion and assign two bodyguards to her, She took out her phone after some consideration.
One of the bodyguards said, “Miss Theller, it’ll be pointless to call the police. With Mr. Hart’s influence, he can keep you here in many ways.”
Valda Theller knew that! “I’m not calling the police. I’m only calling my friend to tell her my work arrangement and where I’ve gone. Otherwise, she’ll be worried.”
With that, she called Camille Strickland.
“Camille, I’ll be staying at Brian’s mansion for the time being, and I won’t be going to the studio either. Call me or email me if you have anything work-related to tell me. I’ll email you the comic manuscript.”
“You’re staying at Brian’s mansion?” Camille Strickland was shocked. “Didn’t you guys break up?”
“Yes, but something came up, so… Uh… Anyway, I might have to stay over there for a while and take care of things,” Valda Theller said vaguely.
Camille Strickland was confused. What else did sh need to take care of after breaking up?
Since her best friend did not want to be too explicit, she would not probe further either.
“Alright then. Take good care of yourself,” said Camille Strickland.
“Okay,” replied Valda Theller.
Then, she called her two assistants and told them the work arrangements.
After these two calls, Valda Theller said to the two bodyguards, “Some of my work stuff is still at my house and studio. I want to pick them up.”
The two bodyguards glanced at each other and said, “Miss Theller, you can make a list of what you need and we’ll pick up the things for you.”
Valda Theller stared at the bodyguards, immediately feeling speechless.
Brian drove to Patrick’s place.
Patrick raised his eyebrows when he saw him. “Why are you here all of a sudden? Do you want me to call Valda Theller out?”
Brian snapped, “She’s in my manalon right now.”
Patrick was stunned. “She’s in your mansion? Then what are your doing here?”
“What am I doing here? I don’t even know what I’m going to do!”
Brian said, “There’s a possibility that she could be pregnant.”
“Pregnant?” Patrick froze before understanding what was going on. “The night I called her over when you were drunk, did you…”
The rest was self-explanatory.
“And now that she’s at your mansion, does that mean you’re taking responsibility?” Patrick asked.
“I said I would marry her if she’s pregnant and she could give birth to the baby, but she refused and decided to take birth control.”
Patrick froze. Many women wanted to marry into the Hart family, but Valda Theller refused!
What surprised him more was that his best friend even thought of getting married. “If she’s indeed pregnant, do you plan to marry her for the sake of the baby? It’s not worth it!”
Brian pressed his thin lips together before saying, “There’s nothing bad about marrying her.”
He had thought about marrying her before. Even if he could not fall for Valda Theller, it would be nice to grow old with her if he had to choose a woman to be with for the rest of his life.
“I didn’t think it was true when you said you loved her, but now it seems to be true,” Patrick said emotionally.
Brian froze. ‘I love Valda Theller?
‘No, I haven’t fallen for Valda Theller. I just like her. Grace will always be the one I love.
He would not have dated Valda Theller if it were not for Grace’s peace of mind.
Looking at his silent best friend, Patrick patted him on the shoulder. “Brian, if you love Valda Theller enough to marry her, why don’t you pursue her again?
Women are soft-hearted. Besides, didn’t you say she didn’t break up with you because she didn’t love you but because she loves you? Move on from your feelings for Grace and there’ll be no conflict between you and Valda Theller.”
Brian looked down, his long eyelashes hiding the agony in the bottom of his eyes.
‘Move on? How should I move on?
‘Should I forget her or stop loving her? Which one can I do?’
He used to hope Valda Theller could save him from his messy love life, but she let him go before he could move on.
When Brian saw Valda Theller again, Valda Theller was lying in bed, already asleep.
With a gentle hand wave, the two bodyguards quietly exited the room.
He went to the bedside and quietly looked at her sleeping face.
She had a pretty face, a delicate nose, and pale pink lips. She seemed so quiet and gentle, but she was frowning slightly in her sleep as if she was having a bad dream.
Brian leaned over and gently touched the slight frown.
He wanted to care for and protect the woman. He seemed to crave seeing her smile.
The more he understood what she had experienced, the more his heart broke for her.
He wanted to build a safe wall for her so that no one could hurt her, but now, he was the one hurting her!
Suddenly, her head moved, and her eyelashes fluttered twice before she opened her eyes.
Their eyes met each other.
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