Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Valda looked at Brian, her eyes filled with understanding. “I know,” she said softly. “But you need to let go of the past, Brian. You can’t keep carrying this burden forever.”
Brian nodded, his eyes filled with determination. “You’re right,” he said. “I need to let go of the past and move on. And I want to do it with you, Valda. Will you be by my side?”
Valda smiled, her heart filled with warmth. “Of course,” she said. “I’ll always be by your side.”
“No, I said it’s not true!” he exclaimed urgently.
“Really?” She bit her lip and clenched her teeth. “Even when I was healthy, you didn’t fall in love with me. Now that I’m disabled, your claim to love me. It seems even more unreal. Brian, I know you’re a responsible person, and I think you’re trying to make up for something. But it’s okay, everything that happened before was my own choice, and it had nothing to do with you. You don’t need to feel guilty or responsible for me.”
Brian suddenly felt a sense of weakness.
It seems like the person in front of him has gotten stuck in a dead. end, convinced that he feels sorry for her out of sympathy and guilt. What can he do to make her understand that it’s not the
“I…I want to rest, is that okay?” She said, feeling a bit uncomfortable and avoiding eye contact.
After a moment of silence, he said, “Okay, I’ll take you to your room.” He wanted to carry her, but she insisted on walking slowly by herself.
“I… just have a limp in my leg, I can still walk on my own. I…
can walk by myself!” she said, not wanting to become more dependent on others.
She now needs to be more independent and strong than before.
“I know you can walk, I just want to make it easier for you,” Brian explained.
“But this kind of ease can’t last forever. No one can carry another person forever, so people must learn to be independent, especially… someone like me,” Valda said.
“Why not?” he argued. “I can carry you forever, Valda. If you don’t want to be independent, it’s okay to never be independent. I can be your support.” He said urgently.
He felt like there was a gap between them that kept growing.
And her voice echoed in his ears – “But Brian, I want to be independent. I don’t want to rely on you anymore!”
In an instant, he felt like an insurmountable chasm had opened up between them!
Brian stood at the bathroom door, feeling complicated. The sound of running water came from inside, Valda was taking a shower.
Before today, he thought that when she reappeared in front of him. one day, he would be extremely happy and they would be happy together.
But he didn’t expect it to be like this.
He loved her, but she didn’t believe it!
He thought the biggest obstacle between them was his inability to fall in love with her, but now he knows that the biggest obstacle is her lack of belief.
When Valda hobbled out of the bathroom with her crutches, Brian approached her and said, “I’ll have the bathroom renovated to make it more convenient for you.”
“No need, I… don’t plan on staying here for long,” Valda said. “I still want to go back to my own apartment.”
Brian frowned, “Don’t you want to live with me?”
Valda pursed her lips, “I still want to go back to my own apartment. That way, I’ll feel more comfortable.”
“Are you uncomfortable with me?” Brian asked.
She lowered her head gently and whispered softly, “We’ve been apart for a year, longer than we were together. I think I’ll be more comfortable alone.”
His thin lips almost straightened into a line. At this moment, every word she said was like a sharp sword, cutting into his heart and causing him pain. “Then who will take care of you?” he asked.
“I don’t need anyone to take care of me. I can take care of myself. I… I’m just lame, not incapable of taking care of myself!” A hint of embarrassment flashed across her face.
“I didn’t mean it that way, I’m just worried that it might be inconvenient for you to live alone,” he explained.
“Don’t worry, I’ve done it before… I came to Emerald City by hitchhiking alone and stayed in a hotel for several days, and everything was fine,” said Valda.
Brian suddenly froze, his dark eyes fixed on Valda. “You’ve been staying alone in the hotel for several days?”
Valda suddenly realized that she had let slip, and immediately bit her lip with her teeth, a look of confusion flashing across her face.
He stared at her and said, “So, you actually returned to Emerald
City a long time ago, but you have been unwilling to meet me, right?”
Her teeth clenched tighter against her lips, and the anxiety on her face only made his heart ache more.
Her current appearance is as if she is clearly telling him that she is afraid of him and wants to avoid him!
But what is she afraid of? What does she need to hide from?
For these days, all he could think of was her. He was determined to find her and tried his best to search for her through his connections in cities outside of Emerald City, but strangely, he didn’t search for her in Emerald City.
He never imagined that one day she would appear in Emerald City and avoid him like this, staying in a small hotel instead of meeting him face to face.
He thought that she had just returned to Emerald City and went to see Camille first.
But unexpectedly, she returned to Emerald City much earlier than he had anticipated.
Suddenly, he felt that his desperate search and inner torment, even his love, seemed like a joke.
“Valda, if you really don’t want to see me, you don’t have to resort to being homeless. Just tell me and that’s enough!” Brian suddenly laughed bitterly and said, “During the time you were missing, I told myself that if I ever found you, I would do anything to fulfill your wishes, no matter what they were.
So… just tell me and I’ll make it happen! I promise!”
His smile made her heart suddenly ache.
She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but didn’t know what to say.
And he, only left with a sentence, “Rest well, I won’t disturb you. I will instruct the servant to take care of you.” After saying this, he hurriedly left the room.
Suddenly, Valda was the only person left in this spacious.
bedroom.
She sat on the edge of the bed, looking like a deflated balloon.
Her eyelids drooped lightly, and her gaze fell on her right leg.
How can she stand by his side now, in her current state?
If before, she could shamelessly say that she would try hard to make him fall in love with her, now she can’t do it no matter what.
Perhaps she and he were never meant to be in the same world. Now, they just need to return to their own worlds.
“Brian, do you know? When you said you love me today, I was really happy… so happy, so happy…”
She murmured, her voice. becoming more and more choked up, while tears kept streaming out of her eyes, flowing down her cheeks one after another…
The next day, when Valda woke up, there were already servants waiting outside her room.
The servant said, “Miss Theller, please feel free to give me any orders if you need anything.”
Valda hesitated for a moment and asked, “Where is Brian?”
“Mr. Hart left early this morning,” the servant said, while also sneakily glancing at Valda.
She has only been working here for about six months, and she has only heard that Mr. Hart is looking for a woman. This woman is Mr. Hart’s girlfriend who disappeared due to an accident.
The servants talk amongst themselves about how deeply Mr. Hart loves this woman. Everything that belongs to her and remains in the villa is off-limits to others, as Mr. Hart personally cleans and maintains everything to preserve the way it was when she left.
Once, a servant stole some of this woman’s clothes with the intention of selling them outside, but Mr.
Hart almost beat him to death.
And there were also servants who saw Mr. Hart in the late night, holding a woman’s clothes and crying incessantly.
So, this woman became the legendary woman in the mouths of many servants.
Many people are even saying how lucky this woman is to have caught the eye of a man like Mr. Hart.
They believe it’s a blessing that others may never experience in their lifetime.
She was also curious about what kind of woman this woman really was.
But now that I’ve seen her, I’m a bit disappointed because…this woman is just too ordinary. She seems like an average woman, or even worse than many ordinary women.
Because this woman has a limp in one of her legs! She has to walk with the help of a crutch!
“I really don’t know what Mr. Hart sees in this woman,” the maid wondered to herself.
“Okay, I understand,” said Valda, with a hint of self-mockery in her eyes.
So… Brian was really angry, right? That’s why he left early in the morning and avoided her.
Valda secretly thought to herself, feeling a complex mix of emotions rising within her heart.
When Camille received a call from her friend and arrived at Brian’s villa, she was stunned when she heard what her friend said. “You…you’re moving back to your own apartment?”
“Uh-huh,” Valda said.
“Don’t you live here anymore?”
“Yes, not staying here.”
“Did you have an argument with Brian yesterday?” Camille thought and thought, and this was the only answer she could come up with. But it didn’t make sense, after all, Brian had been missing Valda, and
Camille had seen it firsthand over the past year.
Now that Valda is back, Brian wouldn’t dare to argue with her, let alone criticize her.
Valda bit her lip slightly and didn’t answer.
Camille looks left and right, “Brian, where is he?”
“Valda said, ‘He left early in the morning.””
Camille was speechless, so they really were arguing?!
But she thought for a long time and couldn’t figure out how they could have argued. It’s impossible!
“What did you and Brian talk about yesterday?”