Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Why isn’t he with you?”
“He has class, and besides, I just came here to practice and don’t need anyone to accompany me,”
Jasper said.
“By the way, isn’t your sister’s birthday coming up soon?” Roger suddenly said.
“Huh? Yes,” she hesitated for a moment before responding, not understanding why he suddenly brought this up.
“So, can you give me an invitation?” he asked, “After all, I have also received favors from the Reed family before. It’s your sister’s birthday, and I also want to congratulate her in person.”
“Jasmine’s birthday this year is just a small celebration, so we’re only inviting some close friends and family,” she said.
“So, I’m not considered a close friend or family, and I don’t even have the qualification to give a gift, right?” Roger asked.
“Of course not, that’s not what I meant,” Jasper quickly explained.
“So, can you give me an invitation?” he asked.
She pursed her lips for a moment, “Okay, I’ll prepare an invitation for you.”
“Then I’ll wait for you to ‘personally’ give me the invitation,” Roger said, turning around and leading the girl into the piano room.
As soon as they entered the piano room, the girl asked, “That was Jasper, the Grand Princess of the
Reed family. Are you close with her?”
“Does it matter if we’re close or not?” Roger said nonchalantly.
“Then when did you receive favors from the Reed family? Weren’t you always abroad since you were young?” the girl asked again.
“Do you want to know?” Roger stared at her.
“Of course, I like you, so I want to know about you. What’s wrong with that?” she said.
red up, has eyes full of emales, but his g cold. “But for me, i don’t want others to know too mort shou
1. For me, that’s certainly not right!”
As he spoke, he sat down at the piano, opened the lid, and his slender fingers lightly rested on the black and white keys. “Being too curious isn’t always a good thing, is it?”
As his voice trailed off, the melodious sound of the piano filled the room.
The girl watched Roger play the piano and for some reason, she felt a chill run down her spine.
Jasper had been practicing the piano in the room for an hour, but he couldn’t concentrate. He kept thinking about Roger’s birthday invitation.
Was he really sending a gift to his little sister out of hatred for her and the Reed family? Or did he have some other scheme in mind?
Unable to focus on practicing anymore, she closed the lid of the piano and left the room.
As she passed by Roger’s room, she couldn’t help but pause. Through the glass window of the room, she saw Roger playing the piano while the girl who came with him listened attentively.
This scene reminded her of when they were children and he played the piano for her while she sat by his side and listened to his music.
So, has he found someone else to listen to him play the piano now? Jasper wondered to herself. If that was the case, she should be happy for him.
After leaving the piano room, she went downstairs to the dormitory and happened to see William standing there.
She hurried over to him and asked, “Why are you here?”
“Just wanted to see if you were here,” he replied.
“Then why didn’t you call me?” she asked.
“I did, but your phone was turned off,” he answered.
She took out her phone, but it was turned off.
Jasper sheepishly stuck out his tongue. “My phone ran out of battery.”
He smiled. “Do you have any cravings? It’s almost dinner time.”
“How about we go out to eat?” Jasper suggested. “I feel like having something outside today.”
“Sure,” William agreed.
He would agree to anything she wanted.
The two of them went outside the school, but Jasper stopped in front of a bar next to the school, staring at the door in a daze.
“What’s wrong?” William asked.
“How about we eat here today?” Jasper suggested.
Although it was a bar, they also served food.
“Why do you want to have dinner here?” William asked.
“I’ve never had dinner in a place like this before, so I want to try it,” Jasper replied.
It wasn’t yet the busy time for the bar.
The bar was playing soft music, making it seem quite peaceful.
Jasper and William ordered their food and sat at a square table to cat.
Jasper was eating dinner in the bar, but her gaze was fixed on another seat not far away.
Last time, Roger was sitting there with his group of friends, drinking and looking sophisticated and aloof, completely different from the Lawrence she remembered from before.
But it was precisely because he had grown up that he had become Lawrence!
William’s gaze followed Jasper’s and landed on the empty seat, “Why do your eyes keep looking at that seat?”
Jasper put down her cutlery and picked up a cocktail from the side, taking a sip, “Because the last time
I came to see Lawrence, he was sitting there.”
William’s eyes flickered slightly, so was Jasper here today to eat because she was thinking about
Lawrence?
“People really do change over time, Lawrence…he’s changed at lot,” Jasper murmured.
“Do you always think about him?” William suddenly asked.
“I guess so,” she admitted frankly, “Ever since I found out he was Lawrence, it’s been hard not to think about him. Almost every time I close my eyes, all I see are childhood memories and all the encounters we had at Stanford University.”
These memories played like a movie in her mind.
“Don’t always think about him, okay?” William spoke up.
Jasper looked at him in confusion.
But William suddenly lowered his head again, burying himself in his own plate of food, “Don’t mind what
I just said earlier, I was just…talking nonsense.”
She looked at him, as if thinking about something, then lowered her head again and continued eating her dinner.
After the two finished eating, William got up to pay the bill while Jasper sat at the table sipping his cocktail.
By now, the bar was lively with music that had turned into intense beats and the noise level had increased.
There were even quite a few couples and some strangers who, in this atmosphere, quickly became friends.
Jasper looked at the lively scene in the bar and wondered why he had come here for dinner.
Perhaps he just wanted to experience what it was like for William to sit in a bar.
Just then, a group of people walked into the bar, and one of them shouted, “Mr. Elliott is the most capable one. He just met such a beautiful senior sister. I wish we had the chance to do the same.”
“You? Even if you had Roger’s appearance, you wouldn’t have his temperament!”
“Senior sister, which part of Roger do you like?”
Jasper was startled and looked up to see Roger walking into the bar with some people, and a beautiful woman was intimately
But this woman was not the same one she had seen before who was being affectionate with him.
Jasper frowned. What was going on? Where was the girl he had seen before?
Roger noticed her gaze and looked in her direction, but his expression changed when he saw her.
But then his expression changed again, and he lowered his head to talk to the beautiful woman next to him.
“Jasper, let’s go.” At the same time, William’s voice sounded in Jasper’s car.
Jasper turned to see that William had already paid the bill and come back.
“Okay.” She responded, putting down her glass and picking up her bag, walking towards the exit of the bar with William.
Just as they were about to pass by Roger and his group, Roger’s voice suddenly rang out–
“What, you two aren’t going to say hello since we’ve run into each other?”
Jasper’s footsteps suddenly halted, feeling William’s five fingers holding her hand slowly tightening, gripping her hand tighter.
“What a coincidence, didn’t expect to run into you here.” William spoke up.
Roger looked at William, “It’s still early, why don’t we hang out here together for a bit?”
“No thanks, we have some things to take care of and need to leave.” William said.
“Is that so?” Roger’s gaze shifted to Jasper’s face, “Don’t forget about the thing you promised me today, I’ll be waiting.”
Jasper pursed her lips, “I know.” Then she pulled William’s hand and walked out of the bar.
The group of people surrounding Roger said, “Roger, what’s your relationship with Miss. Reed? She came to the bar to find you last time too!”