Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
She wanted to step back in surprise, but his hand had already wrapped around her waist!
“What are you doing?” she asked.
“I just want to tell you that even though I hate you and despise you now, I can still put on a smiling face to kiss you. Even if you want to sleep with me, I can satisfy you!” he said in a frivolous tone.
“You–” She glared at him, watching as his lips drew closer to hers. Suddenly, she lifted her hand and instinctively covered his lips, preventing him from kissing her.
His lips met the palm of her hand, and his gaze seemed to grow increasingly distant.
“I don’t want you to kiss me, and I certainly don’t feel any satisfaction from it,” Jasper said coldly. “If you think of it so casually, it only makes me feel dirty.”
The distant look in his eyes turned instantly cold.
He abruptly released his hand from her waist and pulled her hand away from his lips. “Dirty? Of course, you’re the pristine Grand Princess of the Reed family, while I’m just dust in the mud. In your eyes, I’m naturally very dirty. So why do you keep appearing in front of me again and again if I’m so dirty?”
He spoke with intense emotion, and Jasper pursed her lips, feeling that she had misspoken. “I…I just think you shouldn’t be so casual…”
“Casually engaging in physical contact with others?” he sneered. “Only those who haven’t been manipulated can easily say such things. Have you ever been forced to the ground, forced to do things you didn’t want to do, or even forced to jump into the abyss even though you knew it was a bottomless pit?”
“What do you mean?” She looked puzzled.
The mockery on his face grew stronger. “Of course you haven’t. You have no idea how dirty this world can be. No matter how much you struggle, scream, or beg for mercy, it’s useless. Others even take pleasure in seeing your pain. The more you struggle, the more you please them…”
As he spoke, his face gradually turned pale, his eyes becoming somewhat confused, and his expression twisted with pain, as if he were trapped in a bad memory.
Jasper stared at him in astonishment. “Law…Ro, Roger, what’s wrong with you?”
“You don’t know anything, Jasper. You don’t know anything at all!” He gasped, speaking as if accusing her, and his body staggered, as if he were about to collapse.
Jasper reached out to try to support him.
away. “Don’t touch me. Don’t you think I’m dirty? Then don’t touch me!”
“If I said something wrong just now, I apologize! But your current situation doesn’t look good. Let me take you to the school infirmary,” Jasper said.
“No need!” He took a deep breath and suddenly stepped forward, snatching the invitation letter from her hand. “Since you came to see me today to deliver the invitation, I have received it. You don’t have to pretend to care about me.”
After saying that, he turned around and left unsteadily.
Jasper watched Roger’s back and couldn’t help but furrow her brows. When he said those words just now, the painful expression on his face didn’t seem fake. What happened to him? She thought that being adopted by the wealthy Elliott family and being treated as their heir should have made his life comfortable. But why did he have such a painful expression?
What happened to him in these years?
Many people wanted to attend the Reed family’s little princess’s birthday party, but this time, the Reed family didn’t plan to make it big. They only invited some relatives and friends for a noon celebration at their mansion since it was on a Sunday. Jasmine planned to go to a concert that night.
Kyla, Lina, Amber, and Valda came early in the morning, and the children followed suit. As usual, the women gathered together, the children played together, and the men had to gather together.
“By the way, I heard Lawrence has been found?” Hadwin spoke up. His wife was always a big mouth and had the closest relationship with Grace. Therefore, thanks to his wife, everyone knew about
Lawrence being found.
“Hmm, it’s quite surprising. He was actually adopted by the Elliott family,” Jason said.
“Which Elliott family?” Brian asked.
“Not in the country, but overseas. They made their fortune in shipping,” Jason replied.
“Oh?” Hadwin pondered thoughtfully. The Stephenson family was the leader in shipping in the country.
If it was about shipping, the Stephenson family would naturally know more. than others. “Could it be the
Elliott family from Yemen?”
There are many wealthy families in Yemen.
“Yes, it’s that Elliott family,” Jason said.
“He was adopted by that family?” Hadwin asked.
“To be precise, he replaced the original heir of the Elliott family who had passed away,” Jason said.
Hadwin frowned. “That Mrs. Elliott from the Elliott family seems to have some mental problems.”
“The information I found says she’s already better,” Jason said.
“Sometimes only the parties involved know whether it’s really better or not,” Hadwin said lightly. “But
Lawrence has been found. Jasper should be happy. It’s also considered fulfilling one of her wishes.”
“Maybe finding him is just the beginning of trouble,” Jason said. “Lawrence now is not the same simple kid as before.”
“Are you scared?” Brian asked.
“Not really, but I’m worried he might do something stupid and hurt Jasper,” Jason said. In fact, he didn’t really care about how Lawrence was doing. He only cared about his daughter. “Speaking of which,
Jasper gave him an invitation to her birthday banquet today. He should come. You can take a look at him then.”
Everyone present was aware of Lawrence’s situation, as all the families had helped in the search for him.
Meanwhile, the women were chatting about William and Jasper.
“Is Jasper really dating William?” Lina, the most gossip-prone, started the topic.
“Yes,” Grace replied with a smile.
“It’s like a childhood crush that turned into reality,” Lina sighed. “I’ve thought they had something going on since they were kids, like a fairy tale. I wish I had a childhood sweetheart like that!”
“You don’t, but your daughter does,” Grace teased.
“Well, yeah, now that you mention it, Tina and Chandler are childhood sweethearts too. But who knows if it will turn into love in the future,” Lina said, as her daughter was only 13 and still in the innocent stage of love.
Tina was engaged to Chandler since birth, and no one knew what the future held for them.
Chandler had developed feelings for Lina’s daughter, but Tina…
Lina worried about what would happen if Tina didn’t love Chandler in the future. The thought of how the
Stephenson family and the Hunter family would handle it gave her a headache.
“There are other childhood sweethearts too,” Kyla said. “Harley and Lornell are also close. Maybe they’ll end up like William and Jasper.”
Valda smiled. “They do get along well.”
“By the way, are Lornell and Chandler coming over today?” Amber asked.
“They said they’ll come over later,” Lina replied.
The Hunter family and the Quentin family are both Crypt families, so Lornell has become closer to
Chandler.
Sure enough, after some time, two figures walked into the living room of the Reed family.
Chandler, who is 20 years old, is already 185 centimeters tall with long legs. He looks like a hanger, with a sculpted face that exudes the aura of a young man. He gives off a cold and hard feeling.
However, his eyes carry a hint of softness, which softens his cold and hard demeanor.
On the other hand, 12-year-old Lornell is still between childhood and adolescence. Although he is already over 170 centimeters tall, his face still has obvious childishness, with a delicate androgynous beauty.
When these two people walked in, they gave people a sense of beautiful advertising.
When Tina saw Chandler, she immediately bounced over to him and asked, “Hey, you guys are here.
Did you bring a gift for Jasmine?”
Chandler smiled slightly and took out the gift, “Here, this is for Jasmine.”
“What is it?” Tina asked curiously.
“You’ll find out when the gift’s owner opens it, won’t you?” Chandler said.
Meanwhile, 8-year-old Harley also came over to Lornell and asked curiously, “Lornell, what gift did you bring?”
“My old man gave me a bottle of Qi-boosting pills to give as a gift,” Lornell said lazily, taking out a white medicine bottle with no packaging.
However, for Crypt families like the Quentin family, who are experts in medicine, many medicines are priceless. The Qi-boosting pills given by the Quentin family are naturally not ordinary.
Grace took the medicine bottle from Lornell and said, “Thank you, Lornell. Please also convey my gratitude to your old man when you go back.”
Due to being born prematurely, Jasmine has been weak and sickly since childhood. Although the Reed family has been taking care of her health, she is still more prone to illness than the average person.
For Jasmine, the Quentin family’s Qi-replenishing pills were the best thing ever.
Jasper kept glancing towards the entrance of the living room, as if waiting for something.
William approached her and asked, “Are you waiting for Lawrence?”
“Mm-hmm,” Jasper replied.
“Maybe he doesn’t plan on coming. After all, he had a difficult time here before,” William said.
“No, he will definitely come,” Jasper said confidently. “Since he took the invitation, he will come.”
William looked at Jasper’s determined expression and suddenly asked, “What about you? Do you want him to come?”
Jasper was taken aback and looked up at William. “Why do you ask?”
“Just curious,” William said.
After thinking for a moment, Jasper said, “I want him to come. Whether he has good intentions or bad intentions, only if he is willing to take that step can we possibly resolve the grievances between us, right?”
“That’s true,” William agreed.
Just as they were speaking, another figure walked into the living room. Jasper froze and looked straight at the person. It was…Roger!
As Roger entered the living room, everyone else stopped talking and looked straight at him.
After all, everyone who came here today is a familiar face, and only Roger is a stranger to everyone.
But even though he’s a stranger, because of the years of searching, everyone is quite familiar with him.