Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Grace had already seen Roger’s photo before, and when she saw him, she greeted him, “Lawrence, you’re here!”
“Hello, Mrs. Reed,” Roger greeted politely, “But now I go by Roger, please don’t call me by my old name anymore.”
“Okay, Roger,” Grace replied.
At this moment, Jason also walked over, “Today is Jasmine’s birthday, feel free to mingle with everyone here, many of whom you’ve met before when you were with the Reed family.”
So Roger greeted everyone in the room. When he was with the Reed family before, he had indeed met many of them, but at that time he was more shy and always hid behind Jasper, rather than facing everyone alone like he is now.
After greeting everyone one by one, Roger finally came to Jasper, William, and Jasmine.
“Yes, I said I would come and bring Jasmine a gift,” Roger said, taking out a box and handing it to
Jasmine, “This is for you.”
Jasmine took the box, but instead of opening it immediately, she looked at Roger curiously, “Are you
Lawrence’s brother?”
Roger smiled faintly, “I used to be, but now I go by Roger. You can call me Roger brother.”
“Is that your new name?” Jasmine asked.
“Yes, my new name.”
“Thank you for the gift, Roger brother!” Jasmine politely said, with a smile on her little face, “You’re still alive, it’s really great. Sister has always had Mom and Dad look for you. She has always believed that you’re still alive!”
Upon hearing this, Roger responded calmly, “Is that so?”
“Yeah, I remember one time someone asked my sister to give up on finding you, but she argued with that person and even cried under the covers!”
Jasper was embarrassed by his sister’s big mouth and said, “Jasmine, who told you to say that?”
“I didn’t lie,” Jasmine confidently replied, “At that time, sister, you were crying so sadly and even holding a photo of brother
Jasper became even more embarrassed!
Roger’s gaze fell on Jasper’s face. Did she cry for him?
“Alright, isn’t it your birthday today? We’re about to cut the cake soon,” Jasper quickly changed the subject.
“But…” Jasmine hesitated, “Veronica hasn’t come yet. She said she would come when she last saw me.”
When Veronica’s name was mentioned by Jasmine, Mason, who was standing nearby, stiffened slightly. His hand hanging by his side also moved imperceptibly.
Just as it was almost time to cut the cake, Veronica finally arrived. She was wearing simple clothes and looked apologetically at everyone in the living room, “I’m sorry…I’m late.”
“No worries, you’re just in time. We’re about to cut the cake,” Grace greeted her.
“Veronica, come here!” Jasper said, pulling Veronica to her side. At this moment, Mason stood next to
Jasper.
Veronica looked at Mason in a daze. He was someone she used to see every day and was the most familiar person to her, but now he seemed so unfamiliar!
After hesitating for a moment, Veronica took the initiative to greet Mason, “Hello, it’s been a long time.”
Mason looked at Veronica coldly, then turned his head and walked away, completely ignoring her as if she didn’t exist in his eyes.
Veronica’s face showed a hint of embarrassment. Jasper saw this and quickly comforted her, “I think
Mason has been abroad for too long, so…”
“I understand,” Veronica forced a smile and said, “It’s okay. Um…I have something to do later, so I won’t eat.”
Veronica handed the gift she brought to Jasmine, “Jasmine, happy birthday!”
“Thank you,” Jasmine took the gift.
Jasper suggested, “Why don’t you have a piece of cake before you go? Later, I’ll have the driver take you home. I also have a lot to talk to you about, Veronica.”
“No, I…I really have to go. Let’s chat next time we have the chance.” Veronica said goodbye to everyone and left the Reed family in a hurry.
Jasper watched Veronica leave and then turned to look for his own Mason, but found that Mason was no longer in the living room.
Where did Mason go? It’s almost time to cut the cake!
“I’ll go find Mason,” Jasper said to William.
“No need, I’ll go myself. You stay here and greet the other guests.” Jasper left the living room in a hurry and dialed Mason’s phone number.
However, the phone showed that it was turned off.
Meanwhile, on the road leading to the main entrance of the Reed family’s mansion, Mason stood in front of Veronica. “Why did you appear here?” His voice was icy and devoid of any emotion.
Veronica was a bit at a loss and said, “I just…came to give Jasmine a gift. Today is her birthday, and
I…”
“You didn’t know I would be here too?” Mason said.
Veronica bit her lip, but couldn’t bring herself to say no.
Yes, she knew that she had contacted Jasper online before and knew that Mason had returned as an exchange student at Stanford University. So, of course, he would appear at Jasmine’s birthday party this time.
In previous years, she would deliberately avoid him, and if he had to come to the Reed family, she would choose a time when he wasn’t there. But this time, she didn’t avoid him.
“Why did you appear in front of me?” Mason said coldly.
“I didn’t mean to appear in front of you, I just wanted to give… Jasmine a gift,” Veronica said, even more uneasy.
“If you really just wanted to give a gift, you could have had the servant deliver it. It’s not hard to find a reasonable excuse,”
Mason said.
Veronica hesitated for a moment, finally met his gaze, took a deep breath and said, “It’s not hard, I… I knew you were here, so I just wanted to see you when I gave the gift.”
“See me?” Mason’s expression was indifferent. “Why, do you regret it? Or are you unwilling? Jasper did say that you’re not doing as well now. If you really don’t want to suffer so much, you can tell my parents. I think they won’t treat you badly because of your previous care for me.”
“I… that’s not what I meant,” Veronica quickly said. “I just simply wanted to see you because… it’s been too long since we last met.”
Yes, it had been too long, so she missed him even more, and just wanted to see him for a moment.
After all, he was once the most important parent to Beet
“It’s been too long, so you just had to see me?” Mason sneered. “But I don’t want to see you at all. You should understand that you’re not my Veronica anymore. We have no relationship between us.”
Veronica’s face turned pale, and her hands hanging at her side anxiously tugged at her clothes.
Yes, she knew that they had no relationship anymore… but she always remembered the past between them, the misunderstandings she had of him, and the attachment he had for her…
“I…I understand now. I’ll be more careful in the future,” Veronica said with difficulty.
“Good that you understand. Don’t appear in front of me again,” Mason said before turning and leaving.
Veronica hung her head, holding back the tears that threatened to spill. Yes, she understood. His attitude today made her realize once again that he had truly hypnotized away the feelings from their past.
Although she still remembered everything from their past, those feelings were no longer there!
To him, she was already someone completely unrelated!
Jasper didn’t expect to come out looking for Mason and stumble upon this scene. And she certainly didn’t expect Roger to suddenly appear by her side and witness it with her.
“It seems that the Reed family is really cold-hearted. Even though you were once so close, you can still heartlessly cast someone aside when they’re no longer useful,” Roger said mockingly.
Although he didn’t spend much time with the Reed family and only saw Mason and Veronica a few times, he knew that they had a good relationship. Mason even lived with the Barlow family because of
Veronica, not the Reed family.
“You don’t understand anything, so why make comments?” Jasper retorted.
“Then tell me, is there some hidden story behind this?” Roger asked.
Jasper pursed her lips and didn’t explain. After all, this was between Veronica and Mason. “It’s not my place to say, and you don’t need to know anything.”
Roger’s sarcasm grew stronger. “Of course, you’re the high and mighty Reed family. Why would us ordinary people need to know about your family affairs?”
“That’s not what I meant! This is between Mason and Veronical” Jasper said.
“I don’t think I need to hear your explanation. People like you rich folks play with other people’s feelings so easily, it’s only natural, isn’t it?” Roger said.
“You–” Jasper glared at the other person and suddenly said, “Do you think Mason played with
Veronica’s feelings? Or do you think I played with your feelings?”
Roger’s lips curled up slightly, as if he was agreeing with her statement.
“Do you know how deep Mason’s feelings for Veronica are? Do you know how much I, Mason, have suffered to become like this? You know nothing, yet you say such things here. Don’t you think it’s ridiculous?” Jasper said angrily.
“And…” She took another step forward, approaching him, “I have never played with your feelings. I have always treated you as a friend. Yes, I know I have made mistakes before, I shouldn’t have ignored your explanation. But do you have no faults? Why didn’t you explain everything to me before I heard your conversation with your parents? Maybe there wouldn’t have been any misunderstandings!”
At this moment, she was so emotional that her face turned red, and her beautiful almond eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist.
Roger couldn’t help but stare at her.
“What about yourself? Don’t you think you’re playing with other people’s feelings?” Jasper continued,
“You act intimately with those girls, you know they like you, but you still give them the wrong signals.
Isn’t that playing with their feelings? You can criticize others, but can’t reflect on yourself?”
“So, you want me to reflect on myself?” Roger looked at Jasper.
“Yes, I want you to reflect on yourself!” She stared at him and said, “I’m glad you’re alive. If you want revenge for what happened back then, you can take it out on me alone, I can bear it. But don’t take it out on my family.
And I have never played with you, I don’t like being accused of things I didn’t do!”
He stared at her with his black eyes, and after a moment, his voice became hoarse, “If I really want to take revenge on you, then I’m afraid the Reed family is enough to make me disappear without a trace.”
“I won’t let my family hurt you!” Jasper said firmly.