Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
She was stunned, just staring at his lips moving as he said, “I won’t easily like someone again.”
And those words made her heart suddenly ache, reminding her of the pain she had caused him before.
So, has he never liked anyone in these years? But now he is getting along with her like this.
If her feelings for him used to be sisterly, it seems to be slowly changing after these years. Even after some intimate actions between them, she would have a fluttering feeling, wanting to press him down, wanting to be more intimate with him.
So…she likes him, right? It’s the kind of liking between a man and a woman.
But what about him–“What about me? Will you still like me?” She murmured.
“I don’t know, maybe yes, maybe no,” Mason said lightly, “so I’m trying to get along with you now.”
“Yeah.” She laughed, it seems that she really asked a silly question.
She can truly discover her feelings for him in such a short time because over the years, she has never forgotten the feelings between them. Instead, with the passage of time, it has become deeper and more yearning…
But for him, he has no feelings for her in these years. All emotions related to her have been hypnotized.
Even now, he is willing to try to date her, and she should be grateful that she still has a chance to get close to him.
After spending about half an hour, Veronica finally found the books she wanted and then left the library with Mason.
“Do you have any place you want to go next?” Veronica asked.
He looked at her, “You can do whatever you want for the next date, I can satisfy you.”
Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated again. Come on, boy, does he know how suggestive his words are? Isn’t he afraid that she will make some unreasonable demands?
“What, don’t you have anything you want to do?” He looked at her dumbfoundedly and asked again.
“Ah, um… how about we grab a bite to eat first and then catch a movie or something?” she suggested, unsure of what else to do with him at the moment.
“Sure,” he agreed.
Veronica found a mall with a movie theater. The fifth and sixth floors of the mall had restaurants, while the seventh floor had the theater.
“Do you have a restaurant in mind?” she asked.
“Not really,” he replied.
“How about a spicy fish hotpot place?” she suggested.
“That’s fine with me,” he said.
So the two of them went to a spicy fish hotpot restaurant, and Veronica ordered the dishes. After ordering, she said, “I’m going to use the restroom.”
The restroom was outside the restaurant, and there were several restrooms on the same floor.
Veronica followed the mall’s signs to the restroom, but suddenly heard someone calling out, “Veronica!”
When Veronica turned around, she saw that it was Daniel.
He was still wearing his delivery uniform and holding a food container. He must have come here to pick up an order!
“Mr. Cross, hello,” Veronica smiled slightly.
“Are you here at the mall by yourself today?” Daniel asked.
“No, I’m here with my friend. I just came out to use the restroom,” Veronica replied. “Well, Mr. Cross, you’re busy, so I won’t keep you any longer.”
“Wait!” Daniel suddenly stopped Veronica in her tracks. Even though he knew he had to deliver the food quickly, he couldn’t help but want to talk to her a little longer. “Is your phone number still the same as before?”
“Yes,” she said, but she had already blocked his phone number, and she didn’t tell him that.
“Can I contact you in the future?” He gathered his courage and asked.
“I think it’s better not to. Everything between us ended in high school, and there’s no need to keep in touch,” Veronica refused.
“Why? If you don’t hate me, maybe we can be friends again,” Daniel said.
“But Mr. Cross, I don’t want to be friends with you again,” Veronica refused and tried to avoid Daniel.
Daniel suddenly grabbed her hand, “Veronica, we’ve met twice in a short time. Don’t you think it’s fate?”
Before Veronica could answer, an
Veronica trembled and turned to Mason, who had walked up to her. Why was he here?
Mason walked up to Veronica and directly grabbed the hand that Daniel was holding onto her wrist. He almost effortlessly pulled Daniel’s hand away. “Mr. Cross, I hope you won’t bother my girlfriend again in the future.”
“Girlfriend?” Daniel was surprised and looked at Veronica.
At this moment, Veronica herself was stunned. Weren’t she and Mason just trying to date? They weren’t officially dating, let alone being boyfriend and girlfriend.
“Otherwise, why do you think I’m here with her?” Mason stared at Daniel.
“Girlfriend?” Daniel suddenly laughed and looked at Veronica again. “It seems that I’m unnecessary.
Actually, from the beginning, I was unnecessary. But since I’m unnecessary, why did I meet you guys in the first place?”
If he hadn’t met these two people, then the Cross family…wouldn’t have fallen into their current situation. And he could have had a better life instead of constantly hitting walls in job hunting and having to work as a delivery driver.
Veronica felt that Daniel’s gaze was like a thorn, making her extremely uncomfortable.
Impatiently, Mason said, “What, are you planning to stand here and talk nonsense? I don’t have time to continue this nonsense with you!” Then he looked down at Veronica and said, “Didn’t you say you wanted to go to the bathroom? Are you not going?”
“But…” Veronica hesitated. Given the current situation, how could she go?
“What do you think I’ll do? This is a mall,” Mason said, his tone even colder.
Veronica naturally heard the displeasure in his voice. After thinking for a moment, she followed
Mason’s lead and said, “Then…I’ll go first.” Then she looked at Daniel again and said, “Mr. Cross, let’s just let the past be the past.”
Let the past be the past? If past events could really just be left behind like that, then what was the point of his current life?! Daniel thought to himself.
After Veronica went to the bathroom, Daniel looked at Mason and said, “As expected of the Reed family’s young master, you can get whatever you want with money. Money is really great.”
Mason only glanced at Daniel indifferently and said, “I don’t want to hear you talk nonsense anymore, and I don’t want to see you around Veronica again. It’s best if you stay away from her.”
Daniel was furious. “Do you think that just because you have money, you can do whatever you want?”
Mason didn’t say anything, but his beautiful black eyes were filled with a hint of killing intent, making
Daniel shiver with cold. This man, this kind of gaze, was like he wanted to kill someone.
“Mason, in this world, money can’t buy everything!” Daniel said before turning and leaving.
Mason stood still, his face dark.
Of course, he knew that if money could buy everything in this world, he wouldn’t have had to resort to hypnosis in the first place.
When Veronica came out of the bathroom, she found Mason standing at the door, obviously waiting for her.
“Why didn’t you go back to the restaurant?” she asked, glancing around and breathing a sigh of relief when she didn’t see Daniel’s figure. He must have left.
“I was waiting for you to come with me. Are you looking for Daniel?” he asked.
“Ah? No, no!” She quickly waved her hand and took his hand, saying, “Let’s go back to the restaurant.
Maybe the food is already served.”
When they returned to the restaurant, some of the dishes were already on the table.
As they ate, Veronica couldn’t help but ask, “I went to the bathroom later. You and Mr. Cross…nothing happened, right?”
“What do you think would happen?” he asked in return.
”
She thought to herself that nothing had happened.
“Do you care about Daniel?” he asked.
“No,” she denied. “I just don’t want to have anything to do with him anymore.”
After all, their separation from Daniel was a bit of a painful memory.
“If you don’t want to have anything to do with him, then you won’t,” he said firmly.
His resolute voice made her body tremble suddenly, as if as long as he said it, it would definitely come true.
“Don’t hurt him!” she said. Although it was Daniel’s father who embezzled public funds, Mason had taken advantage of it.
It can only be said that everyone was at fault for what happened back then!
“Are you worried about him? Afraid I’ll hurt him?” His voice lowered a few degrees, filled with a cold feeling.
“I’m not worried about him, I just don’t want him to experience anything bad because of me and feel guilty about it,” Veronica said.
She didn’t want to involve Daniel in the situation between her and Mason. To her, Daniel was “just an insignificant person.”
Her words seemed to please him, as the low pressure around him slowly dissipated.
But just as Veronica was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Mason’s next question made her hold her breath again.
“Daniel said today was only the second time you’ve met. Have you met him before?” he asked.
Although Veronica felt embarrassed, she still told Mason about her previous encounter with Daniel.
“It was just a chance encounter,” she said.
“Do you really have no feelings for him anymore?” he asked, staring at her as if scrutinizing her.
“No, I don’t,” she replied, meeting his gaze without any evasion.
“Then do you have feelings for anyone else now?” he asked again.
Her face turned red involuntarily. My god, how could he ask such a question? Besides him, who else could she have feelings for now?