Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“You’ve thought of it for a long time?” Jasper clearly didn’t believe him.
“When have you ever seen Mason risk his life to save someone? Veronica should know that she can’t miss Mason as long as she’s not completely indifferent to him. Otherwise, the next time, no one will risk their life to save her like this again,” Mick said.
Jasper frowned. It was obviously a very romantic thing, but when his older brother said it, it didn’t feel romantic at all. Instead, it seemed like Veronica married Mason for some purpose.
“Veronica loves Mason, otherwise she wouldn’t have chosen to risk her life to move the rocks for
Mason in such a dangerous situation,” Jasper said.
She had also seen the video taken by the drone, so she understood how dangerous the situation was at the time.
“I’m not saying she doesn’t love him. Let me put it this way,” Mick said, “If Veronica misses Mason, she won’t meet another person who loves her so much, so she naturally wouldn’t want to miss him.”
Jasper looked at her older brother. She had known since she was a child that her older brother was very smart. Even many technical experts couldn’t solve the problems that her older brother could easily solve.
Sometimes, she even felt that her older brother’s intelligence was not like that of a real person!
She remembered when she was a child, she had asked her father why her older brother was so smart, but she didn’t get any of the intelligence. She said her older brother was too perfect.
The result was that her father said that there were no perfect people in this world. If God gave you something, you would inevitably lose something.
At that time, she didn’t understand what that meant.
Later, when she grew up, she read a book. In the book, there was a supporting character who was brave, upright, and incorruptible, and was praised by everyone as a wise monarch. Even this wise monarch had never made any mistakes in his life, and died heroically on the battlefield, becoming the embodiment of perfection in people’s hearts.
But in the evaluations of later generations, someone revealed the privacy of this wise monarch. When he died, the throne was vacant, and there was not a single concubine in the harem. It was not because he had a secret lover, nor was it because he only drank one sip from the three thousand weak waters.
It was because he had never loved anyone.
He devoted all his passion to the country and the people, constantly fighting and achieving countless victories. As a result, he had no energy left to love someone properly, and he didn’t even know what it felt like to love someone.
While reading this book, she wasn’t moved by the love story of the main characters. Instead, she kept thinking about the supporting character and felt a heavy feeling in her chest.
At the time, William laughed at her for getting too involved in the book!
Then she vaguely understood what her father meant when he said those words.
For some people, if they have exceptional talent in one area, they may be lacking in another.
“Brother, it seems like you’ve never had a girlfriend before. If you really fall in love, you’ll understand that even if you love someone more than anyone else in the world, it’s not a necessary condition for that person to love you back. Loving each other is ultimately up to the two people. Veronica is willing to marry Mason not just because he loves her more than anyone else in the world, but because she loves
Mason more than anyone else in the world!”
Mick raised an eyebrow, surprised by his sister’s words. He didn’t expect her to say something like that.
Although they were the same age, Mick always felt like his sister was still a little girl.
But today, he realized that Jasper had really grown up.
“Your sister is right. When you have a girlfriend someday, you’ll understand this truth,” said Jason
Reed, the head of the family.
Mick shrugged indifferently. “I’ll find a girlfriend when I feel like I need one. But for now, I don’t have that need.”
He didn’t dislike love. His parents had a loving relationship, and his siblings’ relationships were also good. He just wasn’t interested.
Perhaps in the future, he would fall in love with someone, get married, and have children. But for now, he didn’t have that kind of desire and couldn’t generate any expectations.
It was like in school, where there were girls who expressed their interest in him, and even bold girls who would actively seduce him.
But he didn’t feel anything, as if he was watching a boring play. He had become a mere spectator.
That night, Grace expressed her concern to Jason, “Mick doesn’t seem interested in women. Do you think he might be…?” She trailed off.
“Interested in men?” Jason finished her sentence for her.
“Actually, even if he really does like men, I wouldn’t object. But if he never likes anyone, it’s more like a kind of regret,” Grace said hesitantly.
“At least for now, he’s not interested in women, but I haven’t seen him interested in any man either,”
Jason said. “Don’t worry too much. That kid always knows what he wants, and once he sets his sights on something, he’ll see it through. He just hasn’t found someone he’s interested in yet. When he does, everything might be different.”
“Really?” Grace asked.
“Yes, just like when I met you,” Jason’s voice lowered as he leaned in closer to Grace’s lips, gently brushing against them.
Even after all these years, Grace still vividly remembered the scene when they first met. When she caught his eye, she was already different from everyone else.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have followed her home just because of a few words she said.
It was like it was “meant to be.”
“Jason,” Grace whispered softly. Her husband always liked to tease her like this, and she often fell for it.
“Speaking of which, you’ve been busy with that kid Mason lately, running back and forth between the hospital and the police station. It’s been a while since you’ve needed me,” Jason said.
Grace’s face turned slightly red. This man was already so old, yet he still said things like this.
“Do you want me tonight?” His lips brushed against the corner of her mouth as his fingers slipped into her clothes.
“Mmm, I want you,” she answered, holding his face in her hands and kissing him back.
Even after many years, he is still the only man she wants.
Although time passes and faces age, Grace still loves him deeply, and every day, this love deepens.
No one knows how deep it will go.
The night is long, and she will tell him how much she wants him!
Veronica’s injury was not as serious as Mason’s, so she was discharged from the hospital earlier than
Mason.
However, although she had completed the discharge procedures, Veronica stayed in Mason’s ward, eating and sleeping with him, and helping to take care of him.
Of course, it was just a decoration because Mason had nurses and caregivers to take care of him.
Veronica’s main function every day was to chat with Mason.
Because she still had to stay in the hospital for a while, Veronica took the opportunity to go home and get some clean clothes and daily necessities.
However, when she arrived at her doorstep, she saw her father and stepmother desperately ringing the doorbell outside her house.
As soon as they saw Veronica, the two of them hurried over.
Archer was busy saying, “Veronica, please save your dad. If you don’t help him, he’s really done for this time!”
Veronica frowned. Knowing her father, he must have caused some trouble again.
“It’s like this,” explained stepmother Rosalind, “Your father borrowed a lot of money from some friends, hoping to invest it. But the investment failed, and the money still needs to be repaid. Some of those people are even involved in shady business, and if we can’t pay them back, they might resort to violence!”
“I don’t have any money,” replied Veronica calmly. She had recently experienced a life and death situation, but her father and stepmother were completely unaware of it, and didn’t even notice when she was hospitalized.
Although Auntie Grace had asked her before if she wanted to contact her parents and tell them about her hospitalization.
But she didn’t want to. To her, they were no longer her family.
Sure enough, they only came to her when they needed something, and otherwise never bothered with her.
“How could you not have any money? You have a good relationship with the Reed family. Even if you and Mason broke up, if you asked the Reed family for money, they would give it to you,” said Archer.
Veronica sneered, “Borrow money? Then do you have the money to pay back the Reed family?”
“As long as Dad carns money in the future, we will definitely pay back the Reed family,” Archer quickly replied.
Veronica laughed even more sarcastically, “So if you don’t have money, you won’t pay them back, right?”
“How can you say that, you child!” Archer became angry and embarrassed.
“If you owe someone money, you can just sell your assets, like the house you’re living in now, or Auntie
Rosalind’s jewelry. They should be worth a lot of money,” Veronica suggested, glancing at the emerald jade bracelet her stepmother was wearing today. She remembered her stepmother boasting to her about how she had bought it for nearly a million dollars!
“These things are not easy to sell!” Rosalind hurriedly said.
“As long as you lower the price, someone will buy them,” Veronica said.
“No, we can’t sell them cheaply!” Rosalind and Archer said in unison.
“So, you can just borrow someone else’s money? No, I should say you want someone else’s money, because you have no intention of paying it back,” Veronica spoke frankly.
“Anyway, if you don’t help your family borrow money from the Reed family, don’t think you can just walk away. You’re my daughter, do you think those people will let you go? They will only come to you for debt collection, and those people on the street will have their own methods. If you don’t know, you can look it up online!” Archer said angrily.
Veronica had long known that her father didn’t really have any father-daughter relationship with her, but she didn’t expect him to be so disgusting.
“Okay, I will look it up. So, can you leave now?” Veronica said coldly.
“You–” Archer was out of breath and was about to slap her.
Veronica spoke up, “You said it yourself, I have a good relationship with the Reed family. If you really hit me, believe it or not, you might be lying in the hospital tomorrow!”
Archer’s face changed for a moment, and finally he angrily withdrew his hand, staring at Veronica. “I’ve said what I needed to say. Since you don’t take my words seriously, don’t regret it in the future!”
After Archer and Rosalind left, Veronica went back to the hospital after packing her things.
Mason was sitting on the hospital bed talking on the phone.
But he was speaking in a foreign language, and Veronica didn’t understand what he was saying at all.
After all, the only foreign language she knew was English.
After Mason finished his call, Veronica asked, “Who were you talking to just now?”
“I was talking to the person in charge at the school,” he said.
“School? Stanford University?”
“No, it’s the school I was originally attending. I had planned. to return there in two months, but since I’m not planning to go back now, there are some things I need to take care of,” Mason said.