Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“To find you,” Mick said expressionlessly. “Are you here to pay respects to your mother?”
“Yes,” she replied.
“Did you come to inform your mother because you have avenged your big grudge?”
His words made her suddenly startled, and her heart beat faster!
She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but her brain seemed to be gradually blanking out, leaving her momentarily at a loss for words.
“Nancy, are you satisfied with using me?” His voice was like thunder, fiercely piercing her eardrums.
“What…what are you saying?” she stammered.
He approached her, “Do you really not know what I’m talking about?” His icy gaze reminded her of the first time she met him.
No, it was even colder than before.
She was at a loss!
He laughed in anger, “Nancy, you hate Clarissa for pushing your mother down the stairs. You want to get revenge on her and the Schultz family. But you also know that with your abilities, you can’t shake the Schultz family in a short time. So when we met for the third time, you had already decided to use me, right?”
Her heart was in a panic.
“Do you still want to deny it? Or do I have to show you the evidence before you admit it?” He glared at her.
She bit her lower lip tightly, her body trembling slightly.
Is this…the worst outcome?
She had originally wanted to confess to him in person and beg for his forgiveness, but now he already knew the truth that she had used him.
Why was she always like this?
Slow step by step.
When her mother fell down the stairs, she was also a step too slow and couldn’t catch her falling body.
And now, she was also a step too slow to tell him the truth.
“Yes, you’re right. I…used you.” Nancy slowly opened her mouth and admitted, “Because I couldn’t deal with the Schultz family myself, I had to rely on you to help me put Clarissa in jail and make her pay the price she deserved.”
He squinted at her and asked, “So what about the car accident? Did Clarissa really hit you?”
“Clarissa wanted to hit me, but at that time, I had the ability to avoid it. I just…didn’t avoid it…” Then, she used his feelings for her to complete her revenge!
“You–” He stared at her fiercely, his chest heaving, a strange pain seemed to be spreading from his heart, “Nancy, you really dare to do this. You even let Clarissa hit you with a car just to get revenge. Aren’t you afraid of death?”
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, “At that time, I had to take a gamble.”
If it weren’t for that car accident, if she hadn’t been hit,
Clarissa might still be at large today.
“Take a gamble?” His voice suddenly changed, he grabbed her chin and forced her to look up at him,
“Are you gambling on whether your life is long enough, or whether I’m stupid enough?”
His sharp gaze carried a rare pain.
Nancy looked at Mick in a daze. During the time they spent together, she had seen many of his expressions.
But…she had never seen this pain in his eyes before.
And was it because of her?
“It’s not what you think. I’m just gambling on how much you feel for me. Because your feelings for me are the only thing I can rely on,” she defended herself.
“So, in the end, I’m the stupid one. I’m stupid enough to fall in love with a woman like you, stupid enough to not be able to tell whether you like me or are just using me,” he said coldly.
Her face was devoid of color, “Mick, I…I don’t just use you, I…I like you…
Before she could finish her sentence, he interrupted her directly, “You want to say that you like me, right? So while you’re using me, you also like me. Do I need to be grateful for that?”
His slender fingers squeezed her chin harder. “Nancy, you make me sick!”
Her chin felt like it was about to be crushed, but strangely, she didn’t feel any pain.
She just stared at him blankly. Sick? So he already found her disgusting. Yes, she had done something unforgivable. Did she really expect him to forgive her and continue to love her?
She had trampled on his feelings with her own hands, and now she was just accepting the consequences.
“I’m sorry.” She had considered countless ways to beg for his forgiveness, but in the end, it boiled down to these three words.
“Do you think a simple apology can make everything right?” He spoke harshly.
Bitterness filled her mouth. “Then, Mr. Reed, can you tell me what price I have to pay?”
She was willing to pay any price!
The three words “Mr. Reed” seemed to widen the distance between them again.
“Aren’t you afraid that I’ll have someone cripple you? In Emerald City, no one dares to mess with the
Reed family.” Mick said.
“So, do you want me to become crippled?” She murmured in response.
Her pale face and lifeless eyes seemed to tell him that even if he did cripple her, she wouldn’t care.
Anger boiled in her chest, growing stronger by the second.
Suddenly, Mick let go of her and said, “You better not appear in front of me again. Otherwise, next time, I won’t be squeezing your chin, but your neck!”
After saying that, Mick turned around and left.
Silence enveloped Nancy.
She stood still, dazed, until tears finally rolled down her cheeks.
She thought the most painful moment in her life was when her mother passed away, and she believed she would never experience such pain again.
But now, she was in agony once more!
The pain was suffocating her.
She brought this upon herself. It was destined to end this way since the moment she decided to use him.
If only she had fallen in love with him first, how much better it would have been!
She truly fell in love with him, but the man who once loved him would never love her again!
“Mick, I’m sorry… I’m sorry…” She crouched down, crying and choking.
When the love she had for him turned into despair, it became so painful!
Painful to the core!
Painful to the bone!
Mick returned to the car, looking down at his hands.
Her warmth seemed to linger between his fingers.
She was the first person to use him like this, but he never hurt her in the end. He just warned her not to appear in front of him again.
His fingers slowly closed, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on his lips.
He was really in a sorry state!
For the first time, he loved someone so much, but her use of him was like a bucket of cold water, leaving him cold all over.
“Mick, from now on, Nancy is just a stranger to you!” He warned himself.
Despite the pain, time still passed slowly and steadily.
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
Nancy still works at the hotel, coming and going early and late every day.
The gossip among her colleagues about her has also decreased, and everything is gradually becoming calm.
It’s as if Mick never appeared in her world.
She even often has the illusion that her relationship with Mick was just a dream, and now that the dream has ended, she has returned to reality!
“Nancy, there’s trouble in VIP Room 7!” A colleague rushed over, looking pale.
Nancy frowned and hurried to the VIP room.
She works at a high-end hotel in Emerald City, and the people who book the VIP rooms are naturally wealthy and not easy to offend.
When Nancy arrived at the VIP room, she saw two young. female servers trembling with fear, and a young man with alcohol all over his head and spilled drinks on the coffee table.
She had already learned from her colleague that someone had pulled these two female servers to accompany them for drinks, but the servers refused and pushed back, resulting in a scuffle.
One of the servers, in a fit of anger, threw a glass of alcohol at the customer.
Now, the customer is not letting it go.
And Nancy also recognized the customer who was splashed with alcohol, who is the second generation of a wealthy family in Emerald City, who is not short of money and is usually domineering.
It seems that it will be difficult to resolve this matter.
“I’m sorry, my two colleagues are new here. Please forgive them. I will have them apologize to you. If they have caused you any losses, we can…”
Nancy was interrupted before she could finish speaking.
“No need to apologize, I don’t need that kind of apology. As for the compensation you mentioned, how much do you think.
is appropriate? One hundred thousand? One million?” The other party sneered, “I don’t even care about that amount of money. Today, I want these two women to experience what it’s like to be splashed with alcohol. I’ve already bought all the alcohol in your hotel, and I’ll have them splashed until I’m satisfied!”