Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Most of her friends came from wealthy families. Even though there might have been some disputes and intrigues within their families, it never gave off a sense of tragedy.
Even many people, despite not having received their parents’ love, still enjoyed the best conditions in life.
And the people she knew from ordinary backgrounds, most of them lived harmoniously and happily with their families. They had a very blessed life.
But Calvert’s family was not harmonious, and their living conditions were not good either.
The fact that he had managed to live like this up until that point was all due to his willpower being much stronger than the average person’s. He was determined to fight tooth and nail to change his destiny.
Harley was also asking herself if she had gone through all these things, could she still live as he does now?
“I won’t.” She lifted her hand, her warm palm touching his cheek through his mask.
At this moment, all she wanted was to do just that, to comfort him.
Calvert suddenly stiffened, his beautiful black eyes staring at her wide-eyed.
“Calvert, we’re friends. As long as you don’t use me for your own gain, I won’t betray you. Let’s make that our agreement, okay?” She said softly.
His Adam’s apple bobbed, and after a long pause, he finally agreed in a hoarse voice, “Alright!”
At that very moment, not far away, someone was holding up their phone, capturing that scene.
“What are they filming over there?” someone nearby asked.
“This could be big news, might even make a decent amount of money.” The person taking the photos said happily, looking at the pictures on his phone.
He recognized this woman as the daughter of the Hart family, the princess of the entertainment industry. She wasn’t only the person everyone in the industry wanted to please, but also a figure of curiosity to the outside world.
Many media outlets were eager to dig up some juicy news from this princess, but they didn’t expect her life to be so simple that there was really no big news to uncover.
On top of that, although this princess had a fiancé, his background was so powerful that no one dared to meddle in the affairs between the princess and her fiancé.
Even after the two had called off their engagement, there still wasn’t much news coverage.
But things were different then. The princess had just broken off her engagement not too long ago, and she was dating a man at an amusement park. If that news had gotten out, it might have just shaken up the entire entertainment industry!
Two days later, when Harley was asked by a friend, “Are you dating Calvert?” she was completely taken aback!
“Why would you think I’m dating him?” she asked, puzzled.
“I heard from my brother that someone is trying to sell your scandalous photos for a high price, and they’re looking for a buyer!” Karen said.
Harley almost choked on his own saliva. How could there be scandalous photos!
How could she not have known about her own scandal? And it was a scandal with Calvert, no less.
She and Calvert actually hadn’t met very often. The most recent time had been on Calvert’s birthday when they went to the amusement park together.
Could it be…
Harley’s eyebrows furrowed.
“What’s going on, did something come to mind?” Karen asked.
“Hmm, I’ve figured out some things. Do you have the contact information of the person who wants to sell the scandalous photos?” Harley asked.
“You’re not thinking of buying those scandalous photos, are you?” Karen said.
Harley nodded, indeed, she was planning on it.
“Let me check.” Karen made a call to inquire. After ending the call, she said to Harley, “My brother said he’ll look into it and call back later. But if you haven’t been involved with Calvert and haven’t done anything out of line, you probably shouldn’t worry about those scandalous photos. Some people just love to make up news. Anyway, once the photos are out, they’ll probably be forgotten soon.”
“But if we do that, it would throw Calvert into a whirlwind of rumors, wouldn’t it? His career is on the rise right now, and getting tangled up in this kind of scandal would only make people overlook his hard work,” Harley said.
Karen curiously asked, “You’re so considerate of him, are you sure you’re not dating him?”
“Do I have to be in a relationship with him to care about him? Can’t I do that as a friend?” Harley laughed.
“Do you really think there can be pure friendship between men and women?” Karen asked.
“What do you mean there’s none? Calvert and I are.”
“You consider him a friend, but does he really see you the same way? Sometimes when he looks at you, he blushes. I think, maybe he likes you,” Karen said.
“He just blushes easily, a bit shy,” Harley thought of her several encounters with Calvert. He often lowered his head and spoke in a humble tone, and sometimes, if she stared at him for too long, he seemed quite uncomfortable.
Karen rolled her eyes speechlessly. Easy to blush? Timid?
It seemed like only Harley felt this way. Calvert was then a somewhat famous up-and-coming model, and many people online described him as steady. Some even found him quite aloof.
This person seemed quite different from the one Harley described.
Just then, Karen’s phone suddenly rang. She picked it up and heard her brother’s voice on the other end, “Karen, I heard those photos have been bought by someone.”
“It’s already been bought?” Karen was taken aback, “Do you know who bought it?”
“I heard it’s Lornell, but who knows if it’s true or not,” the other person said.
Upon hearing the name Lornell, Harley suddenly stiffened.
Lornell… why on earth did he want to buy her scandalous photos?
Karen ended the call and said to Harley, “Why don’t you reach out to Lornell and ask if it’s true? But why would Lornell want to buy your scandalous photos? Could it be that he doesn’t want the world to know that after breaking off your engagement, you quickly got a new boyfriend?”
Harley was instantly exasperated, “Calvert and I are just friends!”
“I may have misspoke, but if you truly see Calvert as just a friend, then don’t let him misunderstand.
After all, when people’s expectations are shattered, they can become frightening,” Karen cautioned.
Scary? An image of Calvert flashed through Harley’s mind. For some reason, every time she saw him, he gave her the feeling of a little rabbit.
The thought of how terrifying such a man could be was honestly a bit hard for her to imagine!
After Harley and Karen parted ways, Harley dialed Lornell’s number.
After a few rings, Lornell’s voice came through the phone, “What’s up?”
“So here’s the thing, I heard someone snapped a photo of me and my friend and is trying to sell it around. I was wondering if you’ve bought it,” Harley asked.
“Yeah, I bought it,” Lornell’s voice sounded nonchalant.
Harley was taken aback. Did he really buy it?
“How much did you spend? I’ll pay you back!”
Suddenly, a scoffing voice of Lornell came from the phone, “Harley, are you going to give me money?”
She suddenly felt a bit awkward. Lornell was already wealthy and didn’t care about the small amount of money spent on buying photos.
“Why did you buy those photos?” she asked.
“It’s nothing, I just want to know, what exactly is your scandal?” Lornell said calmly, “Harley, you broke off our engagement, can you really fall for someone else in such a short time?”
She pursed her lips, “I’m not in love with anyone else right now!”
“Really? So when do you plan to fall in love with someone else?” he asked.
Harley couldn’t help but notice something odd in Lornell’s tone: “When I meet someone I can love in the future, I will naturally fall in love again. I’m not sure when that will be, but I also hope that you can find someone truly worth loving. Even though we couldn’t make it to the end, I still hope you can find happiness!”
Harley was speaking sincerely when suddenly, a scream came from the other end of the phone.
Harley was taken aback, “What’s going on? What happened on your end?”
“It’s nothing, just someone got a bit hurt,” Lornell said.
“Is it serious?” Harley asked.
“It’s not serious, just a minor injury,” Lornell replied.
The Quentin family was renowned for their medical skills. So, even if someone got hurt, it should have been pretty easy for them to handle, right?
“That’s good. Since you bought those photos, can you give them to me?” Harley asked, after all, those were her pictures.
“For you?” Lornell’s voice rose slightly, “You want these photos?”
“Mhm.”
“Let’s do it this weekend then. As for the specific location, I’ll text you the details later,” Lornell said.
“Alright,” Harley responded.
Lornell stepped forward, instructing his subordinate to remove the gag from the reporter’s mouth.
The reporter quickly pleaded, “Mr. Quentin, please spare me, I promise I won’t do it again!”
Lornell gave a cold smile, “I’m not planning to take your life. You sell photos, I give you money. Isn’t that a fair trade?”
“I promise to tell the truth!” the reporter quickly assured.
The reporter swallowed, then cautiously said, “I saw Miss Hart talking to this man, then she voluntarily placed her hand on his face, and then…”
The atmosphere felt like a low-pressure system was rolling in. As the reporter kept talking, Lornell’s complexion got worse and worse.
When the reporter finally finished recounting everything he had seen that day, the room fell into complete silence.
The reporter looked at Lornell with fear in his eyes, and after a while, he pleaded in a low voice, “Mr.
Quentin, please let me go. I’ve told you everything! I don’t want the money anymore, I’ll give it back to you later!”
Lornell pursed his thin lips, mechanically flipping through the photos in his hand.
After a long pause, he finally said, “You don’t need to pay me back. I’ll keep these photos, but you’re not allowed to have any copies. If I ever find these photos somewhere else in the future, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life.”
The reporter was so scared that he was shaking, repeatedly agreeing.
“Also, about our conversation today, I don’t want anyone else to know. If anyone asks you about it…”
“I won’t say a word, I swear. These injuries on me? I just had the misfortune of running into some drunk thugs on the street and they beat me up for no reason!” the reporter immediately assured.
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