Chapter 236 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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When it was time to settle the bill, Jason was one step ahead and paid it with his phone.

“I’ll treat all of you next time. Let’s get together again when we’re free,” said Hadwin Stephenson, his tone seemingly meaningful.

“Sure,” Jason replied calmly.

The four walked out of the restaurant, and Jason drove them back.

Jason usually drove luxury cars when he was driving. It was his first time driving an inexpensive car like Lina Sweeney’s.

Lina Sweeney was filled with emotion as she watched Jason drive her rattletrap. Who would have thought her car would one day be driven by Jason?

When Hadwin Stephenson saw Lina Sweeney’s twinkling eyes, his mood inexplicably turned sour.

When the car drove back to Emerald City, it arrived at Reed

Residence first. Jason and Grace got out of the car while Hadwin Stephenson went to the driver’s seat.

“See you next time, Grace,” said Lina Sweeney as she bid Grace goodbye.

“Sure,” replied Grace. “Thank you for today, and be careful on your way back!” With that, she and Jason walked through the large iron gates of Reed Residence.

Lina Sweeney kept her eyes fixed on Jason and Grace who were now behind the iron gates. Then, she heard Hadwin Stephenson’s impatient voice. “Haven’t you seen enough?”

“I’m just looking, that’s all,” muttered Lina Sweeney. When she met Jason at Grace’s rental house previously, although she did not perceive him as a hobo, she never thought of him as the local tyrant of Emerald City!

Then, a pair of hands grabbed Lina Sweeney’s face. Her face was turned to face his. “Didn’t you say you liked looking at my face the other day? Are you now interested in Jason?”

Lina Sweeney almost choked. What was he saying? Why did he think that she was interested in Jason?

She was just marveling at the fact that Grace actually got together with Jason.

However, considering her relationship with Hadwin Stephenson now, he was now her ‘creditor’. She dared not refute and anger him.

Therefore, Lina Sweeney smiled rather lamely and said, “What? Why would I be interested in Jason? I was just… blessing Grace in my heart.”

“Really?” His face closed in on her as if trying to see what she was really thinking.

“Of course!” She quickly guaranteed, trying hard to fill her eyes with innocence.

“It’s best if that really is the case. Don’t forget whose girlfriend you are,” said Hadwin Stephenson. His serious gaze seemed like a warning, but there was also some helplessness in the depths of his eyes.

Of course, she had not forgotten! Lina Sweeney rolled her eyes. The status of being his girlfriend was like an face the other day? Are you now interested in Jason?”

Ling Sweeney almost choked. What was he saying? Why did he think that she was interested in Jason?

She was just marveling at the fact that Grace actually got together with Jason.

However, considering her relationship with Hadwin Stephenson now, he was now her ‘creditor’. She dared not refute and anger him.

Therefore, Lina Sweeney smiled rather lamely and said, “What? Why would I be interested in Jason? I was just… blessing Grace in my heart.”

“Really?” His face closed in on her as if trying to see what she was really thinking.

“Of course!” She quickly guaranteed, trying hard to fill her eyes with innocence.

“It’s best if that really is the case. Don’t forget whose girlfriend you are,” said Hadwin Stephenson. His serious gaze seemed like a warning, but there was also some helplessness in the depths of his eyes.

Of course, she had not forgotten! Lina Sweeney rolled her eyes. The status of being his girlfriend was like an incarceration curse, telling her that she was now paying her debts. She had to fall in love with him and suffer his revenge!

However… looking at the handsome face close at hand, Lina Sweeney had to admit that Hadwin Stephenson’s face was indeed very nice to look at and pleasing to the eye!

If she did not know how it would end and if it was a real relationship, then maybe she would have really fallen for him.

“Of course, I won’t forget that I’m your girlfriend. Don’t worry, I promise I won’t fall in love with anyone else before I fall in love with you,” replied Lina Sweeney.

She intentionally stressed the word ‘love’ She would fall in ‘love’ with him when the time was right and let him take his revenge. Then, she would have probably repaid her debt.

Hadwin Stephenson glared at Lina Sweeney. She had repeated the rules he told her at first, but hearing it from her made him feel uncomfortable.

Besides, she would not fall in love with anyone else before falling in love with him… Did that mean that after falling in love with him, she would fall in love with someone else?

His heart ached at the thought.

“Don’t you dare fall in love with someone else, Lina Sweeney,”

he said as he glared at her.

She instinctively tried to retort, but when she met his menacing gaze, she touched her nose and shut her mouth.

Fine, he was her creditor anyway!

After Grace and Jason returned to Reed Residence, Jason asked, “Are you disappointed today? We went to S City but didn’t find anything useful.”

Grace shook her head. “No.”

“You’re not disappointed?” He seemed somewhat surprised.

“Because you’re willing to help me find clues and clear my name. I’m happy regardless if we find something useful or not,” she said.

It was as if he really trusted her, and the original estrangement between them was slowly disappearing.

He stared at her. He understood her desire to reverse the case, only… He could clear her name, but he could not tell her the truth.

Even though it was a truth she wanted to know.

“As long as you’re happy.” He smiled slightly and sidestepped the topic by saying, “What are you going to do the next few days if you’re not going to work?”

“I’m going to visit Grandma in a couple of days,” she said.

She was so busy with her work that she did not have time to call her grandmother to check on her. Since it was rare for her to have these days off, it was natural for her to visit her grandmother.

“All right, when are you going? I’ll go with you,” said Jason.

“You? You want to visit my grandmother too?” She was taken aback.

“She’s your grandmother. Of course, I’m going to visit her,” said Jason.

Such a simple sentence left Grace with a bit of a sore nose for no reason.

“All right, then we’ll go together,” said Grace.

In the evening, the traditional medicine from the hospital arrived. It was to help Grace with her uterus.

Grace looked at the traditional medicine and felt a touch of emotion. If Jason had not taken her for a physical examination, she might still think that she would never have a child of her own.

The medicine seemed to give her hope.

In the evening, about 20 minutes after dinner, Jason asked the servant to bring the heated traditional medicine over. Along with the traditional medicine came a plate of candies and chocolates.

“The medicine is a little bitter. You should take some candy or chocolate after the medicine to get rid of the bitter taste in your mouth,” said Jason.

“Okay,” she answered, realizing the amount of care he was putting in for her.

Grace took the bowl and drank all the traditional medicine in one gulp, causing her eyebrows to frown. It was… extremely bitter!

Then, she picked up a piece of candy and put it in her mouth. to wipe out the bitter taste.

“Is it bitter?” asked Jason.

Grace nodded. Then, she saw Jason picking up the bowl she had just drunk the medicine with. It still contained some leftover traditional medicine.

Before she could ask him what he was going to do with it, she saw him lift the bowl and tilt his head slightly before drinking the rest of the traditional medicine.

Grace was shocked. “Why did you drink it?”

“Because I want to know how bitter your medicine is,” he answered. He seemed to savor the taste of the traditional medicine in his mouth. “It’s indeed bitter.”

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