Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Jason opened the locked door and there stood the butler.
“Young Master, the Atkinson family is here,” said the butler.
Jason’s eyes glistened. “The Atkinson family?”
Grace, upon hearing the words ‘Atkinson family’, stiffened again. She turned even paler.
“Yes, Chairman Atkinson, his wife, and Miss Lily are here. They said they must see you,” answered the butler.
“I’ll see them, then,” said Jason.
“All right, I’ll arrange for it,” the butler said before he quickly left.
Jason walked back to Grace and whispered to her, “I’ll go and meet them. Wait for me here. I’ll be back in a minute.”
She was still stiff. She stared at him with a look of confusion in her eyes.
He ran his finger gently over the spot where she had been hit on the cheek. “I’ll make sure you get your justice.”
With that, Jason walked straight out of the room.
Grace raised her hand in a daze once Jason was out of sight. She touched the spot where he had just run his fingers against.
What did he mean by that? Was he going to… claim justice for her?
There was a warm current flowing slowly into her heart!
When Jason came downstairs, the three Atkinson family members were already waiting in the living room.
Harold and Camelia Meyer were no longer acting superior as they had with Grace earlier today. Even though they had seen.
Grace as an ant that could easily be crushed, at this moment, they were the ants!
As an actress, Lily was the most capable of concealing her expression. With a look of guilt, she said, “Brother Yi, my parents met Miss Cummins at the mall today. In a fit of pique, they did some drastic actions toward Miss Cummins. Therefore, we’ve come here hoping to apologize to Miss Cummins in person and get her forgiveness.”
It was a bit difficult for Lily to call her ‘Miss Cummins’.
After all, this woman was the last woman she wanted to see. She had always considered her worthless, but now, she needed to address the person whom she considered worthless respectfully. She had to forcefully suppress her dignity.
“Is that so? In a fit of pique? Tell me, what is it about her that made you angry?” asked Jason calmly. His deep black eyes. made it hard for them to guess what he was feeling.
‘Temperamental’ was how people described Emerald City’s local tyrant. Few people in Emerald City could guess what Jason was thinking.
“She… She’s Jennifer’s murderer, Jason! Isn’t that enough to make us angry?” Camelia Meyer suddenly shouted, her voice full of resentment. “She’s the one who killed Jennifer! How… How can you date her? Jennifer won’t rest in peace if you do!”
When the second half of the sentence came out of Camelia Meyer’s mouth, Harold and Lily’s faces immediately paled. They tried to stop Camelia Meyer, but it was already too late. Camelia Meyer had finished speaking.
As soon as they saw Jason’s face darkening, their hearts stopped. They realized that they had made a mistake.
Harold, in particular, was a wild old fox in business. He was better at reading people.
A man like Jason was free to be interested in any woman he wanted. Not to mention that he had not married Jennifer back then. Even if they had gotten married, the Atkinson family. still did not have a right to comment on the woman he was interested in.
Sure enough, Jason stared at Camelia Meyer coldly. “Is it up to you to tell me who I can be with?”
Camelia Meyer trembled and immediately came back to her senses. What did she just say in a moment of desperation?
She knew she should not say this, but how could she come to terms with this? How could she come to terms with the fact that the person who killed her daughter was now with the man her daughter should have married?
Gritting her teeth, Camelia Meyer once again said, “Jennifer loved you so much, Jason. Don’t you care about her? If you really get together with a murderer like Grace, Jennifer will only become a joke in the eyes of others!”
Jason sneered. “That’s enough. Stop calling her a murderer. She’s not a murderer. Jennifer Atkinson’s death has nothing to do with her!”
When Jason finished, both Harold and Lily looked at him in shock.
Camelia Meyer yelled, “Nothing to do with her? The court found her guilty!”
Jason turned to Harold who was beside Camelia Meyer. He had a half-smile on his face. “I’ve already said that it has nothing to do with her, so it has nothing to do with her. Do you understand? I don’t want to hear you call her a murderer anymore.”
Harold turned pale as his lips trembled slightly.
Camelia Meyer looked like she wanted to say more, but
Harold stopped her. “Sure, we understand. Why don’t Young Master Reed ask Miss Cummins to come out for a moment so that we can apologize for what happened today?”
Harold, who had been doing business for many years, naturally knew when to yield.
Although the Atkinson family was also rich and powerful in Emerald City, they could not compete against an elite family like the Reed family. Harold thought about the incident, and at wave of mixed emotions swept over him.
Even so, Harold still seemed humble.
“That’s not necessary. I don’t think she wants to see you,” Jason said lightly.
Lily and Camelia Meyer looked relieved. It was better for them not to apologize in person. At least they could feel less humiliated.
After all, it was hard for them to apologize to the person they used to perceive as an ant, especially when that person was their daughter’s murderer. To Lily, she was once her rival in love.
However, Harold did not breathe a sigh of relief. Instead, his brows furrowed even more. A sense of foreboding ran through his heart. He was afraid that this was not as easy as he thought.
“In that case, we won’t bother you, Jason. Goodbye.” Camelia Meyer beckoned Harold with her eyes to leave quickly.
Camelia Meyer had only gotten up when Jason’s voice rang, “By the way, you should pay what you owe before you go.”
“What do we owe?” Camelia Meyer looked puzzled, wondering what Jason was referring to.
“You slapped Grace a few times today. You can pay your debt by slapping yourself,” said Jason matter-of-factly. However, Camelia Meyer only felt a surge of anger in her heart.
Was she supposed to slap herself? Just because she slapped
Grace earlier?
“What do I owe? That woman deserves those slaps! She got a bargain with those slaps!” Camelia Meyer blurted out.
Jason’s face suddenly darkened. He stood up, walked up to Camelia Meyer, and slapped her so hard that she stumbled and fell to the ground.
No one had expected Jason to do that!
Camelia Meyer was stunned. She used her hand to cover her cheek that was hit while looking dumbfounded.
Jason looked down at Camelia Meyer coldly. “Do you have the right to hit her? The Atkinson family is not in any position to touch her. If you dare to touch her again, don’t blame me for not sparing you.”
At his serious words, even Harold and Lily were stunned.
Harold and Lily wanted to say more, but Jason had already given them the boot.
Harold sighed and left with his wife and daughter. Who knew if they would annoy him more if they stayed?
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