Chapter 268 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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“Sure,” Grace answered softly as she blushed. She felt a sudden longing in her heart. Would she one day be able to protect him?

She did not want to be the only one weak and protected. She wanted to stand in the same position as him so that they could protect each other.

His lips pressed gently onto hers, and his magnetic voice once again rang in her ear, “Grace…”

What she could only see was his bright eyes, which were now tinged with the most intense desire…

Well, one night of tossing around gave her back pain the next day.

Jason offered to ask for a day off for her, but she immediately refused.

“If you’re afraid of taking a day off and no one being at the restaurant to deliver the orders, I can get someone to take your place,” said Jason.

“Don’t… It’s too much.” She was just a food delivery rider. If Emerald City’s Young Master Reed helped her find a replacement for her day off, people would laugh their socks. off if they heard about it.

She could only blame him for being so attractive that she got caught up in it.

Well, Grace finally understood that beauty distracted people.

“Grace! Grace?!” Kyla Corbyn’s voice rang in Grace’s ear, and Grace snapped out of her trance. “Ah. What’s wrong, Kyla?”

“I should be the one asking you what’s wrong. You seem to be in a daze today. Is there something wrong?” asked Kyla Corbyn.

“Ah, no,” said Grace, though she blushed again.

“By the way, how’s Mrs. Corbyn’s leg?” asked Grace.

Yesterday, Mrs. Corbyn fell and broke her leg, so Kyla Corbyn closed the shop early and rushed Mrs. Corbyn to the hospital.

“It’s not too serious. The doctor said she’ll have a minor operation tomorrow,” replied Kyla Corbyn.

“Tomorrow? Isn’t Nelson going to cla** tomorrow?” asked

Grace. Children with cochlear implants needed to attend. cla**es to learn how to better adapt to their cochlear implants. and to understand what different pronunciations meant.

In other words, attending cla**es helped Nelson learn to listen. and speak more quickly.

“I’m afraid I won’t be able to take Nelson to cla** tomorrow.

After all, my mother’s surgery requires family members to be present,” said Kyla Corbyn.

“I’ll take Nelson to cla** tomorrow,” said Grace.

“You’ll take Nelson there?” Kyla Corbyn was stunned for a moment.

“Yes, tomorrow afternoon happens to be my day off anyway. I’ll take Nelson to cla**. Nelson’s making great progress, and he seems to look forward to every cla**,” said Grace.

After every cla**, the little one would speak excitedly in front of her and pronounce some simple words.

Being able to listen and speak opened a door for the little one. to have an experience he never had before.

“You don’t have to do that. Tomorrow afternoon is your day off,” said Kyla Corbyn.

“Accompanying Nelson to cla** is also relaxing for me,”

Grace said with a smile. “It’s settled. I’ll take Nelson tomorrow.

afternoon.”

Kyla Corbyn heard this and no longer refused. “Thank you,

Grace!”

On Saturday afternoon, Jason and Grace stood in front of the car. They were staring at each other while Grace was accompanied by Nelson.

“Why are you here?” Grace asked in surprise. She did not expect to see Jason’s car waiting outside when she led Nelson.

out of the small restaurant.

“I came to pick you up after work. Didn’t you say you wanted to see a movie? It’s your day off today,” said Jason.

Grace suddenly remembered that the celebrity she liked, Howell Webb, had a movie coming out. She had seen the trailer online earlier and mentioned she wanted to see it.

Unexpectedly, he kept that in mind and came to take her to the cinema this afternoon.

Wait a minute! Grace suddenly seemed to think of something, and her eyes widened. “It’s… It’s the movie premiere today.

“Hmm. What, you don’t like premieres?” Jason asked.

rhetorically.

“No, no.” She shook her head quickly. The problem was the premiere. It was not what ordinary people could attend, and there would be celebrities.

This was so…

However, Grace managed to keep a lid on her fantasies as she had a mission today.

“I have to take Nelson to cla**, so I can’t go,” said Grace.

Jason’s eyes fell on the little one beside Grace.

“Why does he need you to send him to cla**?” he asked. There was even a hint of jealousy in his tone.

“Kyla’s mother hurt her leg and is having a minor operation this afternoon. Kyla has to go to the hospital to accompany her mother, so I volunteered to send Nelson to cla** today.”

“…” Jason frowned a little at this. It seemed the little one standing next to Grace was not used to Jason’s gaze, so he leaned closer to Grace, clutching Grace’s hand nervously with his little hands.

Grace naturally noticed the change in the little one’s mood. She immediately stooped down to rea**ure him, saying, “Don’t be scared, Nelson. This uncle is my friend, and he’ll like your too.”

Grace spoke as slowly as she could, matching her words with sign language to make the little one understand her better.

With that, Grace turned to Jason and said, “Be gentle with Nelson and smile more, or he’ll be scared.”

Jason raised his eyebrows slightly, she had already expressed his opinion on his behalf.

Perhaps she did not even notice that she was now speaking to him in a way that she had never done before. He would have been offended if she were a stranger, but since it was her, it did not bother him.

He… Liked the casual way she was talking to him, with less care than usual. It was as if the invisible chasm between them was closing little by little.

“All right, I’ll do as you say,” replied Jason. Then, his face. softened. A smile rose from the corners of his mouth as he tried to contain the invisible tension he emitted.

Nelson blinked and looked strangely at Jason. It seemed the uncle was less frightening now than before.

Relieved, Grace stood up and touched the little one’s head. “Now, let’s send Nelson to cla** first.”

Jason nodded, and the group got into the car. Grace gave the driver the address of the cla** and the car drove toward its destination.

In the car, Nelson kept looking at Jason curiously with his black and white eyes. Jason gave the little guy a faint glance and wondered if Grace liked such a little thing. Human offspring were weak and dependent on adults for everything but surprisingly seemed to capture the hearts of some women.

Just like this little one here who had obviously captured

Grace’s heart.

Watching Grace lowering her head to ask the little one. whether he was thirsty or whether he wanted a drink, Jason felt left out.

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