Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
The boss had checked her information previously and knew that she was imprisoned for the death of Jennifer Atkinson after a car accident.
However, he did not go through the details of the case. Now, listening to what others were saying, she… Pleaded not guilty. at the trial, saying she was wrong.
Was she really wronged? Jennifer Atkinson’s death had nothing to do with her?
The colleague simply explained the incident without taking any sides, but how could someone who was the boss of the firm not understand the fishy business in it? Immediately, the way he looked at Andrea Schwartz grew a little colder. Then, he turned to look at Grace.
“Grace, I’m sorry this happened to you. How about this? The firm will compensate you for any of your losses. You can list it out later,” said the boss.
Grace said lightly, “No thanks, I still have work!”
Taking a deep breath, she looked at Brian, took the suit jacket off, and returned it to him. “Thank you.” Her shirt was still wet and in a translucent state.
However, Grace just wanted to get out of here immediately.
“You can keep it on. You don’t have to return it to me,” said Brian.
The boss looked at Brian in surprise. He had known Brian for years and knew that the entertainment industry’s crown prince was normally indifferent. Even if someone was hacked. to death in front of him, he probably could not care less.
Now, he was obviously concerned about a woman. This… Was really a surprise.
None of his former girlfriends probably ever got his attention like this.
“It’s all right,” Grace said insistently. Although her shirt was translucent and it was embarra**ing for people to see her undergarment underneath, she might as well pretend she was wearing a swimsuit. If anything, she did not want to be a**ociated with Brian. “Thank you for just now.”
After a polite thank you, she shoved the suit into Brian’s hand and turned away.
Brian stared at the suit in his hand. She gave a polite but unfamiliar thank you. It was like saying thank you to a stranger.
Was he a stranger to her?
Somehow, the thought flashed through his mind and made him feel uncomfortable.
Brian turned around and chased after her.
There was a great silence in the general room of the firm.
Andrea Schwartz was dumbstruck. What was going on? Did the entertainment industry’s crown prince have anything to do with Grace? Other people were usually the ones currying the crown prince’s favor, but now… Why did it look as if the crown.
prince was the one trying to curry Grace’s favor?
“Come to my office later,” the boss said to Andrea Schwartz with a livid expression.
Andrea Schwartz immediately stiffened. The way her colleagues looked at her now turned into that of pity and ridicule.
These looks… Were what she had hoped Grace would suffer, but she ended up being the one on the receiving end.
Andrea Schwartz felt speechless right now.
Just then, a colleague who often disagreed with Andrea Schwartz sneered and said, “Hey, someone who wanted to embarra** an ex-colleague ends up getting embarra**ed herself. Maybe she can’t be a lawyer anymore by tomorrow, just like the ex-colleague. This is a good example for the rookies!”
Andrea Schwartz’s face turned pale suddenly. Long gone was her usual silver tongue. Her eyes were full of panic.
If that happened, she would be nothing but a joke to lawyers. from now on!
Had she known this would happen, she would never have plotted it!
Grace reached the ground floor of the building, but before. she could reach her electric bike, Brian ran up and grabbed her arm. “Why would you rather run around the streets in a tea-stained shirt like this than accept my kindness? Do you hate me? Is that why you don’t even want to touch my stuff?”
Grace tried to pull her arm out of his hand, but it was to no avail. He grabbed her fingers even tighter.
“I just thought it would be a ha**le to return the suit jacket. Since the weather is hot now, the shirt will be dry in a minute,” replied Grace.
“So it doesn’t matter if I’m looking at you like this?” he asked as his eyes darted across her chest.
She stiffened. “If you’re a man of integrity, you wouldn’t look.” Then, she kept telling herself, ‘Think of it as a bathing suit, a bathing suit!’
“I’ve never thought of myself as a man of integrity!” Brian said as he forcibly wrapped his suit jacket around her chest. “You’re increasing the chances of other people committing crimes.”
“You…” She blushed immensely.
“Keep the suit jacket on. You don’t need to return it to me. It’s. up to you to throw it away or give it away.” He just did not want her exposed like this.
He did not want it even if it was only faintly visible.
Strangely enough, he would not have cared about any other woman. However, when he saw her discomfited with tea on her chest, he felt a pang in his heart. He could not help wanting to protect her and take her under his wings.
“It’s all right. Thank you, Mr. Hart,” Grace said insistently.
‘Such an unfamiliar thanks again! Brian pressed his thin lips. together tightly. “Must you refuse me?”
“I think it’ll cause unnecessary misunderstandings if I wear Mr. Hart’s suit jacket,” replied Grace.
Brian’s eyes darkened. “Who are you afraid of being misunderstood by? Your family, or… Jason?”
Grace said nothing, but the refusal in her eyes was unmistakable.
Brian laughed at himself. He was usually the one who refused others, but this woman in front of him had refused him again. and again.
Sighing, he offered her options. “Either you go back in my suit jacket, or you buy something to change into. In short, I don’t want to see you running around like that.”
Grace was about to counter when Brian immediately said, “If you accept neither of these two options, then we can just waste our time here and see who has better patience.”
Grace was a bit speechless. If she did end up wasting her time here with the crown prince, she would be making headlines!
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of a clothing shop not far away and immediately said, “I’ll buy something to wear, then.”
“Sure, where are you going to buy it?” he asked calmly.
“It’s… Just over there.” She pointed to the clothing shop.
To her surprise, Brian followed her into the shop, saying that she was now wrapped in his suit jacket and that he would take it back once she had changed her clothes.
Grace had to quickly change into a cheap T-shirt from the shop.
While Grace picked out her clothes, Jason was in Reed Group’s president’s office. He was listening to his private secretary, Terrence’s, reports with a gloomy face.
“Yes, we’ve talked to all the news media. They’re not allowed. to publish any news about Miss Cummins, so these three media won’t dare to publish it this time,” said Terrence.
It started after all three media outlets simultaneously received anonymous emails with racy photos of Grace and Brian.
“Who did this? Did you find out the culprit?” asked Jason.
“We’re looking into it. They’re obviously trying to keep themselves from being found out, so they’ve tampered with things,” said Terrence.
“Find out as fast as you can. I want to know who’s behind this,” Jason said coldly.
“Yes!” Terrence replied quickly.
“You may go out first,” said Jason. It was only after Terrence.
left the president’s office that Jason clicked on the email in his. inbox.
The email contained documents Terrence had sent him previously.
He clicked on one of the documents which showed photos of Grace and Brian.
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