Chapter 316 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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“If you’re going to be the maid of honor in this dress, I guarantee you won’t even be at the wedding!” Hadwin Stephenson suddenly sneered and said.

“You…” Lina Sweeney glared at Hadwin Stephenson. “How could you? It’s just a dress!”

“Well, you can try and see whether I can. No man likes to see his girlfriend in a revealing outfit,” said Hadwin Stephenson.

While her outfit was stunning and certainly a feast for the eyes… It was enough for him to see. He did not want other men to see her in this dress.

Especially at Jason’s wedding where there would be a lot of people attending. It was hard to say whether there would be ment interested in her.

Lina Sweeney was speechless and felt that Hadwin Stephenson might indeed be able to do it, but the problem was… When she had accompanied him to banquets, he never once said anything about women who wore dresses more revealing than hers!

Besides, few dresses these days did not expose the shoulders!

Hadwin Stephenson took out a dress from the row of dresses hanging beside him and said, “Here, this one suits you more.”

Lina Sweeney looked at the dress he took and immediately rolled her eyes. It would cover her from head to toe! The only parts of her that would show were probably her two arms.

She was about to retort when someone’s phone rang. It was

Grace’s.

As soon as Grace picked up the call, her face changed after hearing the sound coming from the other end of the phone. “Yes… Yes… I see. I… I’ll be right there!”

Her voice was shaking, even her hand holding the phone was shaking.

As soon as she hung up the phone, she immediately said to Jason, “My… My grandmother is dying, Jay! I’m going to see her right now!”

Grace did not even have time to change out of the wedding dress and got into Jason’s car. Then, they drove off in the direction of her grandmother’s town.

Along the way, she was clenching the phone in her hands while her eyes reddened.

‘Grandma had been discharged from the hospital and went home.

to recuperate. I thought Grandma was getting better, but… How did this happen?’

The call earlier was from a nurse at the hospital. The nurse was asked by her grandmother to call her and tell her that she was now in the hospital. She was almost dying and would even slip into a coma from time to time. Her grandmother’s last wish was to see her before she died!

According to the nurse, her grandmother had been hospitalized for three days, but First Uncle, Second Uncle, and Third Aunt did not call to inform her!

If the nurse had not called her today, would she not have been able to see her grandmother for the last time?

‘No, no. This won’t be the last time I see Grandma,’ she kept saying to herself in her heart, but her hands were shaking more and more as she held the phone.

Suddenly, a large hand covered her trembling hands as a voice rang in her ear, “Don’t worry. Whatever it is, I’ll face it with you.”

Grace looked up and stared blankly at Jason who was beside.

her. “Jason, if Grandma really…” The word ‘died’ seemed stuck.

in her throat and she could not say it no matter what. “What am I supposed to do? I don’t want to lose Grandma!”

Among her relatives, only Grandma was sincerely kind to her! She thought about treating her grandmother well and showing her around… However, these hopes now seemed to have taken on a gray hue.

‘Don’t want to lose… Jason pressed his thin lips together. It was like how he did not want to lose his mother, but he lost her anyway. Later, he did not want to lose his father, but he lost him too.

Now, she was the only one he did not want to lose!

“You still have me, Grace. I’ll be there for you no matter what!” he said softly.

He was not God. No matter how much power and money he had, sometimes he was helpless in the face of life too.

In the hospital ward, the old woman who was already on her deathbed was holding on one final breath while Grace knelt beside the bed. She shouted, “I’m here, Grandma…”

The elderly opened her eyes with a shudder and her eyes moved when she saw Grace in a wedding dress. “Why are you… Dressed like that?”

“I… I’m getting married and was trying on wedding dresses today. I was going to come and see you in a few days to tell you the good news!” said Grace, all the while choking and trying not to let the tears pour from her eyes.

Even if she was not willing to admit, she was aware that this might be the last time she saw her grandmother.

“Getting married? Is… Is it with Jay?” she asked in a mutter. She remembered the boyfriend called Jason that her granddaughter had brought over last time.

“Yes, it’s him,” Grace said quickly.

Jason leaned over and said to Grace’s grandmother, “It’s me, Grandma. I’m going to marry Grace and keep her safe for the rest.

of her life.”

He made a promise to the elderly.

Just because… The elderly was the relative of the person he loved the most.

Grandma weakly raised her wrinkled and dry lips at this and smiled. “Good… Good… Then I’m relieved… I didn’t let my daughter, who died so early, down after all… Grace, you must….

In the end, Grandma did not finish her last words. Her eyes and her mouth were still open, but she was no longer breathing.

Grace stared blankly as tears fell from her eyes.

The doctors and nurses beside them determined the time of her grandmother’s death and said to Grace, “Our condolences, Miss

Cummins.”

‘Condolences…’ The only family who loved her was gone!

Grace suddenly let out a yell and laid beside her grandmother’s still-warm body while crying.

Her body… Was still warm, but she was not breathing nor did she have a heartbeat. She could no longer hear Grandma calling her Grace and she could not see her smiling at her anymore…

Grace cried while Jason stood by in silence.

He knew that she had too many tears to let out right now. Her grandmother was a spiritual support to her. She was her protector after the loss of her mother.

However, she would never see her again.

He understood the pain of losing a loved one. When his father was frozen to death in front of his eyes, he only felt as if he was left alone in the whole world.

Even later when he acknowledged his biological family and was accepted back into the Reed family, he never had a sense of belonging.

Perhaps death was a relief to his father who loved his mother so much that it was painful for him to live after losing his mother.

However, he forgot that he still had a child and gave all his feelings. to the woman. What he left to the child was just a suicide note- A suicide note indicating his identity and how he wished he could return to the Reed family.

Grace cried for a long time. Eventually, her tears seemed to have dried up, leaving only tearless crying and choking sobs.

“Let your grandmother leave in peace, Grace,” Jason finally said.

Grace sobbed, her eyes red and swollen. “Yes, I must let Grandma… Leave in peace…” she said. Finally, she reluctantly covered her grandmother’s face with her hand to close her eyes and mouth.

“Grandma loved me very much,” she murmured.

“I know,” he said, gently pulling her into his arms. “Me too. I’ll love you and protect you more than anyone else in the world, so don’t cry, all right?”

Looking at her red and swollen eyes, he felt a pang in his heart.

He would give anything to keep her from crying if he could, but he had no idea how to stop her tears.

“You know what? Your tears make me feel as if it hurts to breathe.” Jason lowered his head and gently kissed Grace’s red, swollen eyes.

‘Stop crying. I’ll heal all your wounds.”

No matter how long it would take her to heal, he would be there for her.

He would keep her safe all his life-As he had promised.

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