Chapter 348 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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‘Jay. Where is he?’

Grace was shocked and looked at the time. ‘It’s already past three o’clock in the morning. Where will he be at this time?’

She got up and went to his original bedroom and study next door, but he was nowhere to be seen.

Then, she went downstairs and still did not see him.

She had seen his phone on the nightstand on his side of the bed, which meant that he did not have a phone with him right now. She could not get in touch with him even if she wanted

‘At this time, he…

Suddenly, Grace remembered the last time she had found him in the mourning hall of Reed Residence.

It was also at midnight!

‘Could he be there again?’

She bit her lip slightly, walked quickly out of the main house, and ran toward the mourning hall.

When she got there, sure enough, the light in the mourning hall was on.

‘Is he really in there?’ thought Grace as the pace of her feet quickened.

When she reached the front door, she pushed open the door and faced the hall. What her almond-shaped eyes saw was the black and white photo hanging directly above the hall.

‘It’s the photo of Jay’s father!’

This man’s eyes were full of gentleness. He should have had a towering presence, but he ended up freezing to death in the ice and snow.

Maybe he just wanted to die.

He was abandoned by the woman he loved most, so he lost the will to live.

Grace sympathized with the man, but she also felt a wave of underlying anger.

‘Why was he so quick to seek death? Why didn’t he think about the son he still had? Did he know that if he died, what it would mean to Jason who was still so young at the time?

‘Did the man really think that sending Jason back to the Reed family was the best choice? He forgot that a child needs a father.

Jason had already lost his mother’s company, but then he lost his father too.’

He had to stay in such a house at such a young age, accompanied by a grandfather who hated the other half of his blood!’

She could almost imagine how he had walked on eggshells when he was a child.

In this mansion, there was no such thing as affection between two generations, only a child’s struggle to survive!

Grace walked step by step through the front hall and into the inner room.

The interior was the same as what she had seen previously with Jay’s father’s memorial tablet on the altar.

However, now, the tall figure stood motionless like a sculpture before the memorial tablet.

His back was straight, and the dim light of the lamp fell upon him. The brightness interlaced with darkness.

The loneliness he exuded right now seemed to shut off everything around him.

It was as if he was the only person left in his world!

Grace’s nose suddenly felt a little sore, but she could not tell why she was feeling this way-Why she felt as if there was an invisible gap between Jason and her.

However, they were the closest!

“Jay!” she cried out, her voice ringing clearly in the silent room.

The tall body trembled a little before he slowly turned around. His ink-like eyes seemed to be staring at her with some sort of silent emptiness.

Suddenly, Grace felt as if her heart had skipped a beat.

It was like the look in his eyes when she first met him.

It was as if he did not care about anything, not even himself.

“Jay!” she cried out again, with a touch of tension and uneasiness.

The cry brought him back to his senses, and the dead silence in his eyes gradually faded and was replaced by his usual gentle eyes.

“Why are you here?” he muttered, but with an indescribable weariness.

“I should be the one to ask you that. Why are you here so late at night?” she asked. Besides, it was not some special day!

As she spoke, she came up to him. She raised her hand and touched his cheek gently, feeling the coolness on his cheek.

It was already July, and the air conditioner here was not on. Even if was at night, it was still hot and stuffy, but he was distinctly chilly.

“I couldn’t sleep and thought of coming here,” he said.

“Are you alright? Why’s your face so cool?” She frowned. “It’s so late. Let’s go back to our room first.”

As she spoke, she was about to put down her hand and take his. However, she was held down by his hand.

His palm pressed against the back of her hand, allowing her to continue to press against his cheek.

Then, those bright amorous eyes just stared at her quietly.

“What’s come over you?” She only felt something was a little off about him now. He was quiet and the dead silent look in his eyes made her uneasy.

“Am I the only person you love the most?” His thin lips parted softly, his voice like the night wind that swept across the bamboo.

“Yes,” she replied without hesitation.

“You’ll never betray me, right?” he added, and there was something fragile in that face that could captivate everyone.

Her uneasiness seemed to be heightened by his fragility.

“Why are you saying that all of a sudden?”

“Say you’ll never betray me, okay?” His voice was already hoarse, and it sounded a lot like a plea.

For a moment, other than anxiety, she felt a pang in her heart.

‘He’s Jason! Why would he use such a tone to beg me to never betray him?’

She looked past him to see the memorial tablet behind him.

She knew it was his father’s memorial tablet. The man with gentle eyes chose death because the one he loved abandoned him.

That… Was a betrayal.

His father was betrayed by his mother.

Then, he was betrayed by his father who left him alone in the world.

His eyes were still fixed on her, waiting for her to give him an answer.

Her nose felt sore. He seemed to get whatever he wanted, but who knew he had such a deep trauma.

Now, she just wanted to calm his vulnerability and trauma.

“I’ll never betray you,” her eyes returned to his face to meet his eyes as she said in a tone of great certainty.

“Really?” he murmured, his voice sounding so soft.

“Really,” she answered.

The next moment, his cheek brushed against her palm as if the warmth of her hand could warm the cold.

She would not know how miserable he had felt when he stood before his father’s memorial tablet just now.

Even after so many years, his father’s incident was still so bloody cruel to him!

His father had said, “Jason, don’t love someone the way I did. love someone too much, you’ll only hurt yourself in the

If you end.”

‘However, I’ve fallen in love with someone, and I love her deeply, Dad.

‘Besides, Grace is unlike Mom, so I won’t end up like you.

‘We won’t end up the same!’

“Then, you must remember what you promised me tonight,” he muttered, kissing her on the palm. “Grace, I won’t be able to take it if you betray me.”