Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“How long can you carry me for? What if you won’t be able to carry me?” The little girl did not seem to believe in the little boy’s strength. He was older than her, but he seemed to need her protection all the way.
“I could carry you forever!” the little boy blurted out.
However, the little boy and little girl did not know what forever meant.
The broken images combined and became a vivid memory.
Grace only felt drowsy and tried to open her eyes, but it was as if her eyes could not open at all. Her body seemed to move from side to side, swaying slightly.
‘It’s as if… Someone is carrying me.
‘Who is it? Who’s carrying me?
“Bryn…” When the whisper unconsciously came out of her mouth, Brian, who was carrying her on his back, was shocked and stopped immediately.
What she was calling out was… His nickname.
Why did she call out that name when he had forbidden it?
This woman was always trying her best to distance herself from him but would occasionally act strangely. Why was that?
‘Who is it? Who’s carrying me?
“Bryn…” When the whisper unconsciously came out of her mouth, Brian, who was carrying her on his back, was shocked and stopped immediately.
What she was calling out was… His nickname.
Why did she call out that name when he had forbidden it?
This woman was always trying her best to distance herself from him but would occasionally act strangely. Why was that?
“Grace, listen to me if you’re awake. You can call me anything you want, but only ‘Bryn’ is not something you can call me!” Brian said coldly and began to resume his pace, walking down the hill.
Grace only heard a voice ringing in her ears… ‘Whose voice is it? Who’s speaking? Who’s carrying me on their back?’
She opened her eyes with some difficulty, and what came into sight were broad shoulders and a gracefully curved neck. ‘It’s… Brian!’
Grace was shocked and suddenly stiffened.
“You woke up?” Brian’s voice rang again.
She calmed herself down before replying, “Yes.” Then, she asked, “What… Happened to me just now?”
“You kept screaming in pain and pa**ed out. Is it your headache again? Didn’t Jason take you to the doctor?” he asked.
He remembered that she had had a headache the last time they were at the fair.
“I plan to go back to the doctor sometime later,” said Grace, still a little muddled in the head, but she knew she did not have to go back to the doctor again. In the future… She should no longer have any headaches from the stimulation of her memory.
This was because… She remembered it all.
She remembered how she met him, the time they spent in the hills, and how she carried him down the hill and took him to the hospital.
She thought they would meet again soon after he recovered.
However, who would have thought that ‘soon’ took nearly 20 years?
He had been looking for her, yet she had forgotten him.
Grace stared at the man who was carrying her on his back, her eyes watering.
It was just like what he said back then. He would carry her on his back if she got hurt, but… They would not have a lifetime.
The one she liked and loved was not him!
“Brian, I won’t come to this hill again. In fact, what happened when you were little is just something that happened when you were little. You don’t have to be so obsessed with it,” said Grace.
She did not want him to be obsessed with the incident during their childhood. She did not want him to be deceived by Stella, but now, from her standpoint, she could not explain everything.
Brian sneered, “Grace, who are you to tell me this?”
She was stunned.
“I heard that you seem to have a problem with Stella. Does it bother you that she’s the one who saved my life?” he asked.
She knew he had misunderstood her.
“I just don’t want you to be fooled,” she said.
“Fooled? Do you think your cousin is capable of fooling me?” There was confidence in Brian’s voice.
After all, she was only an average woman from a small town with only a high school degree. She did not even have much experience.
However, he was the young master of the
Hart familyHart family who had met a lot of people and was the crown prince of the entertainment industry. He could easily find out her experiences from childhood to adulthood.
How could an uneducated woman without a strong family background fool him?
Grace knew it was useless for her to say anything more.
After all, she had contributed to the situation herself. Speaking of which, she was lying to him too!
“Let me down. I can walk myself!” said Grace.
Brian did not stop. “If you really want to walk down the mountain like this, I’m afraid you’ll have to walk until it’s dark. I have no time to accompany you till dark.”
“Then you can go down the hill by yourself. I’ll just walk down the hill slowly,” she said. She knew the way down. anyway. She could walk down alone. It was just that she would be a little slower.
“I won’t abandon you. Even if it wasn’t you and it was any other stranger on this hill today, I wouldn’t abandon them and leave by myself, so you don’t have to distance yourself from me,” said Brian.
Grace was stunned. As far as she was concerned, Brian was not some warm-hearted person. You could even call him a cold person. She had seen the way his ex-girlfriend begged him before, but he was so cold that he did not have any residual affection.
How could such a man say that he would not abandon a stranger and leave on his own?
As if sensing her confusion, he continued saying, “If this were anywhere else, I would’ve left you without mercy. But just not here!”
This was where the little girl saved him. She did not abandon him, so… He would not abandon anybody here.
It was as if the ordinary hill had become a holy place in his heart.
Strangely enough, when he and Stella had bought the candied haws on a stick,
Stella wanted to go to the mall in town with him, but he was not in the mood.
He asked the driver to send Stella there while he came here alone.
However, he did not expect to meet Grace!
He did not expect her to be here and encounter that thrilling scene.
When he saw her fall off the cliff, his mind was almost blank. He just instinctively rushed over and grabbed her wrist, forgetting that he might fall with her if he made any mistake.
When she could not reach him with her other hand and was even suffering a headache, he panicked.
He was afraid that his hand could not grab onto hers and that she would eventually fall. Plus, she was having a headache as well.
He had been scared to death!
It seemed like it had been a long, long time since he experienced such fear!
Even as he pulled her up when she was in a semi-coma, there was already a cold sweat on his back. His hands were shaking too. The fear was spreading rapidly throughout his body.
By the time he came to himself, he was already holding her tightly in his arms as if he was holding an important treasure. He simply would not let go!
‘Why… Why is this happening? Why do I care so much about her when I know she isn’t the one?’
He looked down at the unconscious Grace and ran his hand gently over her face.
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