Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“Great! Work hard! I’m expecting you to treat me to dinner when you become a barrister!” said Lina.
Grace could not help laughing. “I don’t have to be a barrister to treat you. I’ll treat you to a feast when I get my paycheck.”
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“That’s a deal! I’ll be waiting for your feast,” said Lina.
“Sure,” replied Grace. It was as if her depression for several days had lifted now.
‘Life goes on,’ she thought, and she could get over it little by little.
‘I’ll let go of all my feelings for Jason and think of it as an absurd dream!’
When she finished the call, Grace looked at her phone and opened her contacts list, which contained two phone numbers labeled ‘Jay’.
One was the phone she had bought him which he got a calling card for.
The other one was his usual phone number.
She took a deep breath, tapped the screen, and erased the two phone numbers.
It was like cutting off the last connection between him and her.
“Jason, I’ll get over you.” Her voice drifted away softly into the air…
After work, Hadwin Stephenson came to pick up Lina. Many people in the design firm knew that Lina had a stroke of luck to be able to date the chairman of
Stephenson Group. Therefore, every time Hadwin Stephenson came to pick her up, he became a unique sight in the design firm.
There were even a lot of women with ulterior motives who would deliberately dress up and find the opportunity to appear in front of Hadwin Stephenson, fantasizing that he would take a fancy
After all, Lina was not a beauty. She was just comely at best.
In many people’s opinion, Hadwin
Stephenson only made Lina his girlfriend because he wanted to experience something new. He would dump Lina before long.
When Lina met her colleagues and saw the mixture of ridicule as well as sympathy in their eyes, she really wanted to say that her relationship with Hadwin Stephenson was not what they thought at all.
However… she did not need to explain herself to these irrelevant people. She could just get a new job in another company when she broke up with Hadwin Stephenson.
After getting into Hadwin Stephenson’s car, Lina said, “There are five today.”
“What?” For a moment, he did not understand what she meant.
“Didn’t you notice that five female colleagues from our firm appeared within 50 meters of you?” she asked, and these five female colleagues had even deliberately dressed up. There was even a female colleague who had changed into new clothes!
Hadwin Stephenson rolled his eyes at Lina. “Why should I notice?”
“They’re interested in you,” said Lina.
He raised his thin lips, staring at her with a half-smile. “Do I have to notice people who are interested in me? Or do you want your boyfriend to court other women?”
“You’re not my…” She made a conscious effort to deny it, but in the middle of her sentence, the words suddenly seemed to get stuck in her throat.
His black eyes were fixed on her. Those eyes seemed to show some self-mockery and sadness.
Lina only felt a tightness in her chest. His eyes made her breathless. It was as if she owed him something.
There was silence in the car.
“What? Why won’t you continue?” His voice rang just like that.
“I… I wasn’t going to say anything,” she said guiltily.
‘Come on, why do I feel guilty?’ she thought to herself. They ought to know that they were not a real couple!
‘It’s just that some of his words… will lead me to have some misunderstandings. I’ll mistake that… he might actually like me and that maybe he has liked me until now.
‘However, how can it be?
“What kind of woman hasn’t a man like him seen? Will he really like me? Or some of his actions and words are just so that I can fall in love with him undoubtedly?
‘When I do fall in love with him, he may just kick me away like when I had left without saying goodbye back then!’
“Where do you wanna eat today?” he asked, changing the subject.
“Just find a place with a mall nearby. I want to go to the mall and buy some clothes for Grace after the meal. She got a new job today, but her current clothes are from many years back and not suitable for formal occasions,” said Lina.
Grace did not take any of the clothes
Jason bought for Grace, and Grace’s clothes now were the ones she had before she went to prison. Although some of the clothes were of good quality, they were out of style and the colors had faded.
As Hadwin Stephenson started the car, he said, “You’re pretty nice to Grace. You always have her on your mind. I wonder when you’ll have me on your mind like that too.”
“Ahem… Ahem…” She broke into a sudden cough and said lamely, “I… I always have you on my mind.”
“Really?” He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.
‘If this woman has me on her mind, I wouldn’t be so miserable! I’ve made my feelings very clear, but the woman doesn’t seem to understand.
‘She’s so stupid… I don’t know what to do with her!’
Grace wore her old formal suit to work at the law firm the next day.
It was a little worn, and the matching white shirt was a little yellow at the collar, but… at least it was wearable. Besides, she had no spare money to buy new clothes right now.
Lawyer Carter was a man in his 40s.
Grace knew in advance that his success rate was so-so and he had a mediocre reputation in the industry. However, since he could stay in the business for more than ten years, she would surely have something to learn from him.
After a short briefing on the work arrangement, Lawyer Carter eyed Grace and said, “I’ve studied your case. You were able to reverse the case so quickly. Did someone help you out?”
“Yes,” replied Grace.
Whether it was a game between her and Jason, she had to admit that she would not have been able to reverse the case so quickly without him.
“Who was it?” Lawyer Carter asked curiously.
“An outsider. A… former friend, but we’re not in touch anymore,” Grace said with a wry smile.
Lawyer Carter said thoughtfully, “You’ll have to thank your friend. Without this person, you wouldn’t be able to go back to working as a lawyer now.”
Grace was relieved when she got out of Lawyer Carter’s office. To be honest, she was worried that her new boss would insist on finding out who had helped her to reverse the case.
Back at her desk, Grace started getting used to the task at hand.
She had also worked as an a**istant for half a year when she first joined the industry. She could adapt to the job quickly now that she was back at it. It may be a bit trivial, but it was not difficult.
Andrea Schwartz sauntered up to her desk to say hello and beat around the bush about Jason, which Grace ignored.
At the end of the day, Grace was about to leave when Andrea Schwartz said,
“Hey, Grace has just joined us today. How about we hold a welcoming party for our new colleague?”
Someone chimed in at once, “Yeah, yeah! Let’s welcome our new colleague!”
“Yes, it’s rare to have a woman join us. We must welcome her well!”
“Let’s go together!”
Grace was too embarra**ed to refuse.
After all, she was a newcomer, and some socializing was necessary. If she did not fit in on her first day, she would find it hard to stay in this job.
Besides, networking mattered for lawyers.
Therefore, even though it was Andrea Schwartz who suggested it, which was clearly a hostile m choice but to agree.
At the same time, she was also guessing what Andrea Schwartz was trying to do. Surely, she did not genuinely mean to throw her a welcoming party.
Grace only applied for the position of an a**istant, so the so-called welcome party was only attended by the inexperienced lawyers of the firm and staff members who were in the same a**istant position as Grace.
However, there were a dozen of them as well!
It was only when they reached their destination that Grace realized they had come to Drunken Days.
Drunken Days was one of Emerald City’s better-known high-end entertainment venues and was usually a place for the wealthy. Although lawyers had a pretty good income, those who could afford this place were the firm’s several bosses and best lawyers.
However, under Andrea Schwartz’s leadership, the crowd got into the private room and started ordering all sorts of things that were on the menu.
Grace narrowed her eyes slightly, and a vague unease rose in her heart.
When the dishes arrived, Grace estimated that it would cost at least tens of thousands.
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