Chapter 409 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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Grace was shocked to find that she had just accidentally walked into the shooting scene of another film crew. She immediately apologized, saying, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to!”

“Who asked you here? Don’t you know you can’t wander around here? Besides

Before he could finish scolding her, another voice rang out. “She’s not part of the crew.”

Grace immediately turned her head around and saw Brian who had somehow appeared behind her.

The crew member was shocked when

Brian appeared. “Mister… Mr. Hart…”

“Alright, go back to what you were doing,” said Brian.

The crew member left immediately.

Brian looked at Grace and asked, “What are you doing here?”

“An actress here is a witness for my case, so I came over to ask for details,” said

Grace. Then, she tried to go around

Brian to leave.

However, he grabbed her wrist.

Grace looked at him in confusion. “Is there something else, Mr. Hart?”

Brian pursed his thin lips slightly, his deep phoenix eyes staring at the woman in front of him. Her cheeks were a little red because of the sun while her long hair was simply tied in a ponytail. On her comely face, her calm almond-shaped eyes looked at him in confusion.

He had… grabbed her subconsciously just now. It was as if he did not want her to leave.

When he was on the hill previously, he had already made up his mind not to have any feelings for this woman anymore.

However, why did he subconsciously grab her just now?

Besides, once he grabbed her, he did not want to let her go again.

“Are your legs any better?” he asked.

“Much better,” she said, twisting her wrist to pull her hand out of his fingers.

However, his fingers grabbed on so tightly that she could not break free.

“Brian, let go!” Grace could not resist calling him by his full name.

He just looked at her, his black eyes seemingly thinking of something.

At this moment, Grace felt more and more eyes looking in their direction. After all, Brian was the crown prince of the entertainment industry and they were at a film studio.

Everyone here could recognize Brian!

If this went on, people would look at her like she was a panda! Just as Grace was about to speak again, Brian’s voice rang first. “Do you love Jason?”

‘What kind of question is that?’

Grace glared at the man in front of her and said, “Whether I love him or not is my business, Mr. Hart!”

“Answer me.” The face that was usually indifferent was now serious.

She had a feeling that if she did not answer him, he would keep her here forever.

“We broke up, so of course, I don’t love him anymore. Can you let go now?” she said.

“Then who do you love?” he asked.

She did not want to love anyone. She just wanted to be alone.

Raising her almond-shaped eyes, she looked at him and said, “Mr. Hart, it seems that whoever I love has nothing to do with you. When we were on the hill, didn’t you say that we’re only strangers from then on?”

He stiffened. ‘Strangers… Just treat her as a stranger.’ It was really hard when he had to do it.

When he saw her standing awkwardly at the pool table that night, he could not stop himself from looking at her.

Her presence could easily interrupt his insistence.

Even after he heard that she and Jason had broken up, he felt a pang of joy in his heart.

‘Why was I happy?

‘Am I glad that I have a chance now? That’s ridiculous! There are so many women in Emerald City who want to climb into my bed. Many women would also pander to me and suck up to me. Why should I covetously love a woman who doesn’t have me in her heart?

‘She’s a beauty, but in the entertainment industry, there are many more women who are prettier than her!

‘However… How I yearn for her!’

Just like how he would somehow feel satisfied if he got to look at her a minute longer..

When did he become so inferior?

“Brian, Grace, what… are you guys doing?” Stella hurried over with a flash of jealousy in her eyes. Feigning kindness, she said, “Brian, did Grace say something that has offended you? Don’t think too much about it. Just forgive

Grace for my sake.”

Stella’s smug performance only made a sneer flash across the corners of Grace’s lips.

However, Brian did loosen his fingers and Grace took the opportunity to pull her hand away. Then, she took a step back. “Alright, I won’t bother you anymore.”

With that, Grace hurried off.

Brian watched as the slender figure walked further away until she disappeared from his eyes.

Stella looked at Brian with fear in her heart.

The way he looked at Grace’s back was like… he was reluctant to part with her.

“Brian, the way you held Grace’s hand earlier could easily cause misunderstandings. If Mr. Jason misunderstood, it’ll affect Grace’s relationship with him,” said Stella.

“They broke up,” Brian said lightly.

Stella was stunned. ‘Broke up? Grace and Jason have broken up?’

In theory, Grace’s loss would make her happy, but when she thought about the way Brian looked at her just now, Stella felt a strong sense of crisis.

“Alright, go on with your filming. I… I’ve got something to do. I gotta go,” Brian said without a spark of interest.

“But…” Stella tried to persuade him to stay, but Brian had already turned around and walked away.

Stella gritted her teeth with resentment. Today was her first acting role. Although she was only playing a small supporting role, it was an easy character for her to shine and impress.

She had asked Brian to accompany her today, saying that it was her first shoot and she was intimidated. Besides wanting to spend more time with him, she wanted to leave an impression on the set.

She wanted the rest of the crew to understand her relationship with Brian so that she could put on airs even though she was only playing a supporting role.

Besides, the director would also give her extra scenes if that happened.

She had planned all of this out, and at first, it was going just as she planned.

However… Once Grace came along, everything changed.

‘Especially when Brian grabbed Grace by the wrist… A lot of the crew members saw this. Now that Brian’s gone…!

Stella could feel the gazes of those around her changing from envy to ridicule and sympathy.

‘It’s all because of Grace!

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‘I mustn’t let Grace steal Brian away me! Brian’s my hope for my future. If I want to live a good life, I have to seize this chance with Brian!’

Grace went to the prison again the next day to find Pansy Dittman. Pansy Dittman was sentenced to one year in prison for the accident.

At first, Grace just wanted to try her luck and see if she could sound her out. However, Pansy Dittman immediately rejected her and asked her to leave as soon as she heard Grace was the a**istant of the plaintiff’s lawyer, saying that everything should be decided by the court.

Before Grace left, she deliberately asked Pansy Dittman if she had been scared by a dog darting out onto the road on the night of the accident. To which she immediately replied, “It wasn’t a dog. It was a cat. A cat with yellow and gray stripes!”

Her answer was too quick, too urgent, and too sure. She even said the cat’s fur pattern as if to convince people that there was such a cat.

“Yes, it was a cat. I remembered it wrong,” Grace said with a smile, but she already had an answer in her mind.

‘Sure enough, there’s something fishy about this! Pansy Dittman probably took the blame for this. The real driver behind the cause of the accident was probably

Elise Dean!’

Grace had been thinking about the case on her way home. Although she had a general conclusion in mind, the law was all about evidence.

‘All I have are the witnesses’ testimonies and… my speculation.

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