Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“Yes!” replied Terrence as he shuddered.
Those two bodyguards probably could not be bodyguards again!
“Besides, you know what to do with yourself. Go and punish yourself. If you make such a mistake again, I won’t let you off the hook easily even though you’ve been following me for years,”
Jason said coldly.
Terrence felt a quiver in his heart as he hurriedly responded. He did not let out the long sigh he had been holding in until he was out of the room.
‘Even though Master Reed and Grace have broken up, Grace is still Master Reed’s treasure. She can’t get hurt… If Grace had suffered worse injuries today, would these two bodyguards still be able to live?’
After all, if Master Reed got angry, no one in Emerald City would be able to calm him down!
“What the hell?! Why didn’t you tell me you were hurt?” Lina came to Grace’s rental house to visit her best friend but was shocked to see her red and swollen cheeks.
“It only looks serious. It doesn’t hurt much anymore,” said Grace. She was embarra**ed to tell her best friend that she had looked scarier in the first two days.
“What the hell is going on? What happened to your face? Who hit you?”
asked Lina.
Grace then gave a brief account of her kidnapping. Though she tried to play it down, Lina was horrified.
Towards the end of the story, Lina suddenly said, “Wait, the highway was blocked by the police? Is it the van you were in… the one that the police blocked on the highway that day?”
“Huh?” Grace was shocked. “What’s going on?”
Lina took out her phone and searched for the news online before handing it to her best friend.
Grace saw that someone had posted some photos of the highway from that day online.
However, the photos were taken from a long distance, so they could only see rows of police officers and police cars. The police were heavily armed with their guns pointed at the oncoming van.
The scene could be described as extremely grim.
People would have thought they were filming a crime film!
Due to the distance, the photos were blurry and one could not see the faces of the people in the photos.
The comments were interesting, with many wondering what the police were doing.
Some speculated that it was an arrest while some speculated that it was a drill. Others even said that it was a counter-terrorism attack.
However, no one actually managed to guess what went down.
Lina was just joining in on the fun at first. She did not expect it to be related to her best friend.
“Was it Jason who saved you?” asked Lina.
“Yes.” Grace nodded.
“He seems… to care about you. Is there really no secret behind your breakup?”
muttered Lina.
“He’s just tired of it. It’s like how he only approached me for fun in the beginning and played a brother and sister game. Then, the brother and sister game turned into a game of love. Now, it’s back to being a brother and sister game again,” Grace said with a wry smile.
Lina was shocked. “What do you mean?”
“I’m now tangled up with him again because of a couple of things. He’s calling me ‘Sis’ again like how he used to call me when we were living together at the rental house,” said Grace.
“What’s this? Isn’t he the one who wanted to break up? Why-”
“I don’t get it either,” said Grace.
“You…” Lina looked at her best friend with concern. ‘If it’s like this, will Grace ever get over her heartbreak?’
If a man who dumped Lina were to hang around her all day, she would not be able to stand it.
“Alright, enough about me. How are you and Hadwin Stephenson?” said Grace as she changed the subject to a lighter one.
“We’re alright,” said Lina. Their relationship was getting better, but because she had gone to the underground bar, Hadwin Stephenson would give her a cold look from time to time.
If she praised a male celebrity, he would not look at her properly. In the end, she would have to coax him.
If she did not do so, he would tell her parents about her underground bar trip.
Therefore, she could only be subservient with her tail between her legs during this time.
Of course, if she were to put aside Hadwin Stephenson’s jealousy, everything else was pretty good. For example, when she watched TV, he would automatically give her snacks.
When she had a backache, he would give her a ma**age. When she wanted a celebrity’s signature, he would get it for her. Of course, this was limited to female celebrities only.
Looking at the sweetness on her best friend’s face, Grace hoped her best friend’s relationship with Hadwin
Stephenson would be smooth sailing till the end.
However… As she thought of Hadwin
Stephenson’s family background and the Stephenson family, she could not help feeling worried.
‘The Stephenson family is complicated. Hadwin Stephenson became the
Stephenson family’s patriarch with the identity of a b*stard. How dangerous would that be? Mrs. Stephenson and her two sons are still alive and well.
Would they be willing to put Hadwin Stephenson in charge of the large Stephenson Group?
‘Or are they thinking of something else? After all, members of a rich and powerful family often fight each other for fortune to the death!’
Grace only hoped Lina could be happier than her!
Ling deserved the best.
Lina chatted with Grace for a while
again before leaving Grace’s rental house when it was getting late.
The night in Emerald City in September was not as hot and stuffy as in the daytime. It was comfortable when the cool breeze blew on one’s face.
However, Lina felt depressed as she thought of how Grace was entangled with Jason again.
She could not do anything for Grace and could only watch her best friend get stuck.
Lina drove to Hadwin Stephenson’s mansion in Emerald City instead of driving home.
Hadwin Stephenson had been spending most of his time in Emerald City now.
Once she arrived, the servant hurried over to open the door. Hadwin Stephenson was stunned when he saw
Lina. “It’s late, why are you-”
However, before he could finish, Lina had rushed forward and grabbed Hadwin Stephenson’s waist before burying her face in his arms.
Her sudden embrace startled Hadwin Stephenson. The girl had seemed on edge whenever she saw him lately. When had she ever taken the initiative to do such things?
“Have you been drinking?” he asked.
After all, she would grope him every time she got drunk.
“No,” she said, her head continuing to rub against his chest. ‘Mhm, my man smells so good!’
“Then what’s going on with you? Which of your favorite celebrities have let you down?” He thought of a second reason.
“No.” She continued to rub, her hands slowly reaching toward his waist.
Hadwin Stephenson was speechless.
“Lina!”
“Yes, yes!” She quickly withdrew her hands, lifted her head, and looked at him with her round eyes. “I came to see you because I wanted to see you.”
For a moment, he felt lost in her eyes.
‘Come to think of it, I’ve seen many beautiful women, but only she can tantalize and seduce me this easily.
Finally, Hadwin Stephenson came to himself. He looked at the clock on the wall. “You want to see me at this hour?” It was already past 10 PM.
“I wanted to see you, so I didn’t care about the time. Hadwin, I think I’m lucky that our feelings are mutual,” she said, her voice sounding sweet.
Compared to Grace, she was much luckier, and therefore, she felt even more sorry for Grace.
“Why do you say that all of a sudden?” Hadwin Stephenson looked at the person in front of him. He was pleased to hear these words from her, but he could not understand why she was saying these all of a sudden as if she had gotten inspired.
“I went to see Grace today. She said she and Jason are back to being brothers and sisters again because of some things. I know Grace wants to get over
Jason, but this situation will only make it worse,” said Lina.
Lina said angrily after a pause, “I don’t know what Jason is thinking. He seems to care about Grace a lot, but he’s the one who wanted to break up with Grace.
They all said women are unpredictable, but I think he’s the unpredictable one.”
“Jason is still in love with Grace,” Hadwin
Stephenson said suddenly.
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