Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
With all eyes on him, Brian walked straight up to Grace. “What are you doing here?”
Everyone was surprised. The crown prince was displaying a rare gentleness in his voice.
After all, the crown prince had always been cold and indifferent to those girlfriends of his. When had he ever spoken so gently?
“The firm asked me to send over some papers,” said Grace.
“To what department?” asked Brian.
However, it was the receptionist who answered, “The… The legal department. They instructed to… let the lady send the right now.”
“Then I’ll accompany you to the legal department,” said Brian.
The senior executives and the receptionist nearby were so shocked their jaws dropped when they heard this.
‘Did I hear that right? The crown prince of the entertainment industry wants to accompany the woman to… the legal department?’
Grace immediately felt like a panda, but the problem right now was… she had no choice.
She had no control over where Brian wanted to go in Hart Group.
Therefore, when Brian followed Grace to the company’s legal department, the department was shocked. The head of the department respectfully led the two into the conference room. He carefully took the papers from Grace and said with an awkward smile, “Thank you. Next time, you can just give us a call and we’ll send someone over to pick the documents up.”
After all, it was obvious this woman held a certain position in the crown prince’s heart if she could make him accompany her here.
Even the head of the department was speculating whether the woman was the one the crown prince said he was in love with in the interview.
When the interview was released, everyone in the company was shocked. Many people wondered who the woman the crown prince loved was.
Although the crown prince changed girlfriends one after another, he had never used the word ‘love’ on them.
Therefore, many had privately discussed how a man like the ould cover fall in love with anyone.
“Please check if these are the papers you need,” said Grace.
The head of the department flipped through the stack. “Yes, they’re what we urgently need.”
“Now that I’ve delivered these, I’m going to go now,” said Grace before turning to leave.
Brian suddenly grabbed her arm and asked, “Leaving so soon?”
“Mr. Hart, my business here is done,” said Grace.
“But there’s so much more I want to say to you,” said Brian.
The head of the legal department, who was standing nearby, promptly left the room and closed the door behind him.
Grace looked at the man in front of her, feeling a little speechless.
He said, “Jason came that day, so there’s a lot I haven’t told you yet. What would you like to drink?”
“No thanks. Just tell me whatever you want to say,” she said.
He frowned slightly at her cold look. “Are you shutting me down because you still love Jason?”
“I don’t love him,” she said in denial.
He said, “Then why are you so cold to me? You know what? It’s as if you’re desperately trying to tell me not to fall in love with you.””
Grace looked at him in surprise.
“What’s the matter? Am I wrong? You’re hoping I won’t fall in love with you, right?” He bent down, his dark phoenix eyes looking straight into hers.
Her heart felt like it had skipped a beat, and his eyes almost seemed to see right through her.
“Brian.” Grace took a deep breath. This time, instead of calling him Mr. Hart, she said his name. “Yes, I do hope you won’t fall in love with me. I just want to live a peaceful life and not play any more games.”
He said earnestly, “I’ve never thought of my love for you as a game. If you think I’m not serious enough, then tell me what I have to do to make you think I’m serious.”
She bit her lip slightly. “I’m tired. I really have no strength to love anymore.”
“Then I’ll love you. You can love me when you have the strength. I just hope you’ll stop rejecting me,” he said.
She looked at him in confusion. “Why must it be me? I have no family background and was even imprisoned for three years. Besides, I’m not the one you were looking for.”
However, she spoke the latter part with some guilt.
“Yes, why must it be you?” murmured Brian as he lifted his finger and stroked her cheek.
startled by his gaze. His dark phoenix eyes were full of self-mockery and longing that could not dissolve.
“As you said, you have no family background and were even imprisoned for three years. You’re also not the one I’ve been looking for. If I could choose who to fall in love with, then I indeed have many better choices than you. However…” Hist voice paused, and his fingers brushed softly between her eyes.
He said, “Since I still love you anyway, that means I love your for you and nothing else. You asked me why must it be you. I can’t give you the reason. I only know that it would pain me to see you hurt, frighten me to find you missing, and terrify me when I know you might be in danger. Isn’t that proof that I love you?”
Grace felt as though something was stuck in her throat. She did not know how to respond to his words.
“If you really don’t love Jason, can you give me a chance?” he muttered cautiously.
Grace only then seemed to have come back to her senses. She took a step back and avoided his fingers. “But Brian, I won’t fall in love with you, so there’s no need for such a chance.”
His hand felt somewhat empty. He closed his hand and laughed at himself. “Only you would refuse me again and again. Even if you don’t love me now, how do you know you won’t someday? Just as I never thought that one day, I would
She was stunned. ‘Is it possible… to fall in love with this man someday? However, why does Jason’s face come to mind?”
If she had chosen to conceal the fact that she was the little girl he had been looking for for Jason’s sake, then she was now.
continuing to conceal the fact in hopes that he would not cling to her.
‘He’s Bryn, the boy who went through thick and thin with me.
when we were little. He’s Bryn, the boy who kept a promise. and searched for me for so many years!
Since she could not give him the love he wanted, she might as well continue keeping the lid on it.
If possible, she hoped he could find a woman who was worthy of his heart, instead of wasting his time on someone who was already scarred and could no longer love like her.
Stella reached the floor where the president’s office was to see Brian. However, she was stopped by his secretary. “Miss. Lindsay, President Hart isn’t in his office right now. Please wait outside if you want to see him.”
“Why… Why don’t I just wait in his office?” asked Stella.
“I’m afraid that’s inappropriate. It’s best if you wait outside, Miss Lindsay,” said the secretary.
Stella gritted her teeth and sat down on the couch outside.
She only felt that the secretary was treating her differently today. Although she seemed respectful and even offered her a of coffee when she sat down, she was no longer fawning over her.
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‘Is it because… Brian has openly stated that we’re not a couple in the interview?’ Stella’s heart was filled with rage at the thought.
Due to Brian’s statement, she got all sorts of taunts from her coursemates in university, not to mention the snobs in the cost.
A lot of people fawned over her because of Brian, and now it was like she had been knocked back into shape.
Just then, Stella saw a senior executive getting out of the elevator. He approached the secretary and asked, “President Hart hasn’t come back yet?”
side. We’ve been talking about whether that woman is the one President Hart said he’s in love with in the interview. After all, when have you ever seen President Hart accompanying a woman to the legal department?” He gossiped.
“Who is she?” The secretary was curious.
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