Chapter 489 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

“I don’t think he left town. We’ve checked the surveillance footage at the nearby cities’ borders. Everything’s normal.

Brian frowned.

“Then keep on checking the roads where the surveillance footage has been erased and check whether there are any of the Reed family’s properties there.”

It would be too easy to detect their whereabouts if Jason took Grace to a hotel. In that case, Jason would not have done it at all.

“Yes,” answered his men.

Just then, Brian’s phone rang again.

He looked at the caller ID and realized it was his mother calling.

He pressed the answer button and said to the other end of the line, “Mom, what’s the matter?”

“Come back in the evening tomorrow and let’s have dinner together,” said Madam Hart.

“Okay, got it,” replied Brian as he stared again at the gray screen.

‘No matter where Jason has taken Grace, I’ll find her!”

Meanwhile, Grace sat at the dining table and looked at the soup and three other dishes that were still hot. However, they looked so average that they did not look like a chef made them.

“I cooked them. Give them a try,” he said as if sensing her confusion.

She was slightly surprised. ‘He can… cook?’

“You cooked for me when we were at the rental house, so why can’t I cook for you? If you don’t like the taste, I’ll learn and improve for the next time,” he said. His peach blossom eyes were smiling at her as if they had never broken up and there were no painful memories.

They seemed to have gone back to the sweetest time they shared together.

Grace looked away uncomfortably, not wanting to meet his eyes. His eyes seemed to have some magic power in them, setting off waves in her calm heart.

“Where are the servants? Why don’t I see any other servants here?” she asked, looking for a topic.

you won’t have much chance to see them. Just take it as there are only you and me here.”

She was shocked.

He continued saying, “It’s just me and you here, so you can look at me and consider when to fall in love with me again.”

“I told you, it’s impossible,” she said.

He said, “I’ve told you, you’ll fall in love with me again! Why won’t you look at me if you think it’s impossible?” She bit her lower lip and turned her head around, her almond-shaped eyes finally looking at him. Their eyes met in mid-air.

She glared at him while he stared at her, smiling faintly. Jason’s eyelashes quivered slightly after some time, and he said, “Alright. Let’s eat first. The food is going to get cold if you don’t.”

With that, he lowered his eyes and started eating with a pair of chopsticks.

Grace suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

She thought that she was being a little childish when she realized the way she had looked into his eyes earlier was as if she was a primary school student.

She looked into his eyes to deny that she would fall in love with him again. However, she could feel her heartbeat accelerating when she looked into his eyes. It was as if it was telling her his influence on her.

Grace lowered her head and ate. His cooking was neither good nor bad, but others would be surprised to learn that she had the chance to eat the food prepared by Emerald City’s Master Reed himself! Grace laughed at herself, never thinking that one day she could eat his cooking under such circumstances.

“What on earth is this place?” she could not help asking.

Jason said truthfully, “It’s one of the Reed family’s old mansions. However, very few people know about this place, and the Reed family has never announced it to the public.”

She could not help frowning. ‘Is he implying that an outsider would have a hard time finding out that he’s keeping me here?’

“Besides, you’re not the only one who’s locked up in this mansion,” he said.

She blinked. ‘What does that mean?”

“A woman was once locked up in here too. This mansion was bought to keep that woman here,” Jason said as if he was telling her a story.

Grace was stunned.

She felt a chill enveloping her body. ‘Another woman… was locked up in here too?”

“It was probably around 70 years ago. One of the Reed family’s ancestors fell in love with a woman, but she already had a fiancé and the couple was very much in love. Therefore, this ancestor kidnapped the woman and locked her up in this mansion, guarding her day and night just to make her fall in love with him.”

She had found the place vintage and elegant when she was first brought here. However, she felt differently after hearing him say so.

“What happened… afterward?” She heard herself asking somewhat hoarsely.

“Afterward, that woman fell in love with the Reed family’s ancestor and managed to leave this place,” he said as he stared at her.

“What about you? Do you want to get out of here too?”

She suddenly found her throat dry.

“I can’t leave if I don’t fall in love with you?”

“I’ll be here with you until you fall in love with me,” he said.

She kept quiet. Just like the woman who was locked up in here? She still fell in love with the man who kept her here even. though she already had a fiancé she loved deeply

“Alright, we haven’t finished our meal. Hurry up and eat. It’s going to get cold.”

He urged her and added food to her bowl.

Looking of the food in her bowl, she asked dryly, “Why do I have to fall in love with you again? If you want to be loved, find a woman who’s willing to love you.”

There should be a lot of such women in Emerald City. After all, he was Jason-Emerald City’s Moster Reed! Even without that his appearance alone would have captivated many women! His voice rang out.

“What about you? Why did you bring me back to your place in the first place? If you hadn’t taken me to your place and made me call you Sis, I wouldn’t have fallen in love with you. I wouldn’t be keeping you here.”

Grace looked up suddenly, their eyes meeting once more.

He smiled faintly and looked at her gently.

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