Chapter 496 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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Grace was surprised, but it was probably a good thing for her that he was asleep now.

She moved her body carefully and gently lifted his arms.

She managed to move most of her body with difficulty. Only then did she finally get a good look at him.

He was sleeping soundly. Otherwise, with his alertness, he would have woken up! It seemed that he was really having trouble sleeping these days! She lowered her head to look at him as he slept. His closed eyelids covered those bright eyes, and his long eyelashes added beauty to his sleeping face. The thin lips under his high nose bridge were shut lightly while tinted with a light rosy color. Now that he was sleeping, he looked like a man who had lost his edge.

He was no longer overwhelming, but rather, he looked like a beautiful angel one could not help approaching. However, the frown on his brows made him look somewhat vulnerable.

‘Vulnerable?’

Grace laughed and was about to pull herself out of his arms. when his hand seemed to grab her unconsciously. Then… he caught four fingers of her right hand.

Grace was startled and tried to pull her fingers out of his hand, but instead, she made him hold on tighter! It was as if he was clinging to his treasure and could not let it go.

Grace was speechless.

She still could not leave after all her efforts. ‘Do I have to sleep in this bed with him tonight?’ She tried several more times, but she could not withdraw her hand from his. In the end, she wondered if he was actually asleep or not. However, his eyes never opened, nor did he do anything else. Therefore, she could only comfort herself that they had slept together in one bed before. After a moment’s hesitation, Grace pulled the covers over themselves. Then, she put as much distance between them as she could and leaned against one corner of the bed.

She thought it would be difficult for her to fall asleep in the same bed with Jason, but she fell asleep quickly and slept through the night. It took her a while to get used to the harsh sunlight when she opened her bleary eyes.

‘What time is it? Where am I… In a daze, Grace looked at the unfamiliar ceiling and habitually tried to raise her hand to rub her eyes.

Suddenly, her body stiffened.

She felt another hand pulling the fingers of her right hand. Then, she turned her head and caught sight of Jason’s face. The memories of the previous night flooded into her mind.

‘I… slept here the entire night!’

Grace sat up slowly, feeling that her right hand had gone numb in Jason’s grip. Fortunately, he was not holding it as tightly as he had yesterday.

She pulled it out of his fingers with a little force. Then, a murmur escaped from his mouth as though he had sensed something. However, instead of opening his eyes, he remained asleep with them closed.

Grace immediately got up to leave. However, she was stunned when she saw an abnormal flush on Jason’s face. His face was… red-an unusual red.

He seemed to be… burning too when he held her hand just now!

‘Is it because he’s a heavy sleeper or…! She hesitated and raised her hand to his forehead.

A burning sensation filled her palms.

‘It’s so hot!’

Grace was surprised. ‘He’s… having a fever and the temperature doesn’t seem low!’ However, she did not have a thermometer at hand, let alone fever-reducing medicine!

“Jason!” She called to him, trying to wake him up.

“Are… Are you conscious? Wake up!”

His eyelashes fluttered a little. After calling him a few times, he finally opened his eyes slowly and looked at her face.

She said, “You’re having a fever! Is there any fever-reducing medicine in this house? Or you can contact the outside world right now and have someone take you to the hospital.”

He sat up slowly and asked as he looked at her, “Why won’t you leave while you can?”

“Can I leave the mansion?” she asked.

He smiled, but the smile seemed weak because of his fever.

“No, you can’t leave without my consent!”

‘Come on, is this the time to say that?’

“Do you have any medicine? Your temperature isn’t low. You need to quickly take some medicine!” she said.

She reckoned he got the fever from being caught in the rain last night.

“No,” he replied lightly.

“Where’s your phone? Contact your secretary Terrence and ask him to take you to the hospital,” she said.

He frowned and said, “I don’t need to go to the hospital. It’s just a fever. I’ll be alright in a couple of days.”

“Even if you don’t go to the hospital, at least you can get Terrence to buy some fever-reducing medicine,” she said.

He pursed his thin lips and said nothing but pushed the covers off him to get out of bed.

“You’re not afraid of taking medicine, are you?” she asked casually.

However, he stiffened and looked at her uneasily. His already flushed face seemed to grow a little redder.

‘No way, is he scared of taking medicine?’ Grace was shocked, but she seemed to have bought medicine for his stomach before.

He was not afraid back then!

“Do you love me, then?” he asked out of the blue.

Grace was stunned, not knowing why he asked this so suddenly, but she replied, “No.”

His eyes dimmed a little, and he smirked sarcastically.

“Why do you seem to care a lot about me if you don’t love me? Isn’t it great for you that I’m having a fever?”

“It would be better if you would let me go,” she said.

He gritted his teeth and glared at her with those beautiful peach-blossom eyes.

“Don’t even think of leaving this place without falling in love with me!” Grace suddenly felt that Jason was just like a stubborn child who was throwing a tantrum.

‘Is it because of the fever?”

Seeing that Jason was about to walk toward the bathroom, Grace suddenly came forward and grabbed his arm.

“Do you know…” This strength of hers would have stopped him, but she made him totter and he fell toward her.

Grace was caught off guard and fell backward under Jason’s pressure. Subconsciously, she closed her eyes and waited for the pain of landing. Thump! A loud sound and a muffled groan rang in the room. Only it was not the sound of her body falling to the ground. It was not the hard floor beneath her but… a warm body! Grace immediately opened her eyes only to see Jason lying underneath her.

‘Did he just flip me around on the way down and saved me from hitting the ground?”

“Does it hurt?” His eyelashes fluttered, and his black eyes looked at her nervously.

Grace suddenly had an indescribable feeling.

She should have been the one to ask him if he was in pain, but it was the other way around.

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