Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
She could feel her nails digging deep into his flesh, and even though her nails were usually trimmed and short, she knew that if she held on with such force, his hands would get hurt.
After all, she had scratched Brian last time.
“Let… Let go…” When Dr. Russell was changing his needle knife, Grace said to Jason, “I’ll end up scratching you when I’m in pain.”
“So what?” Jason raised his other free hand and gently wiped. the sweat from her forehead. “Brian can get hurt for you, but I can’t?”
Grace froze immediately. However, before she could speak again, Dr. Russell’s needle knife stabbed her again.
‘The… The pain is so bad…”
All she could do now was clench her teeth and endure the pain.
A new layer of sweat quickly broke out on her forehead again, which had just been wiped dry earlier, Beads of sweat kept running down her cheeks.
Jason just stared at Grace. Her fingernails were constantly scratching and digging into his flesh because of the pain. However, he seemed to feel no pain even when there were obvious bloodstains on the back of his hand.
Or rather, all he cared about was Grace right now.
Her face was full of pain. She was suppressing and enduring it desperately. She clenched her teeth, and the veins on her forehead and the back of her hand popped out.
Finally, when Dr. Russell finished the treatment, Grace felt like she was going to collapse.
Dr. Russell said to Grace, “Okay, you’ll have the third treatment in a week. Remember to keep the wounds dry for 24 hours.”
“Thank… you.” Grace was pale. She gasped and thanked him with some difficulty.
Only at this moment did her eyes fall on her hand that was interlaced with Jason’s.
There were bloodstains on the back of his hand, and she knew she was the one who caused them.
Grace felt the pain in her fingers, not to mention the fact that Jason was the one who got scratched.
Their hands now seemed like they were glued together in a firm clasp.
Grace tried to pull her fingers away but realized she could not exert any strength.
On the contrary, Jason carefully separated their hands. His face was a bit pale, displaying slight worry. He looked a bit gloomy too.
He carried her in his arms and told Terrence, who was waiting nearby, “Send Dr. Russell back.”
“Yes,” replied Terrence.
Jason carried Grace out of the room and walked toward the living room.
“Jason, you don’t have to carry me like this. I just had my hands treated. It’s not like I can’t walk,” she said.
However, he carried her all the way to the couch where he placed her down carefully. “How about I try and get you a better doctor to treat your hands? That way, you won’t have to suffer so much.”
Grace said, “No thanks. I believe in Dr. Russell. Besides, I can stand the pain. It’s not the worst,”
He frowned. ‘What does ‘the worst’ mean? Was it… the pain she had suffered in prison?
‘Was her suffering back then more painful than the pain sho was in today?’
Jason could only feel the stinging in his heart again.
He only knew that she had suffered a great deal in prison, but seeing her in such pain now gave him a better idea of what she had suffered.
His heart was hurting, and it seemed that even breathing was painful at the moment.
He had regretted coldly imprisoning her and even tacitly consenting to those people torturing her countless times, but not once was it as intense as it was now.
Yes, he was full of regret.
He crouched down, raised her hand, and kissed her fingertips. “I wish I had fallen in love with you before you went to prison.”
His breeze-like voice sounded as if there was a lump in his throat.
How he wished he could reverse time. He wanted to appear in front of her before she went to prison. He would do everything in his power to clear her name and protect her from the slightest suffering.
However, it was too late now,
Grace looked blankly at the man kissing her fingertips.
The warmth of his lips was felt on her fingertips. Her body seemed to be burning too.
“Jason, you-”
“I was wrong,” he murmured, interrupting her.
He had never admitted his mistakes in front of anyone, but now he said, “Grace, I was wrong. I should never have broken up with you.”
Also… he should not have been indifferent toward her when she was being framed.
Back then, she had seemed nothing more than a sacrifice and an unlucky person to him. It was his thoughtlessness at the time that caused her misery.
Grace looked at Jason incredulously. ‘Is he… apologizing?’
“I should’ve believed you. I shouldn’t have chosen betrayal because I was afraid that you would betray me. I was too selfish. I was so selfish I just wanted to keep myself from getting hurt and forgot to consider that you could get hurt as well.” As he spoke, he put his hands around her hands, holding them just like how he used to warm them.
Her hands seemed to have gotten hotter. Grace was stunned. She could see guilt, regret, and pain on his face in front of her. It merged into a mixture of emotions she had never seen before.
The way he now knelt in front of her could even be described as humble.
“Grace…” He gently called her name. “If I’ll believe and listen to every word you say, and I won’t doubt you, suspect you, not to mention betray you… Will you still love me?”
His black eyes stared at her.
Grace’s nose felt somewhat sore. She thought her heart was already at peace. She had gotten over him even when facing him.
However, his words stirred the waves in her heart again.
‘Can I love this man again? Can I love him as hard as I did last time and try to protect his rare fragility and make him feel more secure?
‘Can an unforgettable love I tried hard to forget after being ruthlessly torn apart still exist?’
She could not help raising her hand and touching his cheek.
Jason’s eyes suddenly lit up. Then, he laid his big hand gently on the back of hers, and his face brushed against her palm as if with endless affection. “Grace, love me. I won’t let you down this time.”
He would never let her down!
Dr. Russell was sent back to the Russell family’s house.
Brian came to the Russell family’s house almost as soon as he got the news.
“Uncle Russell, where did they take you today?” Brian had unconcealed anxiety on his face.
Dr. Russell could not help sighing as he looked at Brian. Speaking of which, it was the first time he had seen him so anxious in all the years he knew the boy.
This anxiety was probably because of… “Is this because of that girl, Grace?”
Brian’s pupils shrank immediately. “Did you really treat Grace’s hand today?” he asked.
Dr. Russell said, “That’s right! It’s the first time an old man like me was blindfolded like that! A man was accompanying that girl all the time. His last name is Yi. Is that man Jason?”
Brian pursed his thin lips. “Yes, it’s Jason.”
“Then it looks like you’ve met your match,” said Dr. Russell. ‘Falling for that girl Grace, the boy will suffer no matter who she falls for.
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