Chapter 503 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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However, before she could finish her sentence, Brian suddenly stopped in his tracks. Grace almost ran into Brian’s back.

‘What happened?’ Before Grace knew it, another cold voice rang.

“Today, no one can leave if I don’t want them to leave!”

For a second, Grace felt as if her blood was about to freeze. It was… Jason’s voice!

She looked up and saw nothing but a tall figure standing only a few dozen meters away from them. There was a row of people standing behind him.

It was as if… they had been waiting there for a long time. They were now inviting them into the trap!

“It seems that I was careless.” Brian looked coldly at Jason who was not far away. “Did you do this on purpose? Just to lure me here?”

If it were not for Dr. Russell, he would not have found this place so easily!

Jason did not answer but only looked at Grace who was standing behind Brian. “What about you? Are you still going to follow Brian even though I’m willing to give my all?”

Grace watched as Jason walked over step by step. His beautiful face was now icy, while the eyes that had looked at her gently this morning were now gloomy and exuding a sense of danger.

“Will you believe me if I told you I wasn’t going to leave?” she asked.

He sneered, “You were already walking out of the mansion with him. You even…” Jason walked to Grace and Brian, putting his hand on their intertwined hands. “…did this. How am I supposed to believe you?”

Grace’s heart sank, and bitterness spread across her chest. “You don’t believe me, do you?”

“Do you want me to believe you?” he asked.

This time, it was her turn to laugh. She previously thought they might have another possibility, but she had overestimated themselves after all.

“Jason, you told me you’d believe and listen to every word I say without doubt or suspicion,” she said bitterly. His words were still in her ears, but now, it was clear he did not believe her at all.

“If you hadn’t chosen to leave with Brian today, then I would believe you!”

“So what’s this… A test?”

“Well… Do you love me?” he asked suddenly while his eyes stared at her darkly. “If you say you love me now, then I’ll believe you.”

However… the so-called belief was just a self-deceiving belief. The belief she wanted was never this kind of belief.

Grace was silent.

Her silence made the gloom in his eyes grow stronger. “Say it. I’ll believe you as long as you say you love me. I’ll believe what you said earlier, that you didn’t want to leave with Brian!”

With a lunge, Brian came between Jason and Grace. “I’m the one who wanted to take Grace away. Whatever you want to do, come at me!”

Brian’s words seemed to provoke Jason. He suddenly smiled coldly. “Yes, of course, I’ll come at you. It seems that just breaking one of your hands wasn’t enough. the Hart family and the Reed family have always minded their own business. Brian, are you really going to make me an enemy?”

“Maybe I can try,” Brian said without flinching.

The two high and mighty men, both who dominated Emeral City, were now confronting each other.

“If Grace doesn’t want to stay here, then I’ll take her away no matter what!” said Brian.

“Then I’ll break your other hand too,” Jason said coldly, immediately attacking Brian.

Brian saw it coming and dodged. The two men began to fight back and forth, but Brian could not strike because of his injured right hand.

Jason had pinned Brian down and grabbed his uninjured left hand. Just as he was going to break it, Grace suddenly rushed forward and grabbed Jason’s hand tightly. “No! Don’t hurt Brian again!”

Jason’s expression immediately turned incredibly pale. “What if I insist on breaking his hand?”

“Is it nothing to you to break a man’s hand?” asked Grace.

Lily and Sean had also talked lightly about incapacitating her hand.

They had made the decision so lightly, but it had cost her dearly.

“Are you defending him?” snapped Jason.

“Yes,” Grace answered affirmatively. Brian had already broken his right hand because of her, and she did not want Brian’s left hand to suffer the same fate.

She did not want to owe Brian anymore!

Jason’s eyes stared at Grace. “Do you care about him that much?”

Grace was silent. It seemed wrong to say that she did not care at all. After all, Brian was… the Bryn from her childhood. He was the partner who had faced danger with her and the friend who had promised to meet her again!

However, she was the one who broke the promise and did not ‘meet’ Brian again. She even gave him a misconception!

Brian had also saved her from falling off a cliff when she met him on the day she was visiting her grandmother’s grave.

“Unfortunately, no matter how much you care about him, you can’t protect him!” Jason said fiercely, tearing Grace’s hand away before pinning Brian to the ground.

Jason stepped one foot on Brian’s injured right hand while his hand grabbed Brian’s left hand.

A sharp pain immediately spread from the wound once he stepped on the hand that had not healed yet.

Brian immediately turned pale, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead. Even so, he moved his thin lips at

Grace. “It doesn’t matter. It’s just another broken hand. Don’t worry. I said… I’d take you out of here, and I will! If I’m not out in half an hour, someone will naturally come looking for me.”

‘Jason has a plan, but I have one too!”

Grace stared blankly at Brian who was in pain. She recalled how the little boy, who stayed with her in the forest for a day and night, had said, “I’ll come looking for you. Next time, I’ll protect you!

“Wait for me. You must wait till I find you!”

“I’ll keep my promise, and you mustn’t forget it, got it?”

It was as if that childlike voice was surrounding her ears again.

However, she forgot about it and did not recognize him afterward.

With a thump, Grace knelt in front of Jason. Her kneeling immediately surprised the two men present.

“You…” Jason’s eyes were full of disbelief. “What are you doing? Are you kneeling for Brian? I won’t stop even if you get down on your knees!”

“This has nothing to do with Brian!” Grace took a deep breath and said calmly. The moment she knelt, her panic and hesitation suddenly faded away. “The thing between you and me has nothing to do with others. Even if you said you still love me, I simply can’t afford your love. So Jason… let me go.”

“Let you… go?” Jason’s body suffered an imperceptible tremor, and his face instantly turned incredibly pale.

Even now, he would rather she beg him to let Brian go than her!

“Do you know what you’re talking about?” he murmured, loosening his grip on Brian as he looked down at her.

“Yes,” replied Grace. That simple word made Jason feel as if someone had taken a gun and shot him in the heart.

He would have given all he had at her feet, yet she wanted him to let her go!

Let go. Did that mean their relationship all this time was only to let go or not to let go? “Grace, what am I to you?”

His voice rang hoarsely. It was as if he was yelling out with so much force and hate!

‘How could she utter the two words ‘let go’ so lightly and kneel in front of me so easily?’

She looked up, and those quiet almond-shaped eyes looked at him calmly. “We were a mistake from the start. Maybe you shouldn’t have saved me, and I shouldn’t have taken you back to the rental house and let you call me ‘Sis’ Jason, we have never belonged to the same world. I can’t give you the love you want, and you can’t give me the trust I want.”

Her voice and every word and sentence were like a boulder hitting his heart mercilessly. It hurt so much!

After a long while, Jason finally said, “You’re begging me to let you go. Letting go means that from now on, you and I will have nothing to do with each other. In this case, do you still want me to let you go?”

She bit her lip and nodded gently. “Yes, I beg you to let me go.” This relationship had been overwhelming for her, and she did not want this entanglement to go on anymore!

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