Chapter 532 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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Hearing this, Stella shivered a little. It was as if his phoenix eyes could see through everything.

“Of course, I don’t know who sent them, but if I knew, I would have gone to him and asked him why he sent them!” Stella put on an aggrieved look and said, “Brian… Do you think I set this up? I know you like Grace and only think of me as your childhood savior. In that case, why should I bother? It’s better for you to be with Grace rather than someone I don’t know well. This way, there will always be room for me even if you marry Grace. You don’t even need to sever ties with me or anything!”

Stella said piteously as if she meant it.

Brian stared at Stella with his thin lips pressed together. Moments later, he picked up his phone and dialed a number. “Look someone up for me. His name is Chase Harper! He used to work at the Sanitation Service Center. I’ll send you his photo on my phone later.”

Stella lowered her eyes and unconsciously heaved a sigh of relief when she heard Brian’s words. There was a faint gleam of triumph in her eyes.

‘Things… are developing like what Evelyn said… Next, I just have to fan the fire and Grace and Brian will have a falling out…

‘I’ll only have a chance if they have a falling out!’

When Lina was chatting with Grace online in the evening, she said, [I’m leaving Emerald City in two days to see Hadwin.]

Grace was stunned. [You’re leaving Emerald City? For how long?]

Lina replied, [Only about ten days. I didn’t use up my annual leave this year, so I thought of clearing it. I don’t know why but it seems that after experiencing that life and death situation, I really want to be with Hadwin. It’s only been a short time since he left, but I miss him so much.]

[Does he know about this?] asked Grace.

Lina replied, [I haven’t told him yet. I’m afraid he won’t agree with me. But he said he sent bodyguards to protect me in secret before he left Emerald City. I guess those bodyguards will inform him when I go there.]

Grace messaged, [He’s probably afraid you’ll get in danger. After all, all sorts of forces are interweaving in the Stephenson family. It was Elizabeth Jackson who did such a thing this time, but who knows who’s next? Why don’t you stay in Emerald City and wait for him to come back after dealing with the Stephenson family?]

[I know that even if I go to him, I’m not going to be of much help with what he’s going to do. But I just want to be there and face it with him… I know that I might be a burden if I stay with him all the time, so I’m just gonna be there for ten days] answered Lina. Otherwise, she was going to resign.

Grace replied, [Hadwin Stephenson will handle the Stephenson family’s matter well, and I’m waiting to be your maid of honor when the time comes!]

[Yeah, I’m sure he can handle it!] Lina saw that it was getting late and typed, [Let’s meet again and have a good meal when I come back.]

[Sure] replied Grace as she ended her online chat with her best friend.

‘The car accident has made Lina realize how much she loves

Hadwin Stephenson. What about me?’ Grace thought of herself.

‘What has the accident taught me?’

Her mind flashed to Brian stumbling to her car, his face stained with blood. These scenes seemed to recur to her from time to time these days.

It was… Bryn.

Even though she did not think that she would fall in love with anyone again, could she be indifferent to his feelings?

Just as Grace was lost in her thoughts, her phone rang. Grace looked at the caller ID, and it was Brian’s name.

She pressed the answer button, and Brian’s clear yet somewhat gorgeous voice sounded through her phone. “Sorry to call you so late.”

“It’s alright. I’m still up. What’s the matter?” asked Grace.

“I just… suddenly wanted to hear your voice,” he said.

She was stunned. She did not know how to speak when he put it like that.

He hesitated and said, “Grace, if… If you like Transformers toys, I can buy you any previous models.”

“No thanks. I actually… Uh, I liked them when I was little, but I’ve grown out of it now,” she said immediately.

“Really?” His voice paused. “I don’t know how to please a woman.” After all, it was always the other women who were trying to please him.

As long as he gave those women some money or film resources, those women would give an ecstatic look and keep fawning over him.

When he turned around one day, he realized it was actually difficult to please someone.

“Will you tell me how to please you? I’ll do anything you want.” Brian’s voice was tinged with anticipation and longing.

Grace was silent for a long moment before saying, “You… don’t have to do that.”

“I just want to be nice to you and give you everything I can. Grace, is there another man you care about?” said Brian.

Grace was stunned. Somehow, Jason’s cold face flashed through her mind.

“If there’s no such person in your heart right now, then promise me that you’ll consider me when you want to care about a man and fall in love with someone one day.” Brian’s voice flooded into Grace’s ears word by word through the phone, just like stones constantly crashing into her calm heart.

‘Can I ever fall in love again?’

Grace stayed up all night thinking about what Brian said. At noon, Chase Harper drove to the firm and took her to the hospital to accompany Nelson to discharge.

Mrs. Corbyn and Kyla Corbyn were also in the ward, waiting for the doctor’s discharge summary report.

“By the way, I have to go to the nurse’s desk and print out Nelson’s check-up reports for these days and keep a copy.” Kyla Corbyn was suddenly reminded of it and was about to get up when Chase Harper spoke.

“I’ll go. The doctor will be here soon, and it’ll be troublesome to go get him again if you’ve gone away and aren’t around.” After all, doctors were not always in their offices. Sometimes, they had to make ward rounds or go to the outpatient clinic. They were not always available.

Kyla Corbyn thought about it and agreed, so she said to Chase Harper, “Sorry for the trouble.”

“It’s nothing. I came over to run errands!” Chase Harper said with a smile. Then he turned and walked out of the ward.

Kyla Corbyn looked at Chase Harper’s leaving figure and could not help saying with a sigh, “He’s a nice man.”

“Yeah, he’s a nice man,” said Grace.

“But this world is always unfair to kind people. I hope good things happen to him,” muttered Kyla Corbyn. When she was young, she had not thought much of dull and honest men like Chase Harper.

At that time, the men she admired were men like Martin Weiss.

However, after experiencing so many things, she found that it was a blessing to fall for an honest man.

One did not have to worry about betrayal, cheating, or even revenge.

Life would be peaceful. Though they did not have much money and life was hard, their heart would be calm!

Several people stayed in the ward until the doctor came and gave the summary report to Kyla Corbyn. Chase Harper still had not come back when the doctor left after giving his advice.

He was taking… a little long!

Grace felt a little uneasy for some reason, but then she laughed at herself for overthinking it. Maybe Chase Harper was just unfamiliar with the hospital.

She called Chase Harper, but there was no answer on the other end of the line.

Grace could not help frowning. “What’s wrong? Chase Harper isn’t answering the phone?”

“Maybe he didn’t hear his phone ring. I’ll call him again later,” said Grace. Just as she was speaking, a nurse rushed into the ward and said to Grace, “The man who came with you today is a friend of yours, right? The police are coming to take him to the police station for interrogation. He may be detained if things go wrong. You should see if you can make peace with the other party.”

Grace was shocked. She and Kyla Corbyn looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other’s eyes. “Detain? What’s going on?”

The nurse glanced at the children in the pediatric ward, biting back her words. Grace understood and hurried outside.

The nurse then said, “It’s a charge for S**ual hara**ment and attempted rape. There were witnesses, so the police are taking the man to the police station.”

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