Chapter 535 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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Stella walked quickly to Brian’s side, gently held his arm, and said, “Brian, don’t be mad. Grace was deceived into believing that Chase Harper is innocent because she cares too much about him. But in fact, Chase Harper is full of lies. I was able to escape the car because I was lucky that someone pa**ed by and distracted him.

Otherwise… I… I…”

Stella began to weep again as she spoke.

Grace felt a lump in her throat as she watched Stella put on a show. “Do you believe her?” she asked, looking at Brian.

“Why shouldn’t I? If you believe Chase Harper only because he’s your former colleague, then I believe Stella because she saved my life when I was a child. Don’t you think this reason is much better than yours?” Brian said, glancing at Stella and promising, “Alright, Stella. Stop crying. I’ll help you get justice with this lawsuit.”

“Thank you, Brian. Thank you for believing in me!” Stella sobbed.

Grace suddenly felt like she was slapped in the face when she saw this. The secret she was hiding and the identity she had given up only to be taken over by Stella had now become the most powerful sword against her.

She raised her almond-shaped eyes and stared at Brian. She took a deep breath and said with some determination, “Would you believe me if I tell you that I was the one who saved your life when you were a child?”

Brian’s pupils narrowed, and he looked at Grace in shock. “What did you say?”

“I said… I was the one who saved your life when you were a child!” Grace repeated, then asked, “If it had been me and not Stella who you met in the forest, would you still believe what she’s saying?”

Stella’s expression changed. Grace suddenly telling the truth was out of her expectations, but… so what if she said it now? Did

Grace think Brian would believe her if she said so?

Stella quickly showed a look of disbelief and said, “Grace, how can you say that? Even if you’re eager to save Chase Harper, you can’t slander me like that! I’m your cousin! Even though we’ve been quarreling, we’re still relatives. How can you make up such a lie for a so-called colleague?!”

“You know full well whether I’m lying or not.” Grace ignored Stella’s antics. Her gaze only fell on Brian’s face. “Do you believe what I say?”

The shock in Brian’s eyes slowly faded. His long eyelashes fluttered a little and then they were slowly lowered. “Do you want me to believe that you’re the little girl who saved my life when I was a child?”

“Yes,” replied Grace. She knew it was too sudden for her to say it now, but… she wanted to gamble on his trust.

“Do you remember when we met on the edge of the cliff on the 49th day of your grandmother’s death? What did you say when I asked you if you were the little girl?” Brian’s voice rang faintly.

Grace felt bitter. She had just wanted to give Jason a sense of security. Therefore, even though she had recovered her memory, she still insisted on denying the fact that she had saved him when she was a child.

She said, “I remember. I denied it back then, but-”

“But afterward, I still asked you more than once if you are that girl!” Brian’s voice was tinged with sarcastic laughter. His phoenix eyes slowly looked up, also full of sarcasm. “But you kept telling me over and over you’re not, and now you want me to believe that you are. Grace, don’t you think it’s a little ridiculous?”

Grace suddenly trembled. His words and eyes were like a loud slap in her face that made it sting with pain.

Her mouth was full of bitterness. She deserved all this! She kept denying it back then, and now she wanted him to acknowledge her.

“I know you may find what I’m saying right now ridiculous, but

Bryn…” She called him by the nickname he told her back then. “I really am the little girl you met when you were a child. I can explain why I denied it over and over again.”

Brian said with self-mockery, “Explain? Grace, I love you, but

I don’t want you to tell me such a lie for another man. If you’re really the girl I’ve been looking for, why did you deny it every time

I asked you? How disdainful are you not to want to have anything to do with me?”

“A lie?” Grace stared blankly at the man who would have given his life to save her. He would walk up to her with blood all over his face and asked if she was hurt, but he would not believe her. “Do you really think it’s a lie?”

The look in her eyes made Brian feel an indescribable pain in his heart. She was the one he wanted to protect, but he felt jealous again when he thought of her defending and trusting Chase

Harper.

He tried to ignore the pain in his heart. “What do you think? If it’s true, you had too many chances to tell me the truth. But why did you choose to tell me after Chase Harper’s incident? Do you want to help Chase Harper that much? You’d even make up such a lie for him?!”

Stella, who was beside him, immediately said with a look of grievance, “Grace, you’ve gone too far! You can’t say that even if you want to help Chase Harper win the lawsuit. Have you ever thought about what Brian will think of me if you say this? Brian will just think I’m a liar! Have you thought of what will happen to me?”

Tears kept pouring out of Stella’s eyes as she spoke. She was not entirely faking her tears. After all, she was scared. If Brian believed Grace’s words, then she was doomed.

Fortunately, Brian did not believe Grace after all.

Grace had been looking at Brian the whole time. “In your eyes, am I the kind of person who would lie and pretend to be someone to save another person?”

Her voice was less aggressive than before. It was as if she was only asking a serious but simple question, but his heart suddenly began to panic.

What was he panicking about?

It was as if the distance between him and her that he had managed to pull shorter seemed to be growing further and further away. All this was because of Chase Harper, a man he had never cared much about.

In his impression, the man was just an average-looking ordinary person!

“Is Chase Harper really that important to you?” he asked without answering.

“I don’t want him to be wronged groundlessly,” said Grace.

“We’ll know if it’s groundless in court. Since you think he was wronged, why not see what the judge says?” Brian said coldly.

“So you won’t let him go, will you?” said Grace as she pressed her dry lips together. She suddenly found the man in front of her unfamiliar.

He could be so gentle yet so cold. Lina once said people online commented that he was affectionate but also merciless. When he was truly merciless, he was the most ruthless.

She… had forgotten that he was the crown prince of the entertainment industry and only regarded him as Bryn.

Then, she heard him say in a cold voice, “It’s not whether I’m willing to let him go, but that he has done something wrong and must be punished by the law.”

At that moment, she felt as though her heart was steadily sinking…

Grace left the ward, leaving only Brian and Stella.

Stella spoke while she wiped her tears with a tissue, “Brian, don’t… Don’t blame Grace. I want to bring Chase Harper to justice, but I don’t want you two to make such a fuss about my incident. I can drop the charge. I can endure this grievance for you.”

However, the show Stella put on did not attract the least sympathy from Brian. Those phoenix eyes just stared at her coldly. “Did Chase Harper really mean to harm you that day?”

Stella’s eyes widened suddenly as if she had been wronged. “I wouldn’t joke about such a thing no matter what! Even though I’ve been married before, it doesn’t mean I’m a shameless woman. Brian, how can you doubt me like that?”

However, no matter how aggrieved Stella seemed to look, Brian still looked at her coldly as if he wanted to see through her.

A little creeped out by the way she was being looked at, Stella said, “Why… Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Do you remember what you last said to me when we parted in the hospital as children?” he asked abruptly.

“Huh?” Stella blinked and said, “Of course, I do. Didn’t I give you one of my bracelets? I also told you we’d use them as tokens. I told you to take the bracelet with you when you come to see me. In case you come to me too late, each of us still has an identical bracelet. Even if our appearances have changed, we’d still be able to recognize each other.”

Stella deliberately added, “It was because I remembered watching a TV series where the male and female leads recognized each other by having half a jade pendant each, so I followed suit.”

Hearing this, Brian could not help but smile wryly. ‘What am I thinking? Am I hoping what Grace said is true? Am I hoping that woman to be the little girl who saved me when I was a child? Am I hoping that the one I’ve been missing all these years is Grace?

‘But that person is Stella! Even if Stella isn’t who I thought she was, and she’s vain and constantly trying to get the best out of me, she was the one who saved me!’

Stella could also describe the things that happened when they were little.

“Yes, it’s you,” muttered Brian.

“Of course, it’s me… Brian… Do you believe what Grace said? She only said that to save Chase Harper! Because she knows that if you believe her, then you’ll agree to whatever she asks. And if you want me to give up on going after Chase Harper, I’ll… say yes.”

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