Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Grace subconsciously wanted to escape Jason’s arms, but he held her a little tighter instead. His nose was full of her scent. He even took it in greedily, and once his hands embraced her, they did not seem to want to let go anymore.
How long was she going to influence him for? All his reason and insistence seemed to crush easily when it came to her!
She was the one in distress right now, but why did he feel like he was the one utterly defeated? He even… abandoned his armor and surrendered?
He held her with his face buried deep in her shoulders as if to hold her forever.
Grace was stunned. ‘Doesn’t he hate me? He hates me to the point of disdain, so why is he hugging me now?”
“I… can give you two million dollars.” Finally, Jason’s thin lips parted gently and a hoarse voice escaped his mouth. “I can also find better hospitals and doctors to treat Lina. I can even pay for all of Lina’s treatment expenses.”
Grace’s eyes widened, and she could hardly believe what she heard.
‘Did… Did he say… he’ll save Lina?’
“Re-Really?” Her lips trembled as she choked, afraid that he was only giving her another glimmer of hope so that he could crush it again.
“If you can sacrifice everything for Lina, then… let’s get married,”
he murmured, never thinking that one day he would have to make such an offer just to marry her.
Grace stared blankly at Jason, finding everything so unreal. ‘What did he say? Get married? He wants to marry me?’
“You want to… marry me?” she asked blankly.
“Aren’t you willing to do anything for Lina? Then it won’t be difficult for you to marry me,” he said nonchalantly.
‘It’s not difficult, but I don’t get it. Shouldn’t he hate me? Didn’t he just tell me that I have no room for regrets? But why is his attitude so different after I woke up?’
“Why… do you want to marry me?” muttered Grace.
“Because you’re pregnant now. 13 weeks along. I don’t want my child to be a b*stard,” he said, unwilling to admit that he could not get over her.
When she fainted in front of him, he felt a panic he had never felt before. At that moment, his only thought was that nothing could happen to her!
If something did happen to her, what would he do? How was he going to live his life?
He thought he could keep her out of his heart, but it turned out it was hard not to love someone after you had fallen for them!
Grace was utterly dumbfounded.
It was as if one shock after another had come to her.
‘I’m pregnant? I have a baby in my tummy?’
Grace’s already widened eyes widened even more. She looked at Jason and lowered her head to look at her belly. She was lost in such extreme shock.
‘Am I going to be a mother and have a child of my blood?’
“Am I… really pregnant?” she asked in a trembling voice, afraid she had misheard it.
“Do I have to deceive you? Or do you think I’m lying about your pregnancy because I want to marry you?” he asked with a hint of sarcasm.
Her eyelashes fluttered a little as she slowly looked up. Those clear, almond-shaped eyes of hers gazed at the beautiful eyes in front of her.
Those eyes did not contain the charm and gentleness they had when they were together. It appeared as dark as a frozen night.
She thought she and this man would eventually be like two horizons, each returning to their spot and no longer intersecting.
However, now they were intersecting in this way.
They were having… a child together. A child of their blood!
Taking a deep breath, she said slowly, “Okay, let’s get married!”
A black car pulled up to the hospital Lina was admitted to. Terrence respectfully opened the back door and said to Grace,
“Miss Cummins, Master Reed said that you shouldn’t stay here for too long because you’re in poor health and pregnant. Besides,
Miss Sweeney’s transfer should be completed by tomorrow.”
“Got it,” said Grace as she walked toward the ICU with Terrence following behind her.
After all, Grace was pregnant with Master Reed’s child, who rnight be the future heir to the Reed family.
When Grace arrived at the ICU, Mr. Sweeney and Mrs. Sweeney were still standing outside the gla** window. They were looking at their daughter just as she had seen them the last time.
Even though they knew their daughter might not even be conscious, they kept staring at her, hoping for a miracle yet fearing that her condition would worsen before the second surgery.
Their expressions immediately changed when they saw Grace here again.
“What are you doing here? Look at what Lina has become. Do you still want to bother her? Your presence only upsets us. Go! Go away!” Mrs. Sweeney cried a little hysterically.
She had been devastated by her daughter’s illness and the financial pressures these days.
Seeing Grace again right now was the last straw. All the negative feelings were being vented at Grace.
Mrs. Sweeney shouted as she rushed forward to push Grace away, but she was stopped by Terrence.
“Hello, I’m Mr. Reed’s secretary. Mr. Reed has promised Miss
Cummins that he’ll bear all of Miss Lina’s medical expenses and transfer her to the best neurology hospital in Emerald City. At the same time, we’ll invite domestic and foreign specialists to treat Miss Sweeney,” said Terrence.
Mr. Sweeney and Mrs. Sweeney were stunned when they heard this. They looked at each other. They felt like they had hit the jackpot and were unable to come back to their senses.
Grace said nothing but walked up to the gla** window. She looked through the gla** at her best friend who was lying in there with tubes attached to her.
‘Lina… looks the same as the last time I visited her. But if she’s in the best hospital and is treated by the best specialists, Lina… should wake up soon and make a good recovery.
‘Lina, you know what? I’m getting married!
‘You once asked me to be your maid of honor, but I didn’t know I was going to get married before you. I’ll be your bridesmaid when you get married then!
‘Also… I have a baby in my belly. I didn’t think I would have children of my own one day. Lina, will you be happy for me?’
Grace thought to herself. She thought that Lina would be happy for her if she woke up and knew she was going to be a mother!
She would not regret her marriage to Jason because it was the best choice at the moment! It was for Lina and the baby’s sake!
However, as she thought of this, a voice from the bottom of her heart suddenly seemed to ask, ‘What about me? Is marrying Jason the best choice for me?
‘Are my feelings for Jason really gone?
‘Or maybe… they have always been at the bottom of my heart…’
It was not until Grace and Terrence left that Mr. Sweeney and Mrs. Sweeney came back to their senses. They looked at each other and saw the shock in each other’s eyes.
Who would have thought that Grace was going to marry Jason? It was because of that Jason was stepping in to help the Sweeney family.
However, it was so sudden!
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