Chapter 657 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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He was willing to do anything to get her forgiveness-anything but her leaving him!

He did not care whether she was trying to escape from Reed Residence or him, but he still wanted to keep her trapped in Reed Residence. It was as though he believed she would not leave that way!

With that, Jason turned around and walked out of the ward.

Moments later, a caregiver walked in. It was the same caregiver who had been taking care of Grace at night these days.

“Mrs. Reed, Mr. Reed said to let you have a good rest. He won’t come to the ward anymore. You don’t need to worry about anything,” the caregiver said.

Grace was silent. She lay down on the bed and closed her eyes slowly, but her hands were caressing her belly. She was trying to keep her émotions from fluctuating too much and calm herself down.

She had to stay calm for the children’s sake!

‘What should I do? Can I forget the pain and forget about how he had chosen to sit on the sidelines for profits? Can I?’

2/3 Suddenly, she thought of what he had always said to her. If he had known her earlier, he would not have let her suffer so much.

At the time, she only thought he was referring to the time she suffered in prison.

However, there was another meaning behind his words!

If he had known and fallen in love with her sooner, he would not have sat on the sidelines. He would have protected her with all his might.

‘Why did I get to know him so late? Why… didn’t we meet before I… went to prison?’

Tears trickled out of Grace’s closed eyes, soaking her pillow.

At this moment, she hoped more than ever that they could have known each other earlier. How wonderful it would have been… if they had known each other before everything happened…

When Grace was discharged from the hospital, Jason did not appear before her. The Reed family’s butler and bodyguard sent her back to Reed Residence.

The experienced caregiver whom Jason had hired would stay with Grace in her bedroom.

Grace suddenly found the house a little strange.

‘Is it because Jay isn’t here?’

‘Jay…’ The thought of him sent a pang through her heart again.

Over the next few days, Grace stayed in Reed Residence to rest and never went out. However, she noticed more security guards outside and inside the house than before. Even when she walked around the house, she was followed by at least three people.

She had told the butler that it was unnecessary to have three people follow her and one was enough. After all, she was only at home, not outside.

However, the butler said, “Young Master was the one who arranged it. If you want to reduce the number of people, you can call Young Master, Young Madam.”

Grace immediately said nothing. ‘Alright, three it is, then.’

However, great changes had taken place outside these days. The Atkinson family had a capital chain rupture and could not pay their bank loan, so the bank applied to the court to freeze a number of the Atkinson family’s properties.

Meanwhile, the media exposed that the police had arrested Lily at a fan meeting.

Although Lily had retired from the film industry, she still had many die-hard fans. Lily had dressed up for the fan meeting, wearing a necklace worth 30 million dollars. She had even invited some journalists over.

Lily’s original intention for holding a fan meeting was to show that the Atkinson family was not in a financial crisis and to get her name to the trending online topics. However, the police showed up at her fan meeting.

In other words, she was handcuffed in front of a crowd of fans by police who said they were arresting her as a murder suspect.

Those fans were dumbfounded. ‘Murder? What murder? Is our Goddess Atkinson a murder suspect?’

With a situation like this, there was no way to cover it up even if Lily and the Atkinson family wanted to. After all, there were so

However, great changes had taken place outside these days. The Atkinson family had a capital chain rupture and could not pay their bank loan, so the bank applied to the court to freeze a number of the Atkinson family’s properties.

Meanwhile, the media exposed that the police had arrested Lily at a fan meeting.

Although Lily had retired from the film industry, she still had many die-hard fans. Lily had dressed up for the fan meeting, wearing a necklace worth 30 million dollars. She had even invited some journalists over.

Lily’s original intention for holding a fan meeting was to show that the Atkinson family was not in a financial crisis and to get her name to the trending online topics. However, the police showed up at her fan meeting.

In other words, she was handcuffed in front of a crowd of fans by police who said they were arresting her as a murder suspect.

Those fans were dumbfounded. ‘Murder? What murder? Is our Goddess Atkinson a murder suspect?’

With a situation like this, there was no way to cover it up even if Lily and the Atkinson family wanted to. After all, there were so many fans there.

Then, the incident immediately topped the online trending topics, causing a stir in public opinion. Later, some people exposed online that the case Lily was involved in was related to Jennifer’s car accident!

In other words, Lily was the culprit behind Jennifer’s death!

The public was in an uproar when the news came out!

After all, when Jennifer died, there had been photos and news of how broken-hearted and sad Lily was. Besides, Lily had also expressed that she missed her sister more than once on various variety shows. She had even written short essays online in memory of her sister.

Everyone had thought of her as such an affectionate sister!

Now… she was the suspect in Jennifer’s murder?

That meant Lily had played the public for fools!

Although the police had not made an announcement, netizens were already scolding Lily and the Atkinson family!

Someone even flooded Stevens Group’s official Twitter account with rebukes.

Sean was scrolling through the contents on his phone with an indescribable expression on his face.

He never thought that Jennifer’s death was plotted by Lily! The police had conclusive evidence, and Lily had also admitted to her crimes in her statement!

Unlike ordinary netizens who could only speculate online, Sean immediately went to the police station and met Lily.

When he asked her why she did it and what was the deep grudge she had toward her own sister, the woman he loved smiled sinisterly and said…

“Sis was too lucky. My parents were devoted to training her to be their heir. I’m no less capable than Sis, but they chose her! What’s more, Sis also became Jason’s fiancée! All the glory went to her. Did anyone ever notice me?”

“But even so, you’re still the Atkinson family’s second heiress. It wasn’t like you weren’t going to get anything. You’d still have gotten whatever your parents would’ve given you!”

“What’s the point of getting so little?” Lily said with a cold snort, “If my sister were still alive and I were just the Atkinson family’s second heiress, your parents probably wouldn’t value me as much and would want you to be more cautious when dating me!”

Sean’s face immediately turned red. He knew Lily was right. His parents had only chosen her because she would succeed the Atkinson family.

“But Grace was innocent. Why did you treat her like that in prison when you had already framed her?” asked Sean.

Sean shuddered as he thought about how Lily had treated Grace back then and how she was the real murderer. How many more performances had this woman put on before him?

“She was your girlfriend. Only by getting rid of her would I stand a chance to be your girlfriend!” Lily suddenly smiled mockingly. “I just wanted to see how much Grace mattered to you, but… Haha… It turned out she meant nothing.”

After a pause, Lily said, “Sean, you could kick Grace aside for the

Stevens family when she was your girlfriend. What about me? Are you going to kick me aside for the Stevens family too? Or would you do anything to help me because you love me?”

Lily stared at Sean with a look of tension and anticipation in her somewhat beautiful eyes when she said this.

To her disappointment, Sean was silent and said nothing.

However, the silence was enough to make Lily understand something.

“Haha! Sean, you’re the same as before!” Lily laughed bitterly, her eyes full of intense hatred. “Why did I fall in love with a bastard like you? You’re just cruel and heartless. The Stevens family benefited so much from you dating me! But now, you’re going to kick me aside?”

“That’s enough!” Sean shouted with a look of embarra**ment. “The Stevens family doesn’t owe you anything. You deserve it!”

Lily laughed until tears escaped her eyes. Finally, she stared bitterly at Sean and said, “Sean, if I deserve this, then what about you? Are you innocent? With the way you treated Grace before this, do you think the Stevens family will end well? I’m waiting for the Stevens family to go down and for you to turn from a rich heir into a penniless man! I’d like to see who’d fall in love with you then!”

Sean’s face instantly turned grim!

Now that the Atkinson family was in such a mess, the Stevens family’s fate would probably not be any better!

Grace needed to go for a maternity check-up today. This time, she was accompanied by a bodyguard and not Jason.

Grace went to the doctor’s consulting room from the ultrasound room after her maternity check-up. Her bodyguard accompanied her into the doctor’s consulting room, but the doctor she usually consulted with was not there. The seat was empty.

Grace was stunned for a moment. Before she could react, she only heard her bodyguard, Huang Qian, giving a warning. Then, Huang Qian was quickly subdued by two men while Brian appeared from the corner.

Surprise flashed across Grace’s face, and she stared at Brian. “How did you…”

“Is Jason locking you up?” asked Brian.

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