Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
His daughter, who was sitting at his right side, was looking up at him with her dark álmond-shaped eyes. She said in confusion, “Daddy, aren’t you going to eat? It’s Mommy’s signature steamed bun. It’s delicious.”
As she spoke, the little one even said to Mick Reed who was beside her, “You think it’s delicious too, don’t you?”
Mick Reed’s mouth was still stuffed with a steamed bun. He hesitated for a moment before nodding somewhat stiffly.
He did not think the steamed buns were that good, but… they were made by his mother and he wanted to try them because many kids in cartoons as well as in his kindergarten ate food made by their mothers.
At least, the steamed buns his mother made were not bad. They looked cute too.
‘But… will Daddy eat these steamed buns?’ Mick Reed had serious doubts about it.
The two kids stared intently at their father while Grace said with a smile, “Try it. It’s delicious. I spent a lot of effort making them.” Rather, they were experiences she gained after
numerous failures to make breakfast buns for her daughter.
Jason pressed his thin lips together as he heard Uncle Kwan say, “Young Madam worked in the kitchen for over an hour to make them early this morning. I tried them and they’re delicious.”
Jason glanced at Grace’s hand, looking at her slightly deformed fingers. His eyes seemed to sting a little.
Jason silently picked up the steamed bun on the table and began to eat it.
Mick Reed froze. He did not even notice that the steamed bun in his mouth had fallen out.
‘Daddy… is eating the steamed bun Mommy made. Doesn’t he dislike these little animal-shaped buns? He didn’t even touch the piglet-shaped buns I used to eat!
Jasper looked like she believed the buns made by her mother were the best.
After breakfast, Jason was heading to his office while Mick Reed was going to kindergarten. Grace helped her son straighten his clothes before looking at Jason and reaching out for his neck.
He seized her hand. “What are you trying to do?”
“I just want to help you with your tie. It’s a little crooked,” she said.
He stared at her. Moments later, he finally loosened his fingers.
“Bend over again. It’s easier that way,” Grace said again.
Jason’s eyes flickered a little, but he bent over as she wished. Grace raised her hand to adjust his tie.
They were so close that he could easily touch her face if he lowered his head a little.
“Have we done this before?” His voice rang out suddenly.
“Yeah, we have. I used to tie your necktie.” After adjusting his tie, she raised her hand and touched his head habitually.
Jason immediately froze. ‘Is she… touching my head?’
No one in Emerald City dared to do that! He did not reject it…
It felt familiar.
Waves set off in Mick Reed’s usually calm heart. ‘What is Mommy doing? Is she touching Daddy’s head?
‘Will Daddy be angry?’ Mick Reed thought to himself, but he somehow thought that his father liked it.
“Did you do this often too?” asked Jason.
She said, “Yeah. Don’t you like it? If you don’t like it, I’ll keep it in mind and won’t do it again.”
He looked away a little uncomfortably and straightened up.
“It’s fine.” With that said, Jason took his son’s hand and headed outside.
Grace was stunned. ‘What does he mean by ‘it’s fine’? Does that mean I can still do it? Is he… not against me touching his head?
‘Does that mean he has feelings for me too? Does he like me?”
Maybe it would not be as hard as she thought to make him fall in love with her again.
“Why are you here today?” asked Patrick as he smiled at Brian.
Brian said, “I just happened to be free, so I came over to kill some time. Maybe I’ll have to leave Emerald City again in a few days.”
“Leaving again?” Patrick was stunned. “You’ve only been back a few days.”
“There’s a new project overseas. Someone needs to take charge of it. I plan to go there,” said Brian.
“Does your old man agree?”
“So what if he disagrees? I’ll go if I want to.”
Patrick hesitated a little and said, “Brian, do you refuse to stay in Emerald City because of Grace?”
Brian’s face instantly darkened. Even if it was just hearing her name, it caused him unbearable pain.
“You don’t have to be against staying in Emerald City if it’s just because you think Grace died here. Grace isn’t dead. She has returned to the Reed family,” said Patrick.
Brian would find out in a few days even if he did not tell him. After all, the news that the mistress of the Reed family had returned to Emerald City had already spread in high society.
However, he guessed Brian had no idea about it yet, or he would not have said he was leaving Emerald City.
Sure enough, Brian was shocked after Patrick told him about it. His phoenix eyes widened, and he looked at Patrick in disbelief. “What… What did you say?”
His voice trembled, and his body trembled even more.
Patrick advised, “I said, Grace has returned to the Reed family. It happened a few days ago. Jason may have lost his memories, but Grace is still Jason’s rightful wife. Besides, Jason used to love Grace so much that it won’t be long before Grace has Jason on a leash again. I think you should just get over that woman…”
However, before he could finish, Brian had rushed out of Patrick’s office.
Patrick looked at the empty chair and sighed.
Brian had not gotten over Grace in these five years. No one knew what chaos awaited Emerald City now that Grace had returned from the dead.
“It’s just a woman,” he muttered. He did not find Grace beautiful, but Jason and Brian both loved the woman to death.
Patrick was glad he had never loved someone so much.
Brian drove in the direction of Reed Residence.
‘Grace’s alive! She’s alive! She’s not dead!’
He wanted to see her. He wanted to see her alive in front of him.
Every day in the past five years, he regretted missing out on his chance with her. He might have had a chance, but he pushed her to Jason instead.
If she had not been with Jason, would she have fallen into the sea?
When his car arrived at Reed Residence, he was stopped by the Reed family’s security guards.
“I want to see Grace!” said Brian after getting out of the car.
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