Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“Excuse me, do I have to be gentle and nice when someone slanders me?” Grace looked as if she had heard a joke.
Simona Menzie’s face was red. None of the people who followed her over stood up for her.
Everyone could see that Mrs. Reed was not someone who let others ride roughshod over her. She even caught Simona Menzie’s weakness in an instant, putting Simona Menzie at a disadvantage.
“You… Why are you so hesitant to explain it if you haven’t done anything shameful? You even mentioned something about suing? Isn’t it because of your guilty conscience?” Simona Menzie blurted out.
However, her face turned from red to pale as soon as she said it. By saying this, she had declared her stance and opinion. Besides, could one say the word ‘shameful’ so casually?
If anyone here spread her words just now, the consequences she would have to face tomorrow… Simona Menzie shuddered at the thought of this. She was about to say something else to make up for it but another voice rang out…
“Since when do you have the right to question my wife?”
My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!
Simona Menzie instantly shuddered and turned to look at the person who just appeared. ‘It’s… Jason!’ Instantly, all she could think of was that… she was done for.
“Are you done with your conversation?” asked Grace as she looked at Jason.
“Yeah,” he answered and stepped forward. “What’s the matter? Is someone bothering you?”
“It’s nothing much. Miss Menzie probably doesn’t know that I’m a lawyer. Since she wants to slander me, I’ll take legal action. It’s inevitable that I’ll sue Miss Menzie,” Grace said with a smile.
Jason’s eyebrows raised slightly. It seemed that his wife was tougher than he expected.
He had previously thought of helping her if anyone dared to give her a hard time at this banquet.
However, it seemed she would give others a harder time if they dared do so!
Simona Menzie hurriedly explained when she heard this, “Mr.
Reed, don’t get me wrong. I… I didn’t mean to slander Mrs. Reed. I was just… worried that your wife will be misunderstood, so I thought I’d ask her to talk about what she’s been doing the past five years after leaving Emerald City.”]
“Misunderstood?” Jason stared at Simona Menzie coldly. “Who misunderstood? Anyone who misunderstood should step forward now.”
Who dared to step forward?
Simona Menzie was alone.
“Mr. Reed… Really… I just said that because many people have misunderstood your wife. I… I meant no harm. Believe me…” Simona Menzie said with a ghastly pale face. No matter how stupid she was, she knew she had now become cannon fodder.
“What are you? Who are you to ask my wife to tell you her whereabouts in the past five years? Since when does the Menzie family have the right to ask about the Reed family’s affairs?” Jason asked without mercy.
Simona Menzie could hardly continue standing when she heard him speak.
Just then, a man in his 50s quickly walked over. It was Simona Menzie’s father.
After hearing that his daughter was giving Grace a hard time, Mr. Menzie had come over at once. Then, he happened to hear Jason’s previous sentences. His face immediately turned pale like his daughter’s.
He quickly said to Jason, “Mr. Reed, it’s all a misunderstanding. Of course, we dare not ask about your family affairs, Mr.
Reed.”
Simona Menzie felt a little more confident when she saw that her father was here. “Yeah, it’s a misunderstanding. Mr. Reed, I only did it for you. I was just worried that the Reed family will be badly affected if people misunderstand that your wife did something bad. So I asked your wife to tell-”
Mr. Menzie was instantly dumbfounded when he heard his daughter say this. He was apologizing, but his daughter was adding fuel to the fire. ‘Why did I give birth to such an idiotic daughter?’
“Shut up!” Mr. Menzie slapped his daughter. Simona Menzie stumbled and almost fell to the floor from the slap.
My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!
Simona Menzie covered her face and looked at her father in disbelief. “Dad, I was right. I-”
“How dare you say such things? Who do you think you are to have her explain to you?” Mr. Menzie snapped, thinking that his daughter was going to ruin the Menzie family!
However, what Jason said next seemed to confirm Mr.
Menzie’s speculation.
“It seems that the Menzie family is indeed getting a little ahead of themselves. I’ll have the company reconsider our cooperation.” His cold voice rang out.
Mr. Menzie went stiff. As if Jason had lost interest in this matter, he said to Grace, “Are your feet feeling any better?”
“Yeah, they are,” she said.
“Then let’s get something to eat. You haven’t had much to eat tonight.”
“Okay.” Now that he had brought it up, Grace did feel hungry.
Jason took Grace’s hand and went to the dining area. Mr.
Menzie gave his daughter another slap and said bitterly, “Great! You’ve ruined the Menzie family, you dumb*ss!”
Simona Menzie’s cheeks were red and swollen. She covered her cheeks, looking like a mess. She was not as well-dressed and beautiful as before.
The other members of high society slowly dispersed as if they had enough of the show.
After all, people now understood that Mrs. Reed was not an easy target after the commotion Simona Menzie caused. Even though she had left for five years, she was still the mistress of the Reed family and doted on by Jason.
Katherine Jackson appeared to be deep in thought. Then, she looked up at Hadwin Stephenson and said with a slight smile, “It seems that Grace is quite capable. Even after being missing for five years, Jason’s feelings for her haven’t changed. It looks like the Menzie family will be kicked out from Emerald City’s high society.”
“Katherine Jackson, you don’t know what love is,” Hadwin Stephenson said coldly.
“Really? If I knew nothing about love, I wouldn’t have spent the last five years with you. Or are you trying to say that your feelings for Lina haven’t changed?” asked Katherine Jackson.
Hadwin Stephenson was silent. If she knew what love was, she would understand it was difficult to love another if you had really loved someone.
The person he loved had always been Lina!
His silence only fuelled Katherine Jackson’s determination to get him. “Hadwin Stephenson, you’ll fall in love with me one day. You’ll come to realize that Lina doesn’t deserve to stand by your side!”
‘She doesn’t deserve it?’ Hadwin Stephenson only found it ridiculous. He was the one who did not deserve to be with her!
He was the one who no longer deserved to stand by Lina’s side!
On the other side of the banquet, Patrick looked at Brian and said, “I thought you were going to rush over and be a hero who saved the beauty, but you didn’t do anything. What’s the matter? Have you really gotten over her this time?”
Brian smiled lightly. “She can solve it herself without me running over.” Grace was different now.
Though she was strong, she would not necessarily fight back in the face of other people’s attacks. She only got tough when they crossed the line.
Even if Jason had not shown up, she would have crushed the woman who intended to pick on her so hard that she would not have been able to fight back.
Grace was now stronger and more courageous than before. It would not be easy for others to bully her even if they wanted My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!
“Speaking of which, when are you leaving? Didn’t you say you’ve taken on a new project?” Patrick asked again.
“I won’t be leaving for now,” muttered Brian. Even after five years, Grace still had no feelings for him.
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