Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
The next moment, several people rushed toward Grace. Before Grace could react, something was already coming their way.
Grace found herself in a warm embrace and heard the familiar voice. “Grace, don’t be afraid!”
Lina and Anthony Sherman looked dumbfounded. They watched as those people hit the couple with broken eggs and rotten vegetables, as well as fistfuls of joss paper.
Anthony Sherman reacted before Lina. He was about to pull Lina away but another figure was faster than him. They pulled Lina behind their back while they let themselves get hit by those filthy things.
It was… Hadwin Stephenson!
Anthony Sherman was surprised to see the man who showed up so suddenly. How could it be such a coincidence that Hadwin Stephenson would show up at this time? Maybe…
Just then, the crowd that rushed over was subdued by several men. One of them came over to Jason and said, “Young master Reed! Are you okay? All the troublemakers have been.
subdued.”
Only then did Jason slowly release his tight grip on Grace.
It was now when Grace saw the messy state the man in front of her was in.
His body and hair were covered with those filthy things and joss paper. His face was dripping with eggs.
Compared to him, she was doing much better.
“Jay, are you okay? Did you hurt yourself?” Grace asked nervously, her voice shaking.
He had held her in his arms. No matter how she shouted at him to let go of her and not shield her with himself, his hands 4/4
would not let go of her.
“I’m fine. They just hit me with some small things,” Jason said nonchalantly.
Grace breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Jason was indeed unharmed, but her heart still trembled.
Jason turned to his subordinates and said, “Those who failed to do their duty today will be punished later. Also, find out what’s going on with these people.”
“Yes,” said the subordinate.
Just then, one of the men subdued by Jason’s men struggled to raise his head and shouted, “Grace, you damned lawyer! Don’t think this is over just because you ran to Emerald City. You and your mentor conspired to put me in prison for two and a half years, causing my wife and children to leave me. I want you to pay the price!”
Only now did Grace recognize the middle-aged man who was screaming in front of her. He was the defendant in one of her cases, and she had been the plaintiff’s lawyer.
The plaintiff won the case, and the defendant was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
“I did nothing wrong. You got what you deserved in this case.”
“It was you! You and your mentor used me as a stepping stone. to make names for yourselves in the legal world. You’re just a shameless-”
Before the man could finish, someone already covered his mouth and a car pulled over. Jason dragged Grace and said, “Gel in the car first.”
“But Lina and…”
“My men will get them out of here. They’ll be alright,” said Jason.
Grace looked at the spectacle in front of her. There were so many people around, and she could not see where Lina and Anthony Sherman were.
In this case, it was better to leave as soon as possible.
She bit her lip slightly and got into the car. Then, she pulled out her phone and called Lina.
The phone rang for some time but no one answered.
Grace immediately panicked. “Something must have happened to Lina. Jay, I’m going to find her!”
Jason said, “Don’t worry. My men should have news about Linal in a moment.”
Sure enough, sometime later, Jason’s phone rang. His subordinate called to report that they had only found Anthony Sherman and were sending him back to his residence first. Lina was taken away by Hadwin Stephenson.
“Hadwin Stephenson?” Grace was stunned. ‘When did Hadwin. Stephenson show up?
‘And he took Lina away. What’s going on?”
“Since Hadwin Stephenson took Lina away, you don’t have to worry,” said Jason.
“But…”
“Believe me. Hadwin Stephenson would never hurt Lina,” Jason.
said affirmatively.
When he saw the look of pain and despair in Hadwin Stephenson’s eyes at the banquet that day, he understood. that the man still loved Lina. Five years had pa**ed, but the fact had not changed.
Grace disagreed with Jason. “If he wouldn’t hurt Lina, then he wouldn’t have broken up with Lina back then. He chose to hurt Lina to get the rights to the Stephenson family. Who knows if he’s going to hurt Lina because of something else?”
“You’re always… worrying about Lina,” muttered Jason. It was true then and also true now.
“I don’t want Lina to get injured again. Besides, I caused today’s conflict. It’s all the more reason I can’t ignore Lina!”
said Grace.
“If you’re really worried, then I’ll have someone find out where Hadwin Stephenson has taken Lina to…”
Just then, Grace’s phone rang. The caller ID showed Lina’s nome.
Grace quickly answered the phone and heard her best friend’s voice on the other end of the line. “Grace, are your okay?”
“I’m fine. What about you? I heard from Jay’s men that your were taken away by Hadwin Stephenson. Do you want me to come and pick you up?” Grace said quickly.
“No. I… I’ll go back by myself later. Don’t worry. Hadwin Stephenson won’t do anything to me.” Lina could not help looking at Hadwin Stephenson, who was standing in front of her, as she spoke. She happened to meet Hadwin Stephenson’s eyes.
Instantly, Lina looked down and continued to ask about Grace’s current situation. After confirming that her best friend and Jason had already left the place of the incident in their car and that Jason’s men had also taken care of Anthony Sherman, she finally felt relieved.
After ending the phone call with Grace, Lina called Anthony Sherman.
“Yulai, I’m sorry. I asked you to go shopping with me today but such a thing happened. How are you doing…” asked Lina.
The word “Yulai’ only irritated Hadwin Stephenson.
‘Does she care so much about the man because she likes him?
It’s only natural for her to like another man, right? After all, I left her first.
‘But why… is my heart so painful and unwilling?
‘She was so in love with me back then! She even wanted us to be together forever!’
“That’s good. Me? I’m fine. I’ll talk to you later. Okay… Goodbye then.” Once Lina ended the call with Anthony.
Sherman, she looked up to meet Hadwin Stephenson’s burning gaze again.
However, there was a fleeting pain in his eyes.
‘Pain?’ Lina burst out laughing, blaming herself for overthinking.
“Mr. Stephenson, thank you for… blocking those things for me,” said Lina. She and Hadwin Stephenson both did not look good right now.
Though Hadwin Stephenson had quickly pulled her aside during the commotion, she was still hit by some of the filth. Hadwin Stephenson looked even worse than her.
The person who was supposed to be glamorous was now covered in rotten vegetables and eggshells… Lina felt somewhat guilty.
“But you don’t have to do all this. Hadwin Stephenson, we’ve broken up. You don’t need to help me,” said Lina.
‘I don’t need to?’ Hadwin Stephenson’s eyes grew cold. “Are you saying I don’t have to save you or help you even if you were to die in front of me?”
That cold voice and the expression on his face that had turned cold suddenly made Lina feel a pang in her heart.
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