Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
‘That may be true, but…
She quickly found an excuse and said, “Eat… Eat first. You haven’t even finished eating!”
She seemed to have felt an electric current running through her body when he licked her fingertips earlier.
“Okay,” he replied obediently and put down her hands. He picked up the cutleries again and ate dinner. “Have your hands been hurting all these years?”
“They’re alright. It’s still the same. They’ll ache when the weather is cold and wet,” she said.
“Would you like to see Dr. Russell again?” asked Jason.
When he uttered the words ‘Dr. Russell’, Grace instantly froze and looked at Jason in surprise. “Do you… remember Dr. Russell?”
Jason froze. Then as if he had come to his senses, his eyes glistened as he said, “Yes, I remember. I’ve recalled some of our past these days, so I remember Dr. Russell.”
“Do you remember what happened back then?” Grace got excited.
“I only remember some things, not many,” he said lightly. It was in sharp contrast to her excitement. “Do you want me to remember what had happened back then?”
“Of course, I want you to…” She stopped halfway through her speech. ‘Is it a good idea to have him recall the things in the past? How will he feel if he remembers how I had fallen into the sea and that the old master stabbed him in the back?
What will happen to his mental state?’
For a moment, Grace hesitated.
Jason stared at Grace. “Hmm?”
“Jay, I just want you to be happy whether or not you remember!” said Grace. She only hoped the old master would not become his lifelong sore point if he remembered everything one day.
If the old master had not plotted everything back then, they would not have lost five years with each other. Their third child would not be missing. At the very least, they would… know whether the child was alive or dead!
Grace’s eyes darkened as she thought of this.
Jason murmured, “I’m happy right now. What about you? Do you wish you could remember why you left the Reed family and me?”
She froze but immediately said, “There’s nothing to wish for. The memory doesn’t matter anymore. It’s good enough that I’m back, isn’t it?”
“Yeah, it’s good enough that you’re back.” He smiled gently.
However… it might be good enough for her, but it was not nearly good enough for him.
He wanted to find out the truth and the real reason she left him back then. Maybe he could be at ease when he found out.
Otherwise, he would never feel at ease!
That night, after the two children had gone to bed, Grace went back to her bedroom and found Jason sitting on the couch. He was flipping through some documents.
She said, “Jay, I want to talk to you about something.”
“Okay, go ahead,” he said as he put the documents on the coffee table in front of him.
“Well… Damian Harmon, the man who claimed that my mentor and I committed fraud in his case and wrongfully sent him to prison, has recently sued us for this matter. The procuratorate may conduct an investigation on me and my mentor regarding that lawsuit. When the time comes, maybe… Maybe there’ll be some negative comments that’ll affect Reed group…”
“What’s the matter? Are you afraid I might misunderstand something?” Jason pulled Grace into his arms. “I know you respect your mentor a lot. Your mentor helped you when you were in L City, and you’re on good terms with your mentor’s wife. If random slander from nobodies can affect Reed group, then the Reed family shouldn’t stay in Emerald City any longer.”
Grace felt rea**ured when Jason said that.
She was not afraid of the trouble outside. She was only scared that there would be another problem between them.
“I’ll take care of everything. You just need to stay by my side,”
he said.
Grace felt her heart melt.
“Also…” She hesitated and bit her lip slightly before saying, “Sean saved me when the flowerpot fell today.”
Perhaps the bodyguards or drivers had already reported the incident to him, but Grace felt compelled to bring it up no matter what.
It was for nothing but peace of mind.
She knew he was suspicious and sensitive, so all she could do was try to make him feel a**ured and be honest with him.
“I know,” he said and handed her the documents he had put on the coffee table earlier. “Would you like to read this? Sean’s life hasn’t been easy these years.”
Grace raised her eyebrows slightly, took the documents, and looked through them.
The documents were about Sean’s situation in recent years. The Stevens family had fallen back then. Although Sean tried to build their company back up again, he was tricked and the Stevens family lost all of their remaining money. They fell into great debt.
Sean’s life only became increasingly difficult from there. Two years ago, Mr. Stevens died, leaving Mrs. Stevens, Sean, and Stevens Zoe to live together in a tiny rental house.
Sean worked as a courier, making a living delivering parcels.
Looking at the report, Grace only felt that things were constantly changing. Who would have expected the once-glorious Stevens family to end up like this?
Jason stared at Grace while she read the report, observing the slight changes in her expression. After she closed the report, he said, “Do you feel sorry for Sean?”
“Feel sorry?” Grace paused a little and looked at Jason in confusion. “Do you think I’ll feel sorry for him?”
He stared at her with his thin lips pressed together. Moments later, he asked instead of answering, “You won’t, right?”
Grace replied, “No, I won’t. Jay, I won’t feel sorry for Sean, and there’s no need to feel sorry for him. I only have feelings for people I care about. I don’t want to waste any feelings on people I don’t care about, even if it’s only sympathy.”
“Even if he’s your ex-boyfriend? He saved you this time. Won’t you care about him and feel sorry for him?”
“He’s my ex-boyfriend, but he was also the one who hurt me.
He gave me up for the Stevens family and coldly looked on when Lily tortured me. How can I possibly care about him and feel sorry for him?” said Grace.
Jason felt a pang in his heart as if a chill had enveloped his body.
‘Looked on coldly… I looked on coldly for the Reed family too!
‘She doesn’t forgive Sean but… she forgives me? Has she really forgiven me, or… is it fake? Is it just because she hasn’t gotten her memory back, so she has no idea?’
Jason suddenly dared not think about it.
After a pause, Grace said, “Sean saved my life this time. I’ll thank him and repay him, but that’s all. It would be the same if a stranger had saved me.”
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