Chapter 805 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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At dinner, Jason nonchalantly asked, “Mrs. Watts, your accent isa little different from the locals of L. City. I wonder where you’re from?”

Me, Watts paused what she was doing and said a little drily, m… from a small place, but I moved to L City a long time ago.”

“Really?” Jason smiled faintly. “Which small place did you come from? Maybe I’ve been there too.”

Clang!

The gla** Mrs. Watts was holding slipped out of her hand, spilling its contents onto the table.

Old Lawyer Watts and Grace hurriedly took paper towels to help wipe the table.

Old Lawyer Watts asked his wife, “What’s come over you?”

“I’m just… a little nervous.” Mrs. Watts gasped and said, “After all, I’m meeting the patriarch of the Reed family… upon coming to Emerald City. I’ve only seen him in the newspapers… before this.”

Jason said, “Mrs. Watts, you’re the wife of Grace’s mentor, so I consider you as my mentor’s wife too. You don’t need to be nervous with me. Don’t think of me as the patriarch of the in just Gro Watts stored biankle on this othed gende smiling Her eyes were “Jeson…” The words gently came out of Mrs. Watts’s mouth ter quite some time.

Jason replied with a smile.

The atmosphere warmed up again. After the meal, Jason said to Grace on the way home, “Your mentor’s wife seems to be afraid of me.”

Grace said, “She’s probably nervous. She said it herself, it’s the first time she saw someone whose name she has only read about in the newspapers. Mrs. Watts is only a housewife. My mentor feels sorry about his wife’s legs, so he doesn’t let her work. Naturally, she hasn’t met many people. It’s natural for her to be nervous when she meets you. After all, the rumors about you…”

“Rumors? What rumors?” Jason raised his eyebrows and seemed to look at Grace with great interest.

Grace immediately felt awkward. The rumors about him were definitely nothing good. They called him ruthless and cold-blooded. In Emerald City, anyone who offended him would end up miserably.

“Hmm? What rumors? They made your mentor’s wife so nervous.” Jason continued asking.

“They… say you’re cold-blooded and merciless, and you rule Emerald City. Anyone who upsets you will end up miserably…”

uttered Grace.

jason took Grace’s hand and said, “Then you can tell your mentor’s wife not to worry. Even if she does upset me one day, I won’t do anything to her-for your sake.”

He said as he stroked her fingers. “Do they still hurt recently?”

“They don’t hurt anymore. I’m bringing Mrs. Watts with me when I go see Dr. Russell for a follow-up check-up tomorrow. I’ll ask Dr. Russell to have a look at her leg,” said Grace.

“Do you want me to go with you?” said Jason.

“No thanks. I’ll just go with Mrs. Watts. If you go, she might get nervous again,” she quipped.

He smiled and did not continue the topic. However, his lowered eyelids covered the contemplation in his eyes.

‘Was she really just nervous? But why do I still think Mrs. Watts is afraid of me?’

However, it seemed to be a little different from ordinary fear.

After all, many people feared him, but Mrs. Watts’s fear gemed to be mixed with some hints of expectation.

Am I imagining things? Or is there really something else going On The next day, Grace took Old Lawyer Watts and his wife to Dr. Russell. She asked Dr. Russell to examine Mrs. Watts’s leg.

After checking her leg, Dr. Russell said, “Your leg isn’t weak because of your knee. It’s because your hamstring was cut before and it didn’t heal properly. The older you get, the easier it is for complications to arise. Besides, you’ve broken your joints before. That’s why your leg never healed.””

Old Lawyer Watts and his wife did not have much hope at first.

However, they looked at Dr. Russell differently after he said so.

Old Lawyer Watts asked enthusiastically, “Is there a way to heal it?”

“I can try giving her an operation. It’ll be much easier than what Grace had to undergo!” said Dr. Russell.

When Grace heard this, she instantly knew that Dr. Russell had some confidence in his treatment plan. However… Mrs. Watts’s hamstring was cut when she was younger? It surprised Grace.

‘Was it cut by accident or did someone… cut her hamstring? If someone did it, who would do such a cruel thing to a woman?’

After carefully consulting Dr. Russell about the operation, Old Lawyer Watts and his wife decided to go back and talk it over before coming to a decision.

Grace took the two elderly back to Reed Residence and arranged for them to have lunch there.

Old Lawyer Watts looked around after entering Reed Residence. He had a good look around and could not stop tutting and praising.

On the other hand, Mrs. Watts remained silent. Although she followed him and looked around, she did not make a sound.

When they pa**ed Jason and Grace’s master bedroom, Mrs. Watts suddenly said, “May I… enter this room and have a look?”

“Sure,” said Grace as she opened the door. “This is my and Jay’s bedroom.”

Mrs. Watts walked into the room, looked around, and walked to the door that was connected to the next room. She raised her hand and gently opened the door.

It instantly showed the other room.

Grace said, “The room next door is my old room. We don’t use it that much anymore. We only use it to keep clothes and personal belongings.”

“The… design is good,” Mrs. Watts said somewhat emotionally.

After lunch, Grace accompanied her mentor and his wife to walk around Reed Residence’s main house. When they pa**ed by the mourning hall, Mrs. Watts’s expression instantly changed.

“This is…”

“It’s a mourning hall. Jay’s father pa**ed away when he was very young, so Jay’s grandfather built a mourning hall here for Jay’s father’s memorial tablet. I think it’s to hope the dead can rest in peace and give the living a place to mourn. Jay comes here to pay his respects whenever he misses his father.”

Mrs. Watts trembled lightly. Only Old Lawyer Watts, who was holding her hand, could feel it.

Old Lawyer Watts squeezed his wife’s hand and said, “We’ve had a busy day today. Let’s go back to the hotel to rest.”

However, Mrs. Watts kept her eyes on the mourning hall. Her lips quivered as she said, “Grace, can you show us inside? Since we’ve come to Reed Residence today, I think your mentor and I should also offer incense to Jason’s… father.”

Grace hesitated a little. “But…”

“Grace, I can see you’re doing very well now, so I want to pay my respects to Jason’s father too. After all, you know that your mentor and I have no children. I have treated you as my own child all these years. It’s only right for us to pay our respects to your father-in-law!” said Mrs. Watts.

“Alright then,” said Grace as she led them into the mourning hall. A photo of Jason’s father hung on the outer wall.

He had eyes like the calm water. He looked elegant and charming. Who would have thought that he would end up freezing to death on the roadside?

When Old Lawyer Watts and Mrs. Watts entered the mourning hall, they stared blankly at the huge black and white photo.

After a long time, Old Lawyer Watts murmured, “It’s a shame he died young.”

A flash of pain pa**ed through Mrs. Watts’s eyes. She eventually looked down and followed Grace into the inner hall.

The memorial tablets of Jason’s father and Old master Reed were set up in the inner hall.

Mrs. Watts’s eyes turned red when she saw the two memorial tablets. She quickly said, “I… I’ll offer some incense!”

With that said, she picked up the unused incense sticks in front of the memorial tablets, lit them up, and offered them.

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