Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Grace sighed. “Lina, if you ever get to that point, I’ll help you.
But… how did you and Hadwin Stephenson get to this point? Didn’t you say you were going to start over with Hadwin Stephenson that day?”
Lina said bitterly, “He and I can never start over. Maybe he never really loved me. I thought he broke up with Katherine Jackson because he never loved her. I thought he did it due to *Mason Swansonrcumstances and he wanted to get justice for me, but it turns out that the breakup was just a sham.”
“What do you mean?” Grace asked in confusion.
“I went to see Hadwin Stephenson that day but saw Katherine Jackson enter Hadwin Stephenson’s mansion. She didn’t come. out until the next morning. The security guards at Hadwin Stephenson’s mansion also said Katherine Jackson had come to the mansion several times after her public breakup with Hadwin Stephenson. She always spent the night and would only leave the mansion the next day.”
It was painful for Lina to talk about this matter again.
“Could there be a misunderstanding?” Grace asked after pondering about it.
“What kind of misunderstanding? Why would Hadwin Stephenson let Katherine Jackson spend the night at his mansion? I… can’t take it even if he’s doing it for his career. Maybe we do share different opinions. He has never really loved me. Perhaps I’m just more of his type among the many women he has met, or…”
She paused, and her voice was dry. “It’s probably because of regret. He broke up with me for his career and didn’t get me, so he wanted to get back together with me when the chance arose. But that’s all there is to it. He can never give me what I want.”
Grace had a feeling that something was vaguely wrong when she heard this.
Hadwin Stephenson’s eyes were full of indifference when he brought up Lina’s name at the airport before, but logically speaking, there was no reason for Hadwin Stephenson to let Katherine Jackson spend the night in his mansion.
If he had feelings for Katherine Jackson, he would not have gone through so much trouble to have a public breakup with her. If he wanted to break away from the Jackson family’s control and even turn against them to get the Jackson family’s a**ets, he had already achieved his goal. The Jackson family was already a sitting duck.
Speaking of which, it seemed that two days after Lina went to look for Hadwin Stephenson, Stephenson Group announced the acquisition of part of the Jackson family’s a**ets. However, the strange thing was that Hadwin Stephenson had offered them a good price. Judging from the Jackson family’s current situation, you could say that they got a good price.
‘Why did Hadwin Stephenson do that, then? Does Katherine Jackson have something on him? Or is there something else. going on?’
“Grace, what’s on your mind?” Lina’s voice made Grace come back to her senses.
“I was just thinking that maybe there’s something wrong with Katherine Jackson,” said Grace.
Lina said indifferently, “It doesn’t matter. I just want to give birth to the baby and raise them. If Hadwin Stephenson really wants to fight with me for the baby, I won’t give them up no matter what!”
“Alright, don’t overthink it. If it does come to this, I’ll help you with the case,” said Grace.
After sending Lina home, Grace dialed a phone number. It was an experienced private detective she knew and also a connection she made when she was a lawyer in L City.
“Please investigate Katherine Jackson from Jackson Group. I want to know her contact with Hadwin Stephenson after she officially broke up with him at the press conference and what she’s doing now,” said Grace.
Grace needed to look into Katherine Jackson before she could feel at ease.
Grace did not ask them to look up the whereabouts of her mentor and his wife. If Jay wanted to hide people from others, she would not find anything even if she hired a private detective.
Grace came to Reed group’s building. When she was reaching Jason’s office, she saw Terrence walking toward the door with a stack of documents.
“Terrence!” shouted Grace as she stopped him.
Terrence stopped in his tracks and looked at Grace in surprise. “Young… Young Madam? What brings you here?”
Grace said, “I’m here to see Jay. Are you going to look for him for work?”
Terrence’s expression changed slightly. Then, he smiled faintly and said, “It’s not urgent. I’ll come back to look for Young master Reed later.”
With that said, Terrence turned around to leave, but Grace suddenly pulled on Terrence. “Terrence, how are my mentor and his wife doing?”
When Grace pulled him, his hand holding the documents trembled. They instantly fell to the floor.
Grace saw this and quickly said, “I’m sorry!” she bent down to pick up the documents on the floor as she spoke.
Terrence immediately shouted. “It’s alright…”
However, it was too late. Grace had already picked up the scattered documents and seen their contents.
She stared at the file in her hand. It was a report on her mentor and his wife. It listed the time they ate every day, the time they went to bed, and what they did.
There was a photo of Mrs. Watts lying on a tattered bed. She did not look very well, and beside it, her temperature was listed as 38.5 degrees!
‘Is Mrs. Watts having a fever?’
Considering that Mrs. Watts had gone through so much after having an operation on her leg and was now living in a seemingly harsh environment, it would be strange if she did not get sick.
“Where are they?” Grace asked Terrence in a panic.
Terrence said with a face of reluctance, “Young Madam, I… can’t tell you without Young master Reed’s permission. If you really want to know, why don’t you ask Young master Reed?”
Grace also knew she could not get any answer even if she asked Terrence again, so she turned around and walked into Jason’s office.
In the office, Jason was reviewing the documents in his hand. He looked up at Grace after hearing the noise. “What are you doing here?”
“Where on earth are you keeping my mentor and his wife?” asked Grace.
“What’s the matter? Have you come to question me?” His eyes instantly turned cold.
“Mrs. Watts has a fever. At her age, a minor fever may cause all kinds of diseases. Jay, even if you want Mrs. Watts to atone for her sins, get a doctor for her first,” said Grace.
Jason got up and walked over to her. “What’s the matter? Do you think I locked them away?”
“Didn’t you?” she asked.
“I just found them a place where that woman can repent. Your mentor can leave whenever he wants. As for the person I once called my mother, she can also leave if she wants to-but her only option outside is prison.”
As Jason said this, he bent over slightly and stared at Grace with a half-smile on his face as if he was mocking her.
Grace froze, suddenly realizing why her mentor had not left. He was afraid that if he did leave to get a doctor or report to the police, Jay would send Mrs. Watts straight to prison.
Jay’s legal team could win the case easily. After all, there was a lot of evidence about what had happened that year. Even though her mentor was a big shot in the legal world, they would lose the case anyway.
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