Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Grace felt a pang in her heart and mouthed silently, ‘Jay, I’m sorry!’
Her foot stepped on the gas pedal, and the car shot out onto the freeway!
Jason looked at the leaving car coldly. After a long time, he slowly raised his hand and placed it on his heart.
‘It… hurts so much!
‘Is this how it feels like to be betrayed by the person you love the most?
‘Mother betrayed Father once, and now Grace… has betrayed hapter me too!’
Grace drove to L City numbly, but she kept recalling the way Jay had looked at her. It was as if she had hurt him terribly.
‘Jay, just this once! Just this once, okay?’ she shouted to herself.
The car finally pulled up to L City’s First Hospital. Grace realized her face was covered in tears again somehow.
Wiping away her tears with all her might, she helped Mrs. Watts into the hospital’s emergency room with Old Lawyer Watts.
The doctor gave Mrs. Watts a preliminary diagnosis. While waiting for the blood test report, Old Lawyer Watts told Grace, “Grace, thank you for this, but you and Jason…”
“Mentor, don’t worry about me. I… I’ll go back and explain it to Jay. I’ll ask him for forgiveness.” She comforted Old Lawyer Watts but felt uneasy herself.
‘Will Jay ever forgive me?
‘It’s not like he didn’t give me a chance. He even said at the freeway that if I went home with him, he could forget it ever happened, but I still… Grace’s drooping hands tugged at the hem of her dress.
If he doesn’t forgive me… The thought made her ache all over even though it just crossed her mind. She did not want to think about it anymore.
After the blood test report and other examination reports. came out, sure enough, Mrs. Watts’s fever was serious. If she had come to the hospital a few days later, she might have suffered from organ failure.
The doctor also chided Old Lawyer Watts and Grace for sending the patient over so late.
After going through the paperwork for Mrs. Watts’s hospital admittance and sending Mrs. Watts into the ward, Old Lawyer Watts looked at Grace’s exhausted face. He said, “Why don’t you take a rest and get a good night’s sleep?”
Grace said, “No, I have to go back to Emerald City. I want to get back to Jay as soon as possible.”
Old Lawyer Watts tried to persuade her again, but he sighed when he saw his apprentice’s red eyes and anxious face. “Okay, then. Be careful on your way back.”
“Mentor, take care. Don’t tell Mrs. Watts what happened at the freeway when she wakes up,” said Grace. She did not want to deepen Mrs. Watts’s guilt.
Old Lawyer Watts nodded, and Grace turned to leave.
She drove back to Emerald City. She was so anxious to return. She just wanted to see the man whom she had hurt severely.
She tried to call his phone on her way back, but he did not pick up.
She could only call Uncle Kwan. She learned that Jay had returned to Reed Residence.
When she got back to Reed Residence, she anxiously asked Uncle Kwan, “Where’s Jay?”
“Young master Reed has been in the mourning hall for hours and hasn’t come out. Young Madam, did something happen between you and Young master Reed?” Uncle Kwan said a little worriedly.
Grace did not know how to reply to him, so she hurriedly said, “I’ll go look for him!” With that said, she ran in the direction of the mourning hall.
Uncle Kwan was about to say that Young master Reed had ordered that no one was allowed to enter the mourning hall, but he said nothing in the end.
‘Young master Reed said no one is allowed… but Young Madam is often an exception! Besides, if something did happen between them, everything will be alright after Young Madam sees Young master Reed!’
Uncle Kwan thought optimistically.
Grace rushed into the mourning hall and saw Jason standing motionless in front of his father’s memorial tablet. He looked just like a sculpture.
The soft light in the room shone on him, but there was an indescribable chill exuding from his entire being.
“Jay…” Grace called out softly, but her voice was extremely dry and hoarse. She had not taken a sip of water since leaving Reed Residence early this morning. Her lips were drier than ever.
Jason slowly turned around and looked at her with those bright peach blossom eyes. A slight smile appeared on his lips. “You’re back.”
Grace froze. He was smiling and looked as usual, but she felt cold. A chill ran down her spine.
It was because his eyes were so cold. It was as if she was only a stranger to him.
There was no love or tenderness. Not even resentment or hatred… It was an emotionless gaze!
“Jay, I… I know what I did today has hurt you, and I’m sorry…” She opened her mouth and apologized with a hoarse voice.
He still smiled faintly and said, “You know what? My father once told me that it’s best not to fall in love with anyone because when you’re betrayed by the one you love, it feels like a knife stabbing into your body. Even your bones feel like they’re being crushed.”
He spoke word by word as he slowly walked up to her. “Grace, do you know what it feels like?”
His eyes seemed to freeze her blood, and his smile was so harsh. She loved his smile so much, but at this moment, she wished she would never see him smile like this again.
“Jay, stop smiling!” she murmured. His smile seemed like a punishment to her, making her extremely miserable.
“What’s the matter? Didn’t you say you like to see me smile?” The once melodious voice now seemed to prick her eardrums like sharp needles.
“I… I know I’ve hurt you. Just this once, Jay, will you forgive me just this once?” she pleaded.
“Just this once?” He chuckled. “You knew you would hurt me but did it anyway. Were you so sure I’d forgive you?”
you “I…” She tried to say something, but she realized that she could not say a word to defend herself when she opened her mouth.
He said, “Grace, do you really think you can recklessly hurt me just because I love you? Do you know that you’re the first person to drug me and stand before me unharmed?”
What he said made her feel utterly embarra**ed. “I… I admit I did it because you love me, but I just didn’t want things to get to the point that it would be irreversible. I didn’t want you to do anything you’d regret. Jay, will killing your own mother and having her punished make you happy?”
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