Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“Well… What did you mean by what you said when you ate the cake today?” She looked at him, her round eyes looking at him expectantly and nervously.
Hadwin Stephenson frowned slightly. “I told you this morning. Figure it out yourself.”
“But I’m afraid I’ll misunderstand! Uh, won’t I fail you again if I get it wrong?” explained Lina.
She asked tentatively, “Well… Do you still love me? But you’re just too embarrassed to forgive me so easily, so…
you hope I’ll continue pestering you a month later?”
Hadwin Stephenson glared at Lina. ‘Does she have to talk about these things so frankly?’
Although… he was doing exactly what she said.
“Is it true?” She demanded to know.
He turned his back, only thinking that he would lose his restraint if she continued looking at him.
“Is it true or not?” She quickly walked around and continued to stare at his face, her hands pulling restlessly at one of his arms. “I didn’t misunderstand, did I?”
He glared at her. The woman had always been able to drive him into a corner!
“… Yes!” He said gruffly and went straight back to his desk to look at the documents piled on it.
Lina’s face was full of joy. ‘He admitted it! It’s really as I thought. He still has feelings for me, but I just hurt him too deeply before.
are you going to forgive me? Two months? Three months? Or six months? Isn’t six months a little long? The baby will be born by then.
“Hadwin, at least give me a time frame so I can prepare myself mentally.
“Why don’t we have a forgiveness dinner on the day you forgive me? It’ll serve as a day of commemoration to also remind us not to have any more misunderstandings.”
She chattered as if she had come out of her shell.
Hadwin Stephenson was speechless. ‘Forgiveness dinner… How did she come up with that? And she’s even trying to bargain with me on when I’m going to forgive her!’
“By the way, Hadwin, I love you. I love you so much!” Lina widened her round eyes and looked intently at Hadwin Stephenson as she confessed her feelings to him.
Hadwin Stephenson instantly blushed!
“Hey, Hadwin, your face looks a little red…” Lina blinked and put her hands on Hadwin Stephenson’s cheeks.
He should take her hands off him. She was distracting him from his work.
“Hey, your ears are turning red too!” As if discovering something new, her hands began to creep up his ears again.
At that instant, Hadwin Stephenson felt blood rushing to his face. Even his ears turned red.
“You…” He glared at her. “Quit it,” he said with a doting tone that even he could not describe.
Lina said with a smile, “I’m not messing around. I’m just happy. Hadwin, thank you for forgiving me.”
Hadwin Stephenson pressed his lips together and said grudgingly, “I haven’t forgiven you yet.”
“But you’ll forgive me sooner or later, won’t you? Hadwin, I want to spend every day with you from now on!” Lina cupped her cheeks as she began to dream of a better future.
Hadwin Stephenson momentarily froze before saying, “Ask your parents if they’re free tonight. I haven’t even invited them to dinner ever since they came.”
Lina was delighted. She hurriedly answered on her parent’s behalf, “They’re free. They’re free. I’ll call my parents and tell them!” With that said, she began to call her parents.
Looking at Lina’s reaction, Hadwin Stephenson could not help smiling. He found that the previous pressure in his chest was fading away.
Maybe he had forgiven her when she cried in the streets trying to restore the photos he deleted.
He was just… too afraid to lose her again. He was scared that she was doing it for the baby and did not love him enough.
That was why he would not say he had ‘forgiven’ her so easily. He only hoped that she could pester and love him more.
In the evening, Hadwin Stephenson booked a private room in an old yet famous restaurant in J City. He invited Lina’s parents to have dinner together.
Looking at their daughter’s smiling face, Mr. Sweeney and Mrs. Sweeney were finally relieved.
They had all sorts of misunderstandings about Hadwin Stephenson, but their daughter had explained everything to them.
Mr. Sweeney raised his glass and said, “Hadwin, we’ve misunderstood you. You’ve done a lot for Lina. Lina was able to survive because of you.”
Hadwin Stephenson’s eves darkened a little. The events from “Those things wouldn’t have happened to her if it hadn’t been for me.”
Mrs. Sweeney quickly said, “Fortunately, it’s all over. It’s over now. We’re happy for you! Lina’s dad and I only hope the baby can be born safely and you’ll get back together!”
“Yes, we will!” Lina said before Hadwin Stephenson could speak. She had not told her parents that she was still on probation.
They enjoyed the meal together.
Hadwin Stephenson watched as the Sweeney family casually chatted, ate, and drank with smiles on their faces. The atmosphere seemed to be affecting him, which he had never felt before.
Eating at the Stephenson family’s house never felt like this, whether he ate with his mother or with other members of the Stephenson family.
He never felt anything but indifference.
Perhaps, he was the one unwilling to let go.
After finishing the meal, Hadwin Stephenson asked the driver to send the Sweeney family back. However, Lina stubbornly took Hadwin Stephenson’s arm and said to her parents, “Mom, Dad, why don’t you two go back to the hotel first? I…
want to stay at Hadwin’s place for a few more days.”
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