Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
The person in front of her was different from the Anthony Sherman in her memory. The smart man now looked dejected.
After seeing Lina, a bitter smile appeared on Anthony Sherman’s face. “Lina, I’m sorry,” he said hoarsely.
“Why did you post such a thing? Why didn’t you explain when people pointed fingers at me?” asked Lina. She had so many questions she wanted to ask him. She even thought of hitting and kicking him to vent her anger if she ever saw him again.
However, when she did meet him, she thought that the perpetrator looked worse than the victim.
“I had to do it,” said Anthony Sherman.
“Is it because Hadwin’s mother paid you?” asked Lina. Hadwin had told her on their way here that the culprit behind Anthony Sherman’s incident was his mother.
Lina knew how much Emily Flowers disliked her, so she was not too surprised. However, she was afraid that Hadwin Stephenson would feel remorseful, so she kept comforting him on their way here.
“I don’t know who paid me, but they also gave me a plane ticket,”
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said Anthony Sherman, Lina said coldly, “I thought we were friends and that you were an honest man. I never thought money could buy you off so easily and make you say something so horrible! How much money did you take, then? I want to know how much your slander costs!”
“Eight million dollars,” Anthony Sherman said bitterly as he felt a pang of discomfort in his heart. He liked the woman before him. He even thought maybe his life could return to the right track if he married her. Perhaps he would have something to look forward to, but…
“I’m sorry!” said Anthony Sherman.
Lina was silent. Eight million dollars was more than the average person could earn in a lifetime. It was a good price to see through someone’s heart.
“Lina, Anthony Sherman is right in front of you. What do you want me to do with him?” Hadwin Stephenson’s voice rang in her ears. “Shall we ruin his reputation or put him in jail? Even though his post didn’t name anyone, eight million dollars is enough to sentence him. Or do you want him to suffer other kinds of punishment? Tell me and I’ll do it.”
He could be a sharp sword that would go after anyone who had hurt her.
Anthony Sherman’s face turned gloomy as if he had expected it.
Lina looked at Anthony Sherman quietly. After a long while, she said, “You saved my baby and me once. When I had a car accident, you were the first to run over and send me to the hospital. I remember your kindness, so I’ll just repay that with this. From now on, we’re even! And we’re no longer friends!”
Anthony Sherman’s lips quivered as if he wanted to say something, but he said nothing in the end.
things to be even, then so be it.” With that said, he ordered the bodyguard guarding Anthony Sherman nearby, “You don’t have to guard here any longer. Mr. Stephenson is a free man now.”
With that said, he took Lina’s hand and said, “Let’s go.”
Lina nodded and turned to leave.
“Lina!” Anthony Sherman eventually cried out in a heavy voice. “I won’t hurt you anymore.”
Lina did not reply but followed Hadwin Stephenson back to the car.
Lina was silent all the way. She looked down at her bulging belly in a trance.
That night, Anthony Sherman posted a clarification stating that someone paid him eight million dollars to frame Lina.
He would donate all the money to charity. He also stated that while he did get to know Ling through a blind date, they had always been friends. Nothing beyond friendship had ever happened between them.
He felt deeply sorry to his former friend.
It was not a long post, and the comments below it were full of various criticisms. Of course, some people also speculated about the identity of the person who paid him eight million When Lina saw the post, she could not help asking Hadwin Stephenson, “Did you make him post this?”
“No, he posted it himself. Of course, the police would’ve released a statement in a few days even if he hadn’t,” said Hadwin Stephenson.
“What?” Lina froze. “But… But didn’t we say to make it even?”
Hadwin Stephenson smiled faintly. “You made it even with him, but I didn’t plan to make it even with the people who have framed you. It seems he’s not that bad after all.”
Lina said hesitantly, “Then are you…”
Hadwin Stephenson said, “Since he cleared your name of his own accord, then I won’t touch him. But now it seems that he might not have framed you for the eight million dollars.”
“What do you mean?” Lina asked in confusion.
“Anthony Sherman’s sexual orientation is a little different,” he said.
“Sexual orientation?” Lina’s eyes instantly widened. She asked with a face of disbelief, “Do you mean he likes men?”
“Although he doesn’t have any intimate male lovers, he has been in and out of some special bars. He also regularly sees a psychological doctor. My mom bribed the psychological doctor and learned from them that Anthony Sherman is frustrated over having some inappropriate fantasies about men,” said Hadwin Stephenson.
Lina did not expect Anthony Sherman to have such a problem. ‘So he chose to frame me to keep his sexuality from being exposed?’
… If I think about it in another way, Hadwin’s mother wouldn’t have investigated everything about Anthony Sherman if I hadn’t gone on a blind date with him. Anthony Sherman wouldn’t have had to deal with this!/
“If he just didn’t want his private matters to be exposed, then I was the one who troubled him,” said Lina. Suddenly, she seemed to have recalled something. “Is your mother going to expose that information now that he posted a clarification?”
“Don’t worry, Yulai is just an abandoned pawn now. My mom probably won’t even bother with an abandoned pawn like him. If Anthony Sherman’s private information is exposed, it’ll only prove that you two are innocent,” said Hadwin Stephenson.
Lina thought about it and agreed, so she was finally relieved.
“Okay, this is the end of the matter. Stop thinking about Anthony Sherman. He’s… just a passerby in your life!” He disliked her thinking about another man, even if the man’s sexual orientation was a little different.
“I got it,” answered Lina. However, she seemed to say regretfully, “He could have just told me he was threatened with such a thing. I could have helped him think of a solution. He didn’t have to take things so far. Besides, I
wouldn’t think less of him even if I found out. I’d even…”
“Help him find a boyfriend?” Hadwin Stephenson raised his eyebrows.
Lina’s expression instantly looked a little sheepish.
Just then, Hadwin Stephenson’s phone rang and he answered 1.
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