Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Martin Weiss turned to Kyla and said, “We both know exactly what happened last night, don’t we? I got drunk yesterday. You could have ignored me, but you sent me here anyway. Kyla, you don’t hate me that much, do you?”
He said as he moved closer and closer to her.
She backed away until her back was against the wall. “Martin Weiss, I regret taking you here,” she said as she glared at him.
If she had not been nosy, then that would not have happened last night.
“But I’m glad you did,” muttered Martin Weiss. He gently bent over, and his face magnified before Kyla’s eyes. “If you hadn’t sent me here, we wouldn’t have been so intimate last night… We were as intimate as we were back then…”
Slap!
She raised her hand and slapped him hard.
Martin Weiss’s cheek was slapped sideways, and a red mark quickly appeared on his cheek.
However, it was as if he did not feel the pain. Instead, he said to her, “If you think hitting me once isn’t enough, you can continue hitting me. But Kyla, you can’t deny that you had feelings for me last night no matter what. You also wanted me in the end. Though I was drunk, I remember what you said. You said… you wanted me to give it to you.
You said…”
“Shut up! Shut up!” Kyla immediately covered her ears, unwilling to hear it. Everything he said now would only draw her back to that moment and make her feel more miserable.
She did not want it, but her mind could not control her body. He was still familiar with her body even after so many years. It was ridiculous and pathetic!
He pulled down her hands and continued to mutter the explicit and affectionate words she had said the night before.
“Kyla, since you have feelings for me, don’t reject me, okay? I’ll be good to you… I’ll be very good to you. This time, I won’t hurt you again!”
Kyla suddenly laughed, but tears were welling up in those dark eyes. “Did you say you won’t hurt me again? But all you did last night was hurt me! That’s not what I wanted. That’s rape!”
She complained loudly, “Martin Weiss, have you ever tried being suppressed by others? And even though you struggled and resisted, you still fail in the end. Have you ever felt that humiliated?”
Martin Weiss stared at the person in front of him as if his body was frozen.
“Do you think what happened last night was because I still had feelings for you? But it’s only humiliation to me. It’s only because I couldn’t resist. I would have reacted the same way with any other man even if it wasn’t you!”
Her accusations and tears were like the sharpest swords, crushing the longing in his heart.
“Humiliation… Was last night really nothing but a humiliation to you?” he murmured.
She asked sarcastically, “Is it not? Do you think I wanted that to happen with you? Martin Weiss, you’ve hurt me again and again. How many times do you have to hurt me before you it’s enough?”
His face paled, and even the color of his lips seemed to be fading.
think His lips quivered as he stared at her. “Tell me, don’t you feel… even a hint of joy over what happened last night?”
She answered without hesitation, “No. Last night was just a nightmare!”
“Nightmare?” He smiled bitterly. What seemed like a beautiful dream to him was a nightmare to her.
He gently raised his fingers to touch her face. With so little distance, he could have easily touched her cheek.
However, she turned away. Her rejection was evident.
His hands seemed to freeze in mid-air, and he had no more strength to go forward.
The distance between them was so close yet so far. It seemed as if he could not get close even if he did everything he could.
“What would it take for you to give me a little affection? I… only want a little bit…”
She rejected him ruthlessly, saying, “There’s nothing you can do, Martin Weiss. I told you, it’s over between us. Let’s act as if yesterday never happened. I hope you’ll forget about it, and I’ll forget about it too!”
His eyes were full of pain. ‘How can I forget?’
Martin Weiss seemed to have lost his strength suddenly as he staggered back.
Kyla took a deep breath. “I hope you won’t ever come to my store again. You can call me about anything regarding Nelson. This is the end of us.”
With that said, Kyla turned to leave, leaving Martin Weiss standing alone in the room. His mood was now different from before.
When he heard the door close, Martin Weiss fell to his knees in dejection. His hands clenched together as he pounded the floor hard.
“Ah… Ah… Ah!” Roars of pain escaped his mouth.
Kyla returned to the store, and Mrs. Corbyn asked nervously when she saw her daughter return, “How did it go?
Why did he come to see you?”
Kyla reassured her mother. “It’s nothing. But I made it clear that he should never come to the store again. It’s impossible between us.”
Mrs. Corbyn hesitated and said, “He… never got married or had any other woman after all these years. Perhaps he really—”
“Mom!” Kyla interrupted. She knew what her mother was trying to say. “If I get together with him, I’ll just be reminded of the past every time I see him. I’ll never be able to get over it.”
Mrs. Corbyn said nothing more.
Everything was calm in the following days. Martin Weiss never came to her again, and Chase’s ex-wife did not harass her again either. According to Chase, his ex-wife was aggressive in getting his shop, but she suddenly gave up and did not come looking for him anymore.
The store’s business was relatively slow during weekends. Grace treated Kyla and Lina to a meal. It was an opportunity for the three women to get together too.
Lina was now eight months along in her pregnancy. She looked !
happy. They could tell Hadwin Stephenson had been feeding her plenty when they saw her round face.
“Are you 33 weeks along now?” asked Grace.
“Yeah, you’re gonna be their godmother once they’re born!” Lina said with a smile.
“Do you know whether you’re getting a boy or a girl?” added Grace.
Lina shook her head, “Hadwin and I think it’s better to find out the gender when they’re born. Consider it a surprise.”
Kyla looked at Lina’s bulging pregnant belly and said emotionally, “Time does fly. In the blink of an eye, it’s almost time for you to deliver your child.”
“It does seem fast.” Lina touched her stomach before looking at Kyla. She asked, “By the way, Kyla, is Nelson doing okay? Are there any other kids at school who are picking on him?”
“He’s doing okay. I don’t think he gets bullied at school anymore. After you backed him up, the principal and teachers learned that he has the Reed family and the Stephenson family supporting him. So they’re cautious with him!” said Kyla.
“That’s good,” said Lina.
The three chatted as they ate. When talking about Chase Harper’s daughter Juliet Harper, Lina also said she would like to see the adorable child after giving birth.
Just then, the waiter served a plate of beef entrails. Lina said, “Hey, try this out. Beef entrails are this restaurant’s specialty. I didn’t like them before, but now I love them.”
The spicy smell rushed to the tip of her nose, and Kyla suddenly felt nauseous. She instantly got up, covered her mouth, and hurried toward the washroom in the private room.
Kyla bent over the sink as she threw up.
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