Chapter 183 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie

However, Jason’s voice immediately caught their attention.

“Redo the budget and keep on discussing the acquisition with the company. Get it done in three days, and…” Jason’s voice was as cold as usual. It was a far cry from the gentle way he had been talking to Grace.

After that, Jason announced the end of the meeting. The group of executives filed out and Jason went over to Grace. “Aren’t you usually in a hurry to eat? Why aren’t you in a hurry today?

Grace pressed her lips together and did not know what to say all of a sudden, so she opened her lunch box and started to eat.

Jason’s eyes were fixed on Grace. It seemed to gradually become a taboo as he tried to keep her by his side again and again.

He did not want to let her leave. He only thought about what he should do so that she would willingly stay with him.

Since when did having lunch together become something he looked forward to? He could eat with her just like that. He was happy even if they were only eating in silence.

Come to think about it, his happiest days were probably from when he was ‘Jay. At least she would josh with him, treat him ast an ordinary person, lovingly dry his hair, and call him ‘Jay’ over and over again.

Jay… Jay…

Did she know how much he wanted to hear her call him that as if she were calling for her most important family?

When Grace finished eating and looked up, she looked straight into Jason’s eyes.

He was watching her and had not even touched the lunchbox in his hands. In other words, he had been watching her the whole

Grace’s face suddenly turned red at the thought of this possibility. She quickly stood up and said, “I… I got to go.”

As she spoke, she bent down to clear away her lunchbox that was on the coffee table.

He pressed his hand to the back of hers. Then, he tilted his chin back a little and stared at her. “Can you call me Jason, Sis?”

His mutters sounded like he was begging.

Her body stiffened, and her throat seemed to burn all of a sudden.

“Why… are you suddenly…?”

“Call me Jay. I want to hear you call me Jason now,” he said.

She pursed her red lips and did not utter a word.

His face inched closer to hers. “Can’t you just call me that once?”

She suddenly felt that the tip of her nose was full of his smell. Seeing that his lips were about to attach to hers, she hurriedly cried out, “Jay!”

His lips stopped just short of hers as he smiled. “That’s nice.”

She felt as if her face was burning a little hotter.

The moment his hand let go of hers, she pretty much ran out of the president’s office.

In the office, Jason looked down at the hand that had just touched the back of her hand.

A long time pa**ed before he slowly gathered his hands as if trying to hold on to the temperature.

After cleaning up the restaurant at night, Kyla Corbyn handed Grace a book about sign language. “This is a book about sign language. You can read this if you want to learn it.”

“Thank you,” Grace said as she took the book.

“I’m the one who should thank you,” said Kyla Corbyn. “Nelson has had little communication with outsiders. Besides, he can’t hear or speak, so others are less willing to communicate with him. I’m really happy that you’re willing to learn sign language to talk to him.”

“Nelson is lovable, and he seems to like me too. I guess it’s just fate,” said Grace.

Fate… Kyla Corbyn’s lips moved, but at last, she only said, “Yes, perhaps… this is fate.”

“I got to go now, Kyla,” said Grace.

“All right, see you tomorrow.” Kyla Corbyn waited until Grace left before closing the restaurant’s door and going into the small room at the back of the restaurant. She looked at her son who was already asleep on his bed. Mrs. Corbyn was gently patting him on the body.

“Is he asleep?” Kyla Corbyn asked softly, subconsciously lowering her voice even though she knew her son could not hear her.

“Yes, he just fell asleep,” said Mrs. Corbyn. “Is Grace going to learn sign language?”

“Unexpectedly, she’s quite a nice person. I can see she’s kind to Nelson these days.” Mrs. Corbyn sighed. She had changed her opinion of Grace during this period.

“I think there’s something more to her imprisonment,” Kyla Corbyn said as she sat down. “She seems cautious. I heard her talking to her friend on the phone before and they seemed to be talking about reversing her case. Maybe she was wronged and that’s why she wants it reversed.”

“She seems to have suffered as much as you had.” Mrs. Corbyn’s expression suddenly turned sinister. “If you hadn’t been wronged, you wouldn’t have been put in prison, or even…”

“Say no more, Mom,” Kyla Corbyn said as she shook her head. “No matter what, I’m content that I can be with you and Nelson now. Once we get enough money for Nelson’s cochlear implant, everything will get better.”

“Are you really not going to find him?” Mrs. Corbyn hesitated before asking.

“Mom, I know you think that if I go to see him, maybe he’ll remember that Nelson is his child and will make life easier for me and Nelson. However, don’t you know that it was he who put me in jail when I was pregnant? Do you think he cares if Nelson is his child?” Kyla Corbyn said calmly.

She had been so miserable and so hopeless that now all that remained was calmness.

Mrs. Corbyn wiped her eyes sadly at this. “I’m just afraid that you’ll be too tired and won’t be able to handle all of this yourself.”

“It’s all right. I have you and Nelson. No matter what happens in the future, you can rest a**ured that I can handle it.” Kyla Corbyn’s gentle and beautiful face raised a smile. “All right, you should go to bed early. Let me clean up a little and prepare the ingredients for tomorrow.”

Mrs. Corbyn nodded and lied down beside Nelson.

Kyla Corbyn turned around, but her smile had disappeared from her face. Her mother thought she might have a better life if she went back to that man, but what she feared now was that the man’s revenge might never stop.

After she was released from prison, she left the city with her mother and Nelson. They left their hometown and came to Emerald City to avoid the man.

Only by avoiding this man would her life truly start over.

She just wanted to… never see that man again!

Grace looked at the old man who was half-seated in bed. Shet never expected that Jason’s grandfather, the man who once ruled Emerald City, would send someone to intercept her and take her to the hospital.

However, now the room was quiet with no one making a sound. Grace noticed that Old Master Reed was looking at her very carefully, but there was some disdain and disgust in his eyes.

Besides a nurse, there was also the man who brought her here. He had claimed to be Old Master Reed’s private secretary.

“Do you know why I brought you here?” Finally, after a while, Old

Master Reed’s voice broke the silence.

“Yes,” replied Grace. “It’s probably because of Jason.” It would be a lie to say that she was not nervous on her way here. However, once she got here, she somehow calmed down after looking at Old Master Reed’s disgusted eyes.

She had been through the worst, so how bad could it get now?

Old Master Reed snorted. “You would know!”

“What are you trying to say?” Grace asked outright. Perhaps because she was really tired after all she had gone through, but she did not want to beat around the bush anymore.

“I never thought he would let you live in Reed Residence. Do women like you think you can get into the Reed family like this?” Old Master Reed said coldly.

Grace was now more or less clear that the old man wanted to

She hung her head low and made no noise. The old man probably would not believe anything she said.

Old Master Reed seemed a little bored with her silence. He turned to his secretary who was nearby and asked, “What do you think my grandson sees in this woman?”.

“I don’t know, but there must be something special about her,”

replied the secretary.

The old man waved his hand and as if he was tired. He said, “I see nothing special about her, but her face seems unlovable. Just ruin her face and see if Jason still wants her.”

“All right,” answered the secretary.

Grace trembled and jerked up her head, looking at Old Master

Reed in dismay.

Ruin her face the old man spoke so calmly as if it was a common thing.

Grace bitterly laughed to herself. She almost forgot that Old

Master Reed was once a powerful man. Since he had someone bring her here today, it was only natural that he would say more than a few words of warning.

Did she expect the old man to send her back home after giving her a warning?

The secretary took a dagger out of his chest and walked over to Grace. She looked at him. There was no panic on her face nor did she plead for mercy. She was just… quiet.

Old Master Reed was a little surprised at her reaction.

“You’re not escaping?” the man asked as he approached Grace.

“There’s no escape,” she answered calmly. After all, the man could serve at Old Master Reed’s side and was appointed by the old man to do such a thing. He must be skilled while she was just other ordinary person. In other words, she had no skills.

Besides, even if she could escape from this ward, could she escape from this hospital?

Her reason told her to accept her fate, but she was unwilling to. Why was her fate always at the mercy of others? They were all human, but she could not even resist when they tried to hurt her!

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