Chapter 673: Chapter 673: I Never Limit His Freedom

At the moment, Scarlet’s package arrived. She stopped talking to Edie and walked out to get the package.

Jason was watching TV on the sofa. Edie smiled and walked to him with a glass of drink.

"Juice? It would help you forget your loneliness," Edie smiled and said.

Jason took the juice and said,

"Edie, could you do me a favor. When you talk to Scarlet, please ask her when she wants to get married."

Scarlet was as young as Edie. They were both twenty-eight years old. She was still full of vitality. But Jason was already thirty-three years old.

"I am afraid that she would let you down. She told me she wouldn’t get married."

"Wouldn’t you get married?"

Jason repeated these words. Then he showed a bitter smile and said, "Strangely enough. Before meeting Scarlet, I never thought about getting married. After meeting Scarlet, I never thought about getting married to other women. Do you remember what I said to her before? I said it I would suffer a lot if I really get married to her. But now I want to suffer. But she didn’t want me to suffer. What can I do now?"

"Frankly speaking, Stuart is quite smart. When he found you, he made the decision immediately. I admire him so much. Unlike me, I always hesitate. She even started believing that I didn’t need to get married, either,"

He raised the corner of his mouth to force a bitter smile. Even the sweetness of the juice couldn’t balance the bitterness in his heart.

"Why do you still stay with her after she made you so painful?"

"Because...sometimes she would cure me. You know, she would make me taste the sweetness."

Jason said in a depressed, low voice.

"When I almost break down and give up, she would help me. Her help was like a drug. It would make you addicted to it. Though you want to quit it, you always fail. The longer you stay with her, the harder it would get to quit it. Even if you manage to quit it, and you can get addicted if you touch it again. I think...I could no longer quit it anymore. I have fallen in her trap."

Jason lowered his head and laughed at himself. That naughty, casual smile no longer appeared on his face. Jason really changed. He was no longer a cheesy playboy. He was a man hurt by love.

His words made Edie feel loose. She wanted to comfort him. But to be honest, she didn’t know what to say, either. When she wanted to tell him that she would try to persuade Scarlet, Jason continued talking.

"So, you should treasure each other. May all lovers unite in marriage! But it was really difficult for lovers to unite in marriage. Really difficult. So, you should treasure it."

Then he stood up and left. Edie watched his back disappearing in the bedroom.

Edie sighed. Maybe she really needs to talk to Scarlet. She thought Jason was really a good man now. She should seize her happiness.

Edie didn’t want Scarlet to give up such a good man.

Soon, Scarlet came back. She smiled, "my new lipstick. This color. I want to try it immediately."

As Scarlet was about to return to her bedroom, Edie held her hand.

"Scarlet, when would you get married to Jason?"

Hearing this question, Scarlet froze. The smile slowly froze on her face. Deep in her big eyes were the complicated expressions.

Edie knew she still wanted to avoid this question.

"Why do you ask me this all of a sudden. What we have now is perfect for us, isn’t it?"

"Scarlet, you’ve been twenty-eight years old."

"So what? Those successful women all got married after they got thirty-five years old. I am still so young."

"But Jason has been thirty-two years old. Have you considered him?" Edie asked.

Considered for him...

Scarlet kept thinking about these three words.

Finally, she forced a relaxing smile, "Of course, I have told him, if he wanted to leave me, he could leave me whenever he wants. I never force him to stay with me. I never limit his freedom. Indeed, he is old enough. He should get married now. But he has no right to force me to get married to him. If he wants, lots of women are waiting for him outside. He could get married to whoever he wants. It has nothing to do with me."

Scarlet showed a pretty smile. She wore gorgeous makeup today. Her face looked just like the most attractive flower in the world.

But her words sounded so brutal.

If Jason was here and heard what she said, he might be heart-breaking.

Scarlet never fooled around with men. Why did she treat Jason like this? Was it the shadow caused by her childhood? Why did she keep torturing Jason all these years?

"Scarlet, I know you love him deeply. Do you really want him to get married to other women? What happened to you, Scarlet? Though your parents didn’t treat you well when you were a kid, Jason was quite nice to you these years. Hasn’t he cured you? Scarlet...."

"Shut up."

Scarlet became impatient. She interrupted Edie abusively in a low, angry voice.

Edie looked at her in shock.

Scarlet looked really mad at the moment. She inserted her hands into her hair and put her long hair behind her head.

"Please, Edie, don’t mention this to me, okay? Please, I beg you. When you left Stuart, when you pushed your husband away, I didn’t say anything. Why do you say these when I want to push Jason away? Edie, please, could you think for me for just a moment? Do you do better than me? Don’t blame me. You have no right to say these to me. It is between him and me. I don’t need others to deal with this for me."

Others...

So she was just one of the others for Stuart. When Stuart lied to her with Laty, she didn’t blame Stuart at all, because she regarded Scarlet as one of her families.

But now, Scarlet told her she was just one of the others for her.

Edie’s face turned pale immediately.

Scarlet also realized she might say wrong words. She wanted to apologize to Edie, but she was so proud that she didn’t want to lower Edie’s head.

But, she tried to ease the tone.

"I know you want to help me. I know what I am doing. Mind your own business. I can handle my life."

"Okay. From now on, I wouldn’t ask about your life."

Edie said in a slight voice. Then she lowered her eyes, hiding the disappointment in her eyes.

They were best friends. Even though they have separated from each other for five years, Edie still felt Scarlet was so familiar.

But, after Scarlet said those words, Edie suddenly felt Scarlet was a little strange.

Scarlet never told anyone what she thought at the bottom of the heart. She hid all her thoughts and feelings insides, like a sensitive and fragile hedgehog.

Edie knew her words might irritate Scarlet. But she couldn’t control herself. She might use the wrong way, as a result of which, both of them were irritated.

Hearing the conversation, Scarlet walked out of the kitchen. Seeing the sadness on Edie’s face, Stuart frowned.

He walked to Edie and held her hands, "Excuse me."

Then he dragged Edie into the kitchen.

Edie kept lowering her head. Stuart felt sorry for her.

He rubbed her head and said gently, "what happened? Quarrel with her? You just meet with each other again."

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