This was one of the reasons why she willingly gave in to Jasper Milton.
Deep down in her heart, she was still hoping for something.
“Okay, let’s play cards. Are we just gonna randomly draw a card?” Stella Grace asked.
Jasper nodded and asked his subordinate to get a deck of cards.
He shuffled the cards and asked Stella to randomly pick one.
Stella took a card, and he picked one too…
Jasper was very good at playing cards and he seemed to win most of the time.
Stella kept her words too, complying to the rules by drinking shots of beer after losing each round.
He was considerate to her. He tried to stop intermittently, so she could have something to fill her stomach before they proceeded.
She ended up eating and drinking a lot.
She finally got drunk.
Stella staggered to the bathroom.
“Let’s continue.” She said as she sat next to Jasper while squinting her eyes.
“No. It’s time to stop. You’ve drank enough,” Jasper said in a deep voice.
“Ha.” Stella laughed with sparkles in her eyes. She sat on Jasper’s lap and wrapped her arm around his shoulder. “Are you trying to care for me?”
Jasper pursed his lips but did not respond.
Her eyes lingered on Jasper’s face. “Jasper, guess what would have happened to us if you didn’t forget me?”
Jasper realized that she was really drunk. Her cheeks were flushed, and even her speech was incoherent.
“What would have happened?” Jasper repeated.
Stella smiled and touched his soft lips with her middle finger. She was a little bit obsessed with him. But her words sounded very pessimistic. “Things probably won’t turn out well. I am not your cup of tea. You liked Bettany Hadley.”
Jasper frowned and held her hand on his lips. “You know Bettany?”
Stella nodded and tears started flowing from the corners of her eyes.
Bettany was deeply ingrained in his heart. She was like a thorn in hers.
Jasper felt a strange sadness as he saw her crying. He wiped her tears with his finger and realized something. “Did we break up because of her?”
Perhaps?
It might not be related to Bettany as they both did not know each other in the first place. They appeared at different stages of his life.
But, when she met him, Bettany was already the apple of his eyes.
She knew it when she saw his reaction during his first encounter with Hale Summer.
Ever since he lost his memory, he could not recall anything about her. He only remembered Bettany.
That was the reason she committed suicide.
Her heart ached as she thought of it. She didn’t want to bring Bettany up anymore.
“Jasper, I don’t like how you are always constantly probing me,” Stella said.
Jasper remained silent.
Stella smiled and said, “I know that the whole reason you are keeping me by your side is just to find out what had happened in the past.”
“You’re drunk. Go to bed and rest for awhile. I’ll wake you up when we’re approaching Riverside.” Jasper carried Stella and laid her on the bed.
Stella pulled him towards her and wrapped her arms around his neck. They were inches away from each other.
Jasper looked at her.
“Don’t you want to know which position we used to like?” Stella asked.
Jasper stared at her, his eyes searching deeply into Stella’s beady eyes.
She was smiling and crying at the same time, fluctuating between heaven and hell.
“You’re really drunk,” Jasper frowned.
Stella wrapped her legs around his waist and pulled him closer.
Jasper frowned slightly and looked into her eyes.
This was her usual move.
The only difference was, she took the initiative this time.
This proved that they had fallen in love with each other before.
He should ask more questions while she was drunk. She might expose the secrets she was always trying to hide all this while.
However, Stella’s word flashed across his mind. “Jasper, I don’t like how you’re always constantly probing me.”
His chest tightened as he recalled her crying.
He lowered his head and kissed her lips.
Stella, who was drunk, was very passionate. She reciprocated, teasingly rubbing against him like a pitiful kitten vying for attention.
Whenever she wanted to do it with him, she would wrap around his waist.
It was so different from her usual passivity.
She was real, and active.
Jasper got very excited and his breathing became heavy. His sweat flowed down his sharp chin and dripped on her body .
They came at the same time.
Her voice was soft and gentle, so beautiful it was heavenly.
He could feel the difference.
He was drawn to her.
Jasper lowered his head and kissed her lips once again.
She was breathing through her slightly opened mouth, looking drained. Her vision went out of focus until she finally fell into deep sleep.
Jasper got up.
He knew that Stella was a clean freak, so he cleaned her up before he went to the bathroom to clean himself.
When he came out, Stella was still asleep.
In contrast, he was as sober as a judge, recalling every word she said and every expression on her face after getting drunk.
He had a feeling that they did not break up. They had to be separated because he lost his memory …
Stella finally woke up. She opened her eyes and saw Jasper still sitting in front of his laptop.
The table had been cleared, and the empty beer bottles were gone.
She was drunk.
The last thing she could remember was going to the toilet.
She knew she couldn’t control her mouth whenever she was drunk. She was a little worried. “What time is it now?”
Jasper looked at Stella and said, “Nine o’clock. You woke up just in time.”
Stella glanced him up and down and found nothing unusual. “Did I say something stupid?”
Jasper smirked. “Is asking what position I like a stupid question?”
Stella instantly flushed.
Was she that blunt?
Stella had a bad feeling. “Did I say anything else?”
“Hmm no, but you did show me.”
Stella’s eyes grew wide as she stared at him, trying to discern if he was telling the truth.
The important thing was, it had happened again. They had done it and she could remember nothing.
Stella couldn’t tell whether it was true. She asked in a low voice, “How did it happen?”
Jasper changed the topic. “Do you want to leave with your friends or come with me later?”
Stella took his lack of response as confirmation that he was lying.
She calmed down and answered him. “I’ll go with my colleagues. It’s not good to do things alone.”
“I’ll go to the castle too. I’ll get in touch with you soon,” Jasper said.
“Okay.” Stella got up and walked towards the door.
“Stella, the position you said we liked, it was a bit challenging for me to pull off. You hadn’t had your IUD inserted back then and I guess I didn’t like using a condom either. Did we have any children before?” Jasper suddenly asked.
Stella’s heart started pounding and her back stiffened. She was so nervous that she dared not look back. She was afraid that Jasper would see her guilt.