Stella Grace frowned. “You’ve forgotten everything, you don’t know anything, and what you think you didn’t forget is raw speculation.” Her voice trembled.
Jasper looked at her, and her tearful little face reflected in his dark eyes.
He didn’t know what happened to them in the past. Jasper also could not understand why Stella kept refusing or why she thought he didn’t like her.
What he did know for sure was that his heart ached when he saw her crying.
He felt even worse when she said she wanted to give up on him.
Jasper lowered his head and kissed the tears on her face. It was salty. There was a bittersweet feeling in his heart. “Help me remember then. I won’t let you go before I can regain my memory,” he said
Stella pushed him. “You are wasting our time.”
Jasper held her hand. “You don’t have a boyfriend anyway, do you?”
Although it was true, she knew that she didn’t want to fall into the same trap again.
There was a knock on the door.
Stella immediately looked at the door.
“Yes?” Jasper asked.
“It’s me, Tommy. Mr. Levis invited you to his room. He wants to discuss something with you,” Tommy Wills said.
“Go to him, otherwise Benjamin will come here personally,” Stella reminded him.
Jasper let go of Stella and got up. He played the video file on his laptop, looked at her and said, “I’ll come back soon. You can watch it first.”
“Okay,” Stella replied.
Jasper left and
she watched him go.
She felt it was inappropriate to stay in his room so she picked up the bag of fruits and returned to her room.
In Benjamin Levis’ room.
“The case is about to conclude, did you ask your superiors to prevent us from intervening at this point? ” Benjamin asked bluntly.
“There are too many people and things involved in this case. The military is officially taking over the case now. Isn’t it good for you to close the case in advance? I thought that was what you wanted?” Jasper stated calmly.
“Everyone has their expertise. What you are doing right now is disregarding the experts’ efforts. The fact that the previous murderers and now the deceased are all from the military does not justify your actions. I think we should find an answer for all the deceased’s family,” Benjamin said, his tone becoming more fierce.
Jasper smirked and sat on the sofa. “What’s your so-called answer?”
“Let the family know how their children died!” Benjamin said coldly.
“Let them know how their children died, and then seek revenge on the murderer? The thing is the murderers have been killed. There is no revenge to seek.
Their children have been dead for 25 years. They are probably old now and the pain of the past might have been washed away over time or by paying attention to their other children. Without knowing the cruel truth, they might still live with the hope that their children are doing fine. Why do we have to break that bubble of fantasy?” Jasper said calmly.
Benjamin disagreed. “How does that justify what you’re doing? You’re trying to cover up the truth.”
“Well, the truth has been found. It doesn’t matter if it’s covered up, but there’s a better way to convey it. For example, you can make it up to them with money and help with their careers.”
“That’s just because you want to protect the reputation of the military. Don’t get people’s hopes up. In the end, you’re just a hypocritical and evil villain,” Benjamin said.
“Twenty-five years ago, those three people hadn’t joined the military yet. Let me ask you, have they done anything bad after joining the armed forces? What’s wrong with me defending the military’s reputation? If the people do not trust the military, how could we maintain peace?
If this were to be spread worldwide, do you think it would be beneficial for the country?
I might not be transparent enough, therefore from another perspective, I may be an evil villain. However, my personal sacrifice is nothing for the sake of the country’s reputation and interests! If you have nothing else to say, I will excuse myself. I have things to attend to for this case.” Jasper stood up.
“Does Stella know what you’re doing? Do you think that she would agree with you?” Benjamin said.
“I don’t need other people’s approval for my actions,” Jasper replied arrogantly. He opened the door and went back to his room. Stella was already gone.
He called her.
Stella was eating her apples in her room, looking through the pre-edit video.
She picked up her phone and saw Jasper’s ID. She didn’t want to answer so she muted it and put it on the table.
Tick, tick.
The door creaked open and
Jasper walked in.
Stella, “…”
Where did he get the room card? Ughhh—
“Why didn’t you pick up my call?” Jasper asked as he closed the door and walked towards her.
The phone was in front of her, she had no excuse.
“I saw something important in the video, that’s why I didn’t answer,” Stella explained while biting into her apple and looking at her laptop.
Jasper calmly sat next to her. “What’s that? Tell me.”
He said nothing about her leaving his room.
Of course, Stella wouldn’t dwell on that too.
“Look, there are a lot of people here. I suggest that we interrogate them one by one. As long as someone’s emotional defense is weak, we can make a breakthrough immediately,” Stella suggested.
“Okay,” Jasper responded, but didn’t say anything else.
Stella had no choice but to continue watching it.
She had seen videos like this before because Eli Wayne always dragged her along.
There was a video that she clearly remembered. A man-made a woman climax four to five times in five minutes.
She thought it was amazing at that time,
as the woman gave convincing expressions as she climaxed.
As she watched the pre-edit video, she realized it was all just the power of editing.
Once the woman had climaxed, she was allowed to rest for a while before resuming. All these were cut before the final video was publicly shown.
No wonder.
They were just fantasies.
However, no matter how fake it looked, one would still blush watching videos like these. To make things worse, Jasper was sitting next to her.
She sensed him looking at her, so she turned her head and looked at Jasper.
He really was scrutinizing her, and she didn’t know for how long.
“Why are you looking at me? Watch the video,” Jasper reminded her.
Stella, “…”
“If you don’t look at me, how would you know I’m looking at you?” Stella replied.
“I’d already know there’s something wrong in the video. I’m just not sure if you’ve seen it,” Jasper said in a deep voice.
Stella was speechless. “Since you’ve seen it, why didn’t you bring it up?”
“You’re the professional. I just want to see how good you are.”
“My major is psychological research, not watching videos.” Stella shut her laptop. “Now, tell me what you found, Chief Milton.”
“Find it yourself. I didn’t sleep well yesterday. I need to rest for a while. We’ll go to the police station at two o’clock. I’ll tell you if you haven’t found it by then.” He fell on her bed, putting his right hand on his forehead and closed his eyes.