“Stella.”
Stella Grace stood mindlessly on the pavement for a long time. It was not until Rolland Cher had called her a few times that she snapped back to her senses. She looked blankly at Rolland, who was in the car. Her mind was in a mess.
She was reflecting on everything she had done wrong.
A person’s confidence was born out of ignorance. Arrogance was also born out of ignorance.
She thought that she was smart. She thought that it was the right choice to tell Jasper about Titus.
Little did she know that it would turn out to be such a conspiracy.
She overestimated her intelligence. She was incompetent and powerless, but she thought she had it all figured out.
Everything she did in the past was like a clown’s act.
She struggled and gasped for her life, but ultimately she was still under someone’s else control.
It wouldn’t have mattered if she died. After all, she had never really cared about life or death.
However, Jasper’s trust in her ended up ruining his reputation. And it might even cost him his life.
It was all her fault.
She shouldn’t have appeared in front of Jasper again. Suzi Shine was right. After she reappeared, nothing fortunate ever happened to Jasper.
If she did not appear in his life again, Jasper would not have fallen for her again. He would naturally be with Bettany Hadley and their child would be found shortly after.
Bettany had her merits. Since they could get along with each other in the past, that meant that they appreciated each other and were attracted to each other.
He would be very happy. And his career would have gone smoothly as well.
On the other hand, she brought nothing but bad luck.
Noticing that something was strange with Stella, Rolland walked up to her. But she stood rooted to the ground.
“Stella,” Rolland yelled.
Stella looked at him. The mistiness in her eyes had condensed into tears and they rolled down from her eyes.
Her guilty conscience was gnawing on her. She felt incredibly regretful.
“What’s wrong?” Rolland questioned worriedly.
Stella shook her head and spoke, “Let’s get to the construction site.”
“Okay.” Rolland opened the door to the passenger seat.
Stella got in and fastened her seat belt.
“It should take us about an hour and a half hour to get there,” said Rolland as he started driving.
“Okay,” Stella replied. Staring out of the window, she couldn’t stop her tears from flowing.
Rolland glanced towards Stella and asked, “Did you quarrel with your husband again?”
She remained silent.
“Leave him if it hurts too much. Otherwise, your condition will be aggravated.
There are plenty of fishes in the sea. One of the main goals in life is to find someone whom you could spend the rest of your life with.
Love will eventually fade, but companionship will become the utmost importance.
Feelings will change. Didn’t you redirect your love from your ex-husband to your current husband?
Similarly, your love for your husband would also redirect to another person. When you look at this matter a year later, it wouldn’t seem like a problem anymore.” Rolland consoled her.
Stella gave a weak and bitter smile.
If she and Jasper were to part ways, she vowed to never find another man again, even if that meant that she would be alone for the rest of her life.
Her love had been given entirely to a man called Jasper Milton. Even if she didn’t end up with him, knowing that he was living happily would be more than enough for her.
She used to read novels when she was younger. The perfect and flawless romance in the novels highlighted the cruel reality.
In reality, how often would those who loved each other be together for the rest of their lives? How often were those who were together were truly in love with each other? And how long would the relationship last if those who fell in love stayed together?
She wanted to cry so badly. But would anything change after she cried? No, nothing would.
If only she had not been saved by her neighbor when her mother attempted to commit suicide with her, perhaps she would not have seen such cruelties in life. She would’ve died with her mother and there would still be warmth in her heart. At least, when she died with her mother, she would not be so lonely.
It’d be better than now, where her cries of help went unheard, and her life was nothing but a living death.
When Rolland noticed that Stella was feeling overwhelmed, he stopped by the side and gazed at Stella in concern.
Stella started crying, and soon it became louder and louder. Rolland looked at her, and he couldn’t help but tear up as well.
“You can tell me if it hurts too much. Talking about it would make it feel better. Or, would you like to compare who is more miserable now? Maybe you’ll feel better that way.” Rolland persuaded her with a weak smile.
Whenever she felt depressed in the past, she would feel that everyone in this world was against her.
But now, she was in despair because she felt sorry for Jasper.
Everything was her fault. In the past, she was sad because she couldn’t trust Jasper. But now, she felt regretful because Jasper trusted her.
Humans were self-contradictory creatures. They would always be blinded before they finally realized what was happening in front of them and it would have been too late by then. And that was left then were regret and sorrow.
Stella wiped her eyes with a tissue and spoke, “Let’s go to wherever the land is.”
Rolland shot a concerned look at Stella before starting to drive again.
Stella sighed in relief. It was strange that she didn’t get a panic attack this time. Was it because she had already made up her mind?
“Wendy and I grew up together. We went to the same primary school, junior high, senior high, and university. We were close even before middle school. In senior high, we were in love. She wanted to get married after university, but I wanted to start my business instead. She waited for me for years but my temper just got worse. When she left, I didn’t even ask her to stay,” Rolland reminisced.
“It seems like she didn’t really want to leave you. Maybe she was just hoping that you would care more about her, and change for her sake.” Stella guessed.
“I didn’t change. There was once I got drunk and slept with my subordinate. She was Wendy’s best friend. Naturally, we got together after that. I had been managing my temper little by little. After the conversation we had last time, I realized I had been treating Wendy so badly.”
“I suppose she had been waiting for you. Is that why you wanted to turn back?” Stella questioned.
“Yes, I wanted to turn back, that was why I broke up with Annie.”
Stella gazed ahead with her lids lowered.
In novels, the heroes would always stay away from temptations. Even if there was a misunderstanding between the hero and heroine, they would eventually get back with each other and live happily ever after.
In reality, the hero had slept with another woman. And when the hero finally came to a realization, the heroine was already murdered.
“I will definitely help you to find the murderer. Once I’ve confirmed that there are really weapons underneath that land, I will go to the police department with you.” Stella promised firmly.
Frederick gave her a week. But for Wendy’s case, she only needed three days at most.
She promised. She didn’t want to break every promise she made.
An hour and a half later, they finally arrived at the vicinity of the land.
There were many soldiers stationed nearby to prevent anyone from getting near.
Rolland went to a nearby resident and handed him a cigarette. “Hello there, may I know why are there so many soldiers here?”
“They came here in the middle of the night and found a lot of weapons inside. It’s so horrible. It’s so near to our village and yet us locals were not even aware about it,” the resident replied.
Stella knew that was indeed the case. Perhaps she had known the answer in her heart all along, thus she felt more at ease now. “Let’s go.”