“I’ll soon be dead. You could still live by his side happily.” Jasper Milton said coldly while locking Stella Grace in his gaze.
She still refused to look at him. “Without this divorce settlement, I’m still considered as you wife after your death. I don’t want to bear this title, Jasper.”
“Indeed, it would be stupid of me to continue staying with a person who hated me to the core,” Jasper took the agreement and the pen from Stella’s hand.
Stella saw him signing his name neatly in the agreement.
His handwriting was beautiful, upright and smooth.
Stella turned her face away and her eyes were fogging up.
There was a time when she tried her best to get married. But today, she destroyed this relationship with her own hands.
Jasper tossed the pen and agreement on the ground and spoke in a cold voice, “You can get lost now.”
“I have another piece of agreement with me. Please sign it as well.” Stella handed Jasper his marital agreement with Bettany Hadley.
Jasper took it over and he got furious when he saw its content. He stared intensely at Stella, “What is this?”
“I’m afraid that you would continue harassing me in the future, that’s why I need some kind of assurance.”
Jasper was so mad that he threw the agreement in Stella’s face. “Didn’t you set me up to die here? Do you think it’s necessary for me to sign the marital agreement with Bettany?”
Stella replied expressionlessly, “I must be on guard until the very last moment. Your family is too powerful. What if you were suddenly rescued?”
“Even if I’m rescued, I can marry whoever I want. It’s none of your business, as long as it’s not you. Now get out, I don’t want to see you ever again.” Jasper turned his back.
“Here’s a piece of advice. I’m still holding onto yours and Bettany’s child. I have the authority to decide whether he lives or dies. I suggest that you sign the agreement,” Stella stated cruelly.
Jasper threw himself at the bars.
There was a loud noise when his hands hit the bars. “Stella Grace, must you show me just how cruel and bloodthirsty you are!?”
“You’re dying anyway, it wouldn’t matter how much I expose myself to you. After you’ve signed the agreement, you can die in peace,” Stella said indifferently.
Jasper glared right at her.
She knew that if she avoided his eyes again, she would look guilty. So she raised her head high and stared right back at him.
They stared at each other for a minute.
“Give me the agreement,” Jasper ordered.
Stella picked the agreement and pen up from the ground and passed them to Jasper.
“You’d better not let me out. Otherwise, I will make your life a living hell.” Jasper announced insidiously.
Stella looked at Jasper intently.
She didn’t intend to live long. Once she helped Timmy Nine to find the convict who slaughtered the villagers, she would go abroad and die quietly in a foreign place where no one could find her.
She couldn’t bear the cruelty in this world, and she didn’t want to anymore.
“If you want to deal with me, you’d better be standing on the very top. Otherwise, you’ll die again,” Stella said coldly.
Jasper threw the agreement on the ground, turned around with his back facing her.
Stella picked up the agreements and placed them in her bag. She turned around and looked at Jasper for the one last time. She smiled lightly while tears rolling down her face.
“Jasper Milton, I hope that we would never see each other again in this life.” she whispered in her heart.
She turned around and left the room.
Frederick Addington came out of the monitoring room and stood in front of Stella. “Good job, even I almost believed it.”
Stella handed the agreement over to Frederick. “Remember to let him out tomorrow.”
“Do you think I’d still let him out after getting what I want?” Frederick said in a wicked tone. He was arrogant and unscrupulous.
Stella had already expected this. Of course Frederick would break his promise.
She came despite knowing that she might be tricked.
But if she hadn’t come, Jasper would definitely die. If she came, he would at least have a chance to survive.
“I will only stay with you and tell you the secret to the treasure if Jasper stays alive. If Jasper dies, I will follow him and bring the treasure’s secret down to hell with me.” Stella looked at the air indifferently and stated.
“Is the treasure hidden on that land? Was that why Jasper took it over?” Frederick overheard this from the monitor. “What treasure?”
“Let him go then you will know.” Stella walked past him and went up the stairs.
When she went upstairs, she was blindfolded by Frederick’s men.
Stella stood still.
Frederick took her arm and walked forward.
His men opened the car door to let Stella in.
“Will you stay at my place tonight?” Frederick suddenly asked.
Stella’s lips twitched. “Aren’t you worried that I would kill you?”
“If you kill me, then no one else could help you save Jasper. You won’t kill me until he is saved.” Frederick replied affirmatively.
She was not stupid.
She knew what he would ask for if she went to his place.
She didn’t want to give herself to him.
“I won’t have any contact with you until you save Jasper. Let me out of the car.” Stella said coldly.
Frederick took Stella’s blindfold away and leaned over. He rested his hand beside her head. “I can do whatever I want to you now. You can’t resist at all, can you?”
“Women’s bodies are all the same, aren’t they? But what you want is my heart, isn’t it?” Stella gazed at him coldly.
Frederick held her chin and leaned his face in. “Will you give me your heart?”
“I’ve given it to you before.” Stella did not deny it.
Frederick paused briefly and stared into Stella’s eyes. A complex look flashed in his eyes. “But now it belongs to Jasper.”
“Do you think that there is still a chance between Jasper and I?” Stella asked with hatred.
Frederick’s eyes flashed and he dropped his hand. “That’s right. You could only stay with me if you want to live. Your body could only be mine. I’m not afraid of waiting as I have all the time I need. Spending the rest of my life with you is my longest confession to you.”
“The way we love is different. Your love is possessive, just like when children play with toys. My love is fulfilling, I am happy as long the person I love is happy. Therefore we are destined to be different.” Stella mumbled.
“You’ll leave the moment I let you to. You would never look at me, nor would you ever stay by my side.” Frederick was losing his composure. “Forget it. Only those who are strong enough could survive in this world, and the same goes for women. Get off, but don’t do anything you’d regret. If I have the power to let Jasper off, I have the power to catch him back as well.”
Frederick beckoned the driver to stop the car.
Stella opened the door and got out of the car. She looked at the boundless night. It was so dark and she could not see anything beyond.
She had nowhere else to go to anyway. Thus, she settled down in a nearby motel.
She had to plan her next steps carefully. Perhaps, the sooner she died, the safer Jasper would be…