Stella Grace was very embarrassed. She turned around with her back facing Jasper, and said in a low voice, “I… seem to have… ate something bad.”
Jasper Milton wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into his arms. “Ryan must have drugged the pomegranate juice.”
Stella was startled and she turned to look at Jasper.
His face was right beside hers.
When she turned her head, she accidentally touched his face, and there seemed to be a flash of electricity on her lips. She was so shocked that her heart jumped.
She tried to calm herself down as soon as possible, so as not to be tempted by the excitement. “Both you and I drank the juice, and so did Ryan’s son, right? He wouldn’t hurt his own child, would he?”
Jasper remained silent, looking at her with clear eyes.
That look alone confirmed her suspicions. “Was that man just now sent by Ryan?”
Jasper nodded. “Probably. He used a room card to open my door. He probably wanted to take photos of us, but he didn’t see you. That’s why he lied about coming from the newspaper company for an interview. I mentioned that I was going to call the police, and he pulled out his gun after hearing that.”
“Why did he do that? Taking photos of us…” Stella paused, and did not continue her sentence because it would involve some sensitive words. It was like her heart would be influenced by those particular words. “What’s in it for him?’
“I got into trouble before this. Although it was not made public, but people with ulterior motives would still know about it.
Ryan also thought that there was a treasure in the piece of land that I had acquired. He probably suspected that I came here to investigate him, so he had to drive me away.
As for you, he thought you were too smart, so he wanted to deal with you too.
He deliberately asked us both if we have a girlfriend or boyfriend because he wanted to confirm that his plan could be implemented.
If he was able to take some photos of us, he would have something to use against us, and that would put us in danger , which would in turn buy himself a guarantee.” Jasper analyzed.
Stella found herself agreeing with his analysis. “I suppose Ryan wanted to kill me because he knew that I’d found out he was the culprit in the murder of Mila’s family and the hired killers,” she said solemnly.
“Wait, are you saying that he was the one who killed Mila’s family? Do you have any evidence?”
“I don’t have any evidence for now. This is just all my speculation. Ryan had asked the murderer to record a video on purpose so that the police wouldn’t suspect Bobby, but he did not expect Bobby to go to the crime scene and retrieve the phone.
The police caught Bobby, but Bobby didn’t say anything, and they couldn’t find any videos at the crime scene.
Ryan knew his son best, so it was easy for him to guess that Bobby was the one who had taken the phone away. He probably found the mobile phone that Bobby had hidden and saw the videos in it.
In order not to implicate his son, he sent someone else to kill the murderer, recorded down the details of the crimes, and then cleared Bobby of his suspicion.” Stella analyzed.
“He can’t be sentenced without any evidence, correct?”
Stella thought of Wilson Chuck and Frederick Addington.
They had done a lot of evil deeds, but there was no retribution for them so far.
As for her, she hadn’t done anything overtly wrong, but she would die soon.
Stella removed Jasper’s hand from her waist. “I’m going back.”
“Stella, do you still not want to be with me?” Jasper looked at her and asked in a low voice.
Stella remembered what had happened in the car, and her face flushed red. She lowered her head. “We did not mean for that to happen, so let’s just forget about it. You are getting married soon, anyway.”
“Did you really fall for such an obvious lie?” he asked incredulously, looking at her.
She glanced at him in surprise. “W-Was it a lie?”
Jasper gently rubbed her head. “Frederick had pushed you to the edge because of me. If I get married and distance myself from you, only then would you be able to have some space to breathe.”
Stella finally understood.
All this time, he was thinking about her. A dull ache erupted in her heart and her eyes. There was so much she wanted to talk to him about, but she could only swallow the words she wanted to say like a bitter pill.
They wouldn’t have a future together, after all.
“Frederick and I are already a couple,” she said cruelly.
“I know you have feelings for me. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have come to me as soon as I get hurt. When you saw that assassin, you stood by me without hesitation,” Jasper said firmly.
“I went to you when you were injured because I was a doctor before and knew how to treat you. When it came to that assassin, I went to stand with you because I thought it would be safer there,” she tried to reason her actions. However, she didn’t dare meet his gaze because of her guilty conscience.
“Since you think I’m safe enough to be with, why don’t you come to me? Do you know how insecure I feel right now?
At every hour of the day, whether I was sleeping, working, or resting, I would think, ‘What is she and Frederick doing right now?!’
Every time I think about that, I can’t even breathe.
Stella, just like what you said just now, I’ll be with you.
No matter what happens, as long as I’m with you, I don’t care about fame or fortune. I only care whether I’m with you or not.” Jasper confessed.
She trembled in response.
His last sentence was akin to a fatal blow on the remaining vestiges of her resistance.
She raised her head and looked at Jasper. In his eyes, she saw pain and affection.
She could give him her body and heart, but she couldn’t give him a future.
Her life was in the hands of others.
As long as he was staying with her, he would suffer.
“I’m sorry, Jasper. Thank you for still loving me despite everything that has happened, but I don’t want to be with you.
I am afraid of trouble, and I am afraid of being upset. Once I encounter something that makes me annoyed or hurt, my mental state would not be good. When I am with you, I’ll have to take drugs to help with my mental state as well as sleeping pills every day. I feel like I’m on the verge of collapse.
After leaving you, my mood has calmed down a lot, and I don’t need to take medicine and sleeping pills. I am selfish. I would rather have a healthy mind and body than to be with you.” Stella refused coldly.
“What if I could build a peaceful sky for you?” He fixed his gaze on her.
“You said previously that we have to wait for this peaceful sky to appear. To be honest, I think you should give up. We haven’t known each other for long. A ten-year-long relationship was forgotten so easily, let alone us who don’t even love each other deeply.” Stella’s voice was like ice.
That last phrase was enough to send him into the depths of hell.
He felt that he had already loved her deeply. He wanted to give up everything for her and take her abroad. He didn’t want to be a general anymore – he would rather work as an ordinary office worker who could support her and their children.
He pressed a kiss on her neck, on her forehead, and on her nose. “I will never give up on you in this life!”