As soon as Frederick’s words fell, Jasper Milton threw a punch at him. It was as fast as lightning.
Frederick Addington stumbled a few steps back and wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth with his thumb. He sneered and retaliated with an equally quick punch.
He had long wanted to hit Jasper.
Jasper had already come in between them when Stella was still Frederick’s. She cheated on him and Frederick had endured it for a long time.
Jasper turned sideways and dodged Frederick’s fist. He grabbed his arm and pushed him away with all his strength.
Frederick suddenly realized Jasper’s motive, so he held back his fist. At the same time, he rushed over to Jasper and kicked behind him. Jasper stepped back to avoid Frederick’s foot and loosened his grip on him.
Frederick swung at Jasper again, who then loosened his arms and punched back towards Frederick’s head.
Frederick ducked and dodged the blow. As his elbow hit Jasper, Jasper managed to land a kick on him. The two of them kept fighting.
Both Frederick’s and Jasper’s soldiers looked at each other in dismay before looking to their bosses.
Someone suddenly fired a shot with a bang.
Everyone looked at the one who fired the gun.
Zoah Davis and Jasper’s father had brought a group of people over.
“What are you doing?” Steven Milton asked angrily.
“Get up, both of you,” Zoah said in a harsh voice.
Frederick stood up lazily and dusted his body off.
Jasper followed suit, jaw held tightly. He looked ahead with a cold face, his eyes full of rage and arrogance.
“Follow me,” Steven said to Jasper.
“You’re gonna leave and then have dinner,” Frederick mocked.
Jasper’s sharp eyes swept over him.
Now he knew why Stella chose to leave him after he was released. He also knew why Stella was determined to leave the island and why she had asked him to promise her that he would live well after she was dead.
He knew that Frederick was despicable, but he didn’t expect him to be so heinous and poisoned Stella.
“Direct your anger at me. Don’t aim your ire at Stella,” Jasper said sternly.
“I can do whatever I want to my woman. It has nothing to do with you. Besides, did you say that I should direct my anger at you? I’m sorry, you are nothing in my eyes. I don’t have time to waste on you,” Frederick retorted.
Jasper grabbed Frederick’s collar and pulled him up. “Where is Stella now? I want to see her.”
Frederick raised his chin with a smirk, and said evilly, “Why should I let you see my woman? Not only will I not let you see her, but I will never let you see her for the rest of my life.”
Jasper clenched his teeth and pulled Frederick in front of him. “You tried to murder me first. If I took things to military court, I promise you that you won’t see the sun tomorrow.”
Frederick was not afraid at all. He removed Jasper’s hand, tidied up his clothes, and said lazily, “If you have the evidence, please feel free to sue me, but don’t blame me for not reminding you that if I die, Stella will die with me as well.”
Jasper looked at Frederick angrily.
Frederick was right.
On one hand, he did not have any strong evidence. On the other hand, Stella was his Achilles’ heel. He would not sue Frederick for Stella’s sake. He felt depressed yet he could not vent it. He clenched his fists as blue veins started bulging on the back of his hands.
Frederick showed a smile as if he knew what was going on. He was arrogant and cocky. “I can get whatever I want. Others can’t get it no matter how much effort they put in.”
Jasper punched Frederick on the face again.
Frederick spat out a mouthful of blood, and one of his teeth was loose.
“D*mn it!” Frederick was furious. He picked up the pistol and aimed it at Jasper’s head, then he cocked the gun.
Steven’s eyes narrowed, and he removed up his own pistol and pointed it at Frederick. “Do you think that our Milton family is useless?”
Noticing that the situation was turning awry, the soldiers all raised their guns with cold sweat on their foreheads and noses.
Once someone fired his gun, countless people would die.
Everyone held their breath. It was strange and quiet all around.
Zoah looked at Steven and then at Frederick. His cell phone suddenly rang. He immediately picked it up when he saw it was from the President.
“Steven, Jasper, Frederick, the President had just called. He asked all of us to go to his office. There’s something urgent that he needs to speak with us,” he said.
Steven was the first to lower his pistol.
Frederick looked at Jasper coldly. He didn’t want to lower his gun.
Jasper pursed his lips tightly and looked at him in neither humble nor arrogant manner. He was not afraid of the danger as he faced death unflinchingly. His eyes were focused and sharp, with an admirable aura.
Frederick remembered what the President said.
If the problem could not be solved in half an hour, his forces would be removed.
Power was the only way to keep himself undefeated.
He took the pistol away.
“That’s good. The President asked us to go now. I’ve already arranged for a plane. Let’s go together,” Zoah said to everyone.
The roaring sound of the plane’s engine approached.
Jasper looked at the window of Frederick’s villa and narrowed his eyes, which were as dark as ink.
If he guessed right, Stella was inside. He should protect his woman. He didn’t know how Stella was doing right now.
In the President’s office.
Frederick, Jasper, Steven, Zoah and Sean Yaleman were all there.
The President smiled and said, “We’re all brothers. There’s nothing we can’t solve. We don’t need to resort to violence, do we?”
“Frederick kidnapped my wife. Is it too much for me to get my wife back?” Jasper asked coldly.
Frederick smiled. “She’s your ex-wife, and your ex-wife is also my ex-wife. She was willing to come with me. Are you going to fight me? Do you really want to fight me?”
“You injected a virus into my wife’s body. If she was willing, why did you inject the virus into her?” Jasper asked coldly.
“She did it willingly.”
“Whether she was willing or not, let her say it herself. If she is not willing, then please immediately detoxify her, and don’t imprison her again. Can you do it?” Jasper asked firmly.
“The problem is that she can’t say it now. She accidentally fell into the sea. She has been in a coma after I rescued her out of the sea,” Frederick said coldly.
“What? How did she fall into the sea?” Jasper was shocked.
“I should ask you that. She wanted to leave with me, but you didn’t allow her to. Hence, you pushed her into the sea.”
Jasper slammed the table and stood up. “Nonsense! Did you push her into the sea?”
Frederick leaned back on the chair leisurely. “If I had pushed her into the sea, why would I save her?”
“Frederick…” Jasper was about to lose his temper. He was like a tightly wound spring, ready to explode at any time.
At this moment, Frederick’s cell phone suddenly rang. When he saw Loomis Harper calling, he answered, “What’s the matter?”
“Commander, Miss Grace is missing,” he reported.