“What’s wrong?” Eli Wayne asked worriedly.
“Unit 901 of Periwinkle Garden is Jasper’s house.” Natalie Wheeler murmured. Her heart was thumping wildly. She thought of the suspicious people whom she saw at the stairway and became uneasy. She got up from the bed and instinctively called Jasper Milton.
She wanted to know if they were safe or not.
The phone rang. She remembered Jasper’s words. “What does it have to do with you?”
She hung up the phone again.
Not only would Jasper not tell her, but he would also reprimand her and suspect her.
Perhaps, she should call Dante then.
But if Dante was with Jasper, wouldn’t she be exposed?
The phone rang.
When she saw that it was Jasper who had called her, her back stiffened. She cleared her throat and answered the call.
“What’s the matter?” Jasper asked coldly. His voice was low and hoarse, as if he was suppressing his anger, which was about to explode.
“Er… Have you found the owner of the earrings?” Natalie found a topic and asked.
Jasper said in a low voice, “It belongs to the girl staying across us. She came here last time to play and left them at my house.”
“Oh,” Natalie answered and lowered her head. She thought of the beautiful girl staying across Jasper’s house.
They were playing in his room. It seemed that they had a good relationship.
“Is there anything else? Otherwise, I’m hanging up.” Jasper said coldly and meanly.
She could hear the impatience in his tone.
He was already impatient with her, so she was not afraid of him suspecting her. “I saw the news that your house was on fire. Is your family alright?”
“First of all, it’s none of your business. Secondly, don’t you think that you care too much? With your status, even if my house was on fire, my family’s safety has nothing to do with you.” Jasper said coldly.
Natalie tightened her grip on her mobile phone, took a deep breath, and then another.
She knew that if she called Jasper, she would get such an answer.
However, since she had informed him that he had been spied on, he shouldn’t be treating her that way.
Unfortunately, there was no such thing as ‘should’ or ‘shouldn’t’ in this world.
“I guess we can’t have a peaceful conversation with each other.” Natalie hung up the phone and threw it on the bed.
Eli looked at Natalie and said, “You’re angry with Jasper again, aren’t you? Jasper has always been like that. When I was in the military, I would purposely avoid him. His temper was surprisingly bad. I really can’t understand how you fell in love with someone like him. He is not gentle at all.”
Natalie lowered her eyes, images of him saving her several times flashed through her mind. The image of him smiling at her also flashed by. She gradually calmed down.
“He was good to me.” Natalie whispered and sat down next to Eli.
“Haha.” Eli smiled in denial. She put her hand on Natalie’s shoulder and said straightforwardly, “That’s because you met Frederick, who is even worse. So, as long as there is a man who is better than Frederick, you would think he’s good.”
Natalie’s eyes were misty. She lay on the bed and looked at the white ceiling.
Was it because she hadn’t met Jasper for too long?
It had been so long that she had forgotten how they had loved each other before.
Because of the memories, the reality, and the inevitable helplessness, her heart was aching and torn apart. She could not bear the pain, so she closed her eyes and burst into tears. Her cheeks were wet and the tears dripped down her temples.
“Stella, are you crying? Do you still love Jasper?” Eli asked with distress.
Natalie opened her eyes. They were already red.
She smiled slightly and said, “I’m crying because I was reminiscing the past. I no longer have love in my heart. You know that.”
“You shouldn’t be so pessimistic. You will definitely be cured of the illness. In the beginning, you had to be injected every month. Now, you have not taken the antidote for half a year. Science is improving. As for your figure, I believe you would start to lose weight once you stopped taking the medicine. I think you are much thinner than the previous two months.” Eli spoke words of encouragement.
Natalie smiled slightly. She didn’t care about her figure or her appearance. She just wanted to be healthy. However, if she could not be healthy, then she would just leave it to fate. She didn’t want to force the inevitable. Having cheated death several times, she decided to just go with the flow this time and accept everything that happens in her life.
The phone rang.
When she saw that it was Jasper, she answered cautiously, “What’s wrong?”
“I feel that there are still some things that I haven’t finished saying,” Jasper said in a low voice.
“Go ahead, I don’t expect any good words from you.” Natalie was already prepared.
“Today, the girl from the opposite unit came over to play. I went to deal with the people spying outside. The girl tried to heat some meatballs for the children. Later she forgot about it and that eventually caused the fire. Fortunately, it was not serious. Thank you for telling me about the people outside. However, this is the end of the matter. From now on, we don’t need to contact each other anymore.” Jasper said coldly.
“Got it.” Natalie hung up the phone before he could respond and added his number to the blacklist.
Eli looked at Natalie’s action. “Are you sure you won’t contact him anymore?”
“I came back because I wanted to take care of Dante. Perhaps it would be better not to meet with Jasper.” Natalie said frankly.
Eli held Natalie’s shoulder tightly as if she was trying to comfort her. “You will find a better and more suitable man for yourself. You have gone through so much. There will be a gentleman who will take care of you and protect you in the future.”
Natalie just smiled.
She really couldn’t bring herself to love anyone anymore, but Eli meant well. She didn’t want Eli to worry about her.
They ate the dinner that was sent to their room and coaxed the child for a while. Once the baby went to bed, they also went to sleep.
Natalie had been lying in bed for the past two hours, but she couldn’t fall asleep.
She didn’t want to wake Eli up, who was already fast asleep. She simply got up, went out, sat at the door, and looked up to the sky.
There were no moon or stars in the night sky.
It was close to September. It was still warm and the sound of insects was loud. In the quiet space, it was particularly loud, but it also felt lonely.
Mosquitoes flew around her but didn’t bite her.
The corners of her mouth twitched. There were viruses in her blood, but there were also benefits to it. Even the mosquitoes dared not approach her.
Leaning against the door frame, she looked into the distance quietly…
At 7 a. m.
Jasper received a video taken by the Dark Shadow.
He saw Natalie sitting quietly at the door. Most of the time, she was in a daze. Sometimes, she seemed as if she was thinking about something happy and a smile would grace across her lips. Sometimes, however, she seemed as if she was thinking about something sad and tears would start rolling down her cheeks.
Jasper’s gaze was very deep. He called and asked in a low voice, “How long did she sit there?”
“From 11 p. m. to 3:20 a. m., only then did she return to the room. However, there was something that I thought was rather strange.” the Dark Shadow reported.
“What’s the matter?” Jasper asked suspiciously.
“Our people hid in the dark. They were bitten by mosquitoes during the night. However, even though she had sat at the door for a few hours, it seemed that she was completely unbothered by mosquitoes. It seems to me that she was not bitten by mosquitoes at all.”