Jasper Milton was such a proud person.
However, she hurt him with his love willfully. She tried her best to show him a woman’s stubbornness, overbearingness, unreasonableness, and just how difficult she was to get along with.
She planned to push him far away as quickly as she could until his love for her was depleted.
However, perhaps that did not matter. As long as she loved him, it would be fine. She knew that what she did was right.
Jasper had already sacrificed a lot for her.
She still remembered his look when he was wearing a military uniform. He was upstanding and righteous. He was able to gain a decisive victory with just a glance. He had that kind of arrogance.
She still remembered the time when they first met. He said, “I am a soldier and I will protect you.”
He went to study in the military school a long time ago and he started off as a special forces soldier. From then on, he made great contributions to the army. Without the help of his family, he built achievements in the war after risking his life to sneak into the enemy camps. Those were his dreams of protecting the country. It was not forced, nor compelled, but out of love for his favorite career.
Because of her, he almost became a spy who betrayed the country.
Because of her, he almost died on that deserted island.
Because of her, he left the military…
How could she bear to put him in danger again?
Natalie Wheeler wiped her tears away and turned over. She didn’t have an appetite. She merely curled herself up into a ball.
Perhaps, Jasper would be very sad and he would suffer a lot during this period of time. However, he would be fine after that. Once the feelings from the past were gone, separation would equal to freedom.
Natalie lay for half an hour when there was suddenly a knock on the door.
She got up from the bed and saw that it was a waiter. She opened the door.
“Dear guest, here is the steak that you had ordered,” the waiter said respectfully.
Natalie was surprised, “I didn’t order it. You’ve sent it to the wrong place.”
“It’s not wrong. It was ordered by Mr. Milton. He told you not to get hungry,” the waiter explained.
Natalie realized that it was Jasper who had ordered it.
How did he know that she hadn’t ordered a meal?
“Okay, thank you,” Natalie said.
The waiter pushed the cart in and opened the lid. There were steak, vegetable salad, foie gras and a glass of red wine.
Natalie studied Jasper’s business proposal as she ate the steak.
She would search the terms that she did not understand on Google. She memorized the key points, especially the justifications in persuading Aneira Mallon to cooperate with her.
As soon as she finished eating, her cell phone rang.
She saw that it was Stephen. She immediately answered the phone.
“Where are you? Aneira has called me to go over to her place,” Stephen said.
“I’m at the hotel. I’ll wait for you in the lobby downstairs.” Natalie put the business proposal in her bag. After tidying up her hair, she simply applied some face cream, foundation, eyeliner, mascara, and lipstick. Then, she went downstairs in a hurry.
Stephen was already there, and he was dressed casually. The butler was accompanying him and he brought with him some drawing tools.
“Sorry, I’m late,” Natalie apologized.
“It’s okay. We have just arrived.” Stephen looked at her, “You were so beautiful yesterday. No man could keep their eyes off you.”
Natalie was speechless.
The implication was that she was not beautiful today.
When Stephen spoke about the party yesterday, she was inadvertently reminded of the events that happened on the rooftop yesterday. Her face turned red and she lowered her head.
A luxurious Rolls-Royce drove over.
The butler opened the door.
Stephen sat in the back seat, while Natalie sat next to him. The butler sat in the passenger seat.
Stephen looked Natalie from top to bottom again.
Natalie felt a bit uncomfortable with his staring. She asked, “Is there something on my face?”
“This dress is very beautiful and it suits you very much,” Stephen said with a smile.
“Thank you,” Natalie said politely.
“Haha.” Stephen laughed out loud, “Allen called me this morning to ask about you.”
“You know my situation better than I do,” Natalie said.
“Didn’t you call him?” Stephen asked.
“I got up too late. I didn’t have time as I was eating just now,” Natalie explained.
“Really? Haha.” Stephen laughed again.
Natalie always felt that his laugh was weird, so she was not keen on continuing the conversation. She turned her face away and looked out of the window.
She had to solve her problem with Allen, but it was not the right time yet. Perhaps she would consider it after she was done talking business with Aneira.
The journey went on for more than half an hour and they finally arrived at Aneira’s castle.
There were two expressionless guards standing by the entrance.
The driver was sent by Aneira to pick Stephen up. After a brief examination, they let the driver pass.
Aneira’s castle looked very dreamy. After they entered the gate, there were met with a flower garden full of roses. Usually, roses would begin to wither in September, but the flowers here were still blooming and fragrant.
There was a vintage courtyard after they drove past the garden. It took them another three minutes to get out of the lakeside and reach the majestic ancient castle.
Aneira’s butler was ready to greet them at the door.
Natalie followed Stephen in and walked through a large corridor to the entrance of the main hall.
Before she entered, she heard the laughter of a young girl.
When the guard of the main hall opened the door, she saw Aneira, Avril, an unknown man, and Jasper.
She didn’t expect that Jasper would be here, so she was a little surprised. She went in with her head lowered.
Aneira turned to look at Stephen and said disdainfully, “Since when did you change from being a painter to another person’s lobbyist? You even brought someone with you when you come to paint.”
“I’m afraid that you’ll be deceived, so I wanted to introduce a reliable person to you.” Stephen sat down in front of Aneira.
“Weren’t you the one who had deceived me the most?”
“Let’s not talk about whether I have deceived you or if it’s the other way around. You should talk to her first.” Stephen picked up the orange from the table and peeled it.
Aneira rolled her eyes at Stephen and said to Natalie calmly, “Follow me. There are too many irrelevant people here.”
Everyone knew that Aneira was referring to Stephen.
There was no change on Stephen’s face, and he continued to eat his orange.
Natalie followed Aneira to her study room.
Aneira sat on the sofa, turned around, and looked at Natalie lazily. “Since you’re recommended by Stephen, I’ll give you this opportunity. 1 to 9. I get 9 and you get 1. There’s no need to talk if the profit ratio is any other than that.”
Natalie smiled and said, “Do you know how many jewelry merchants there are in A country?”
“Does it have anything to do with me?” Aneira said arrogantly.
“Aneira, if you are interested in the market of A country, then you should be interested in the consumption-ability of the people in A country. Over the past two years, A country has developed very fast. The sales of luxury goods per annum are more than 80 billion dollars a year, and the jewelry industry occupies 65 percent of the market. The profit in A country is very considerable.”
“So?” Aneira shrugged.
“My company will be able to secure 80 percent of the market, because the boss behind my company is a top figure in the political circle and celebrity circle of A Country. We hope to get half of the profit, and the details are all stated in the business proposal,” Natalie handed the business proposal to Aneira.
Aneira took it, glanced at it, and sneered, “The jewelry is mine, and the designer is mine. You are just helping me sell them and yet you request for half of the profit. Don’t you think that it’s too much?”
“If you make a movie and screen it, sales platforms usually request for 60% of the sales,” Natalie reminded.
Aneira put aside the proposal and looked at Natalie coldly. She said with a strong aura, “Let me ask you, what’s your relationship with that man outside, Jasper?”