When Stella Grace returned to the villa, Jasper Milton was already waiting for her at the front door. He watched her silently as she got out of the car. His face was pale. He pursed his lips so thin and merely stood there, expressionless, without the slightest tinge of warmth that he used to carry with him.
Stella knew that he was very furious now. She put on an ingratiating smile at him and said softly, “Have you been waiting for me over here? Why don’t you sleep for a while? Have you eaten breakfast? I’ll cook for you now.”
“You were the one who kidnapped Ralph,” Jasper said coldly.
Stella knew that the Dark Shadow would tell him everything. Initially, she didn’t want to let others know about this, but Jasper and Anthony were trapped. If she didn’t let her mercenaries take action, Bettany Hadley would have died and she would have never known the truth.
“We found out that the mastermind behind the scenes may be Christian Saltzman. He has an organization, and Frederick is his subordinate. Little Tiger and the others were killed because they accidentally saw the name list of the organization,” Stella explained.
Jasper looked at her coldly. He clenched his jaw and raised his voice, “What I’m asking you is, did you kidnap Ralph? Don’t you understand my question?”
“I know that you wouldn’t let me kidnap Ralph, so I didn’t tell you the truth. Now that Bettany has been saved, I’ll ask someone to send Ralph back to her,” Stella said softly with red teary eyes.
“What’s the point?” Jasper asked coldly.
“What?”
“I told you not to meddle in this matter, didn’t I? Now that you’ve exposed Bettany, they won’t let her off. Ralph will definitely die with her. Does it matter now that you knew that the mastermind could be Christian?” Jasper asked his chest heaving violently.
“At least, we could be more vigilant of him. Besides, we also know the truth about that mission. The higher-ups will investigate further and protect Hale,” Stella’s eyes grew moist.
“So, I should thank you, right? Thank you for kidnapping my son, threatening my son’s mother, and putting both of them in mortal danger,” Jasper said angrily.
Stella sniffled and tried to hold back her tears. “Frederick has promised to let Bettany go, so she should be safe. You can rest assured. If you are worried, you can take them back to live with you.”
“Frederick?” Jasper became even more furious. He held her face and asked fiercely, “What kind of deal did you make with him? Are you trying to turn this into a bigger issue?”
Stella stared at the hatred and disgust in his eyes.
In fact, she was ready to sacrifice herself, as long as she could protect the people she loved. She was not afraid of death.
However, in the face of his accusation, her heart ached, “I just said that I would tell him the news about Stella, but I deliberately guided him to the South Pole. He won’t find out that I’m lying for a while.”
Jasper let go of her face, “I can no longer see the old Stella in you. You’ve learned to lie without remorse, to commit crimes, to kill, to have no morality, etiquette, and shame. These were all things that the old Stella would not do.”
Stella finally burst into tears.
She wanted to cry because she felt so wronged.
However, even though she had felt wronged, she couldn’t refute him, not even with a single word.
She had seen a news report from overseas long ago. It was about a dog that had a good relationship with a baby. The owner often left the baby with the dog.
One day, the owner came home and saw that the room was full of blood. The dog came out of the room with blood all over its body.
The owner instinctively thought that the dog had hurt his son, so he took out his gun and killed the dog. When he returned to the room, he saw a huge python that had been bitten to death next to the baby. Only then did he knew that the dog was bleeding all over in order to protect the baby from the huge python.
Now, she felt exactly like that dog, which had been sentenced to death by Jasper just because there was blood over her.
“So?” Stella asked.
“Let’s be apart for the time being to calm ourselves down. I need to think about this. I’m afraid of the current you,” Jasper said coldly.
Afraid?
Stella lowered her eyes. She did not have a clear vision because there were too many tears in her eyes.
She didn’t say anything but merely nodded and turned around.
Jasper clenched his fists, and the blue veins on the back of his hand bulged. Looking at her thin and slender figure, his eyes were full of pain and sympathy. His temples jumped up and down. He turned around firmly, entered his room, and closed the door.
Stella halted in her tracks and turned around to look at the closed door. She let out a yowl of anguish and with nothing to hold onto, she squatted on the ground. Her tears started dripping down her cheek onto the ground.
“I don’t understand. Why are you treating Miss Wheeler in this way, Director Milton? Even if Miss Wheeler is wrong, she had only done all these for your own good. She almost died in order to protect Bettany just now, yet Bettany still wants to kill her. Although she had kidnapped the young master, she did not harm him at all. It was just a tactic to obtain the truth. She really did her best for you, Chief,” Elvis Zachary was feeling indignant for Stella.
“Does it have anything to do with you?” Jasper said coldly as he smashed the ashtray next to him onto the ground.
Elvis’ body trembled and he puffed out his chest. “Even though I’m going to be scolded by you, Chief, I must make myself clear.
To be honest, even though we knew that it had something to do with Bettany, we don’t dare to kidnap the young master. Only Miss Wheeler dared to do so. She did all this for you!
If it hadn’t been for Miss Wheeler, Hale would have been regarded as a spy and she would have been executed by now. All our comrades who were killed in the mission would have died in injustice.
You favor Bettany too much and this is so unfair to Miss Wheeler. You only think about Bettany’s safety, but you never spare a thought for Hale! In fact, Miss Wheeler almost died just now. I witnessed with my own eyes how Miss Wheeler stood in front of Bettany to shield her from getting shot. Chief, you shouldn’t treat Miss Wheeler like this.”
“What should I do then? She’s courting for death now, and she refused to listen to my words at all!” Jasper said angrily. He frowned and a drop of tear dripped out of his left eye.
Elvis paused and he seemed to understand something, but he looked puzzled at the same time, “What do you mean by Miss Wheeler was courting for death? I don’t think so. I just think that she loves you very much.”
Jasper turned his face away. He now regretted the answer he had given to her back then.
She said that if she were to die one day, she wanted him to take care of their child and fulfill her dreams on her behalf. He agreed.
He asked her in return if she would take care of their child and fulfill his dreams if he was the one who died. She didn’t agree.
Now, she was in a desperate state, determined to find out the truth even it would cost her life. It seemed that she didn’t care about her own life anymore.
Little did she know that if she died, he wouldn’t want to live either.
“Get out,” Jasper ordered. He really needed some time to calm himself down.
“Then, shall we still need to protect Miss Wheeler?” Elvis asked.
“Send more people to protect her. Don’t let her know about this. If she knows, you don’t have to work for me in the future.”