They hadn’t finished the chicken wings from lunch, but the mushroom soup had been cleaned out. Jasper Milton cooked another 2 dishes for dinner, which were pumpkin soup and grilled salmon.
As she ate the dishes that were made by Jasper, Stella Grace felt warm in her heart.
After dinner, they watched a movie in the living room.
It was a romantic movie, which Jasper wasn’t really keen on. She could sense it, so she asked, “What do you want to watch? I have downloaded a lot of movies in all kinds of genres.”
Jasper shook his head and held her in her arms, “You can watch whatever you like. I don’t mind.”
Stella turned around and looked at him. She thought for a moment and said, “Jasper, there’s one more thing that I have yet to tell you.”
“What is it?”
“Remember when I told you that my mother was an orphan? Well, her father found me. He and I did a paternity test earlier today. The results have shown that I am his biological granddaughter.”
“Are you talking about Mr. Turner?”
Stella pursed her lips and smiled, “Have you been keeping an eye on me all this time?”
“Yeah. I suppose my eyes had never left you for even one second,” Jasper didn’t deny it.
Stella’s smile widened and she put her arms around Jasper’s neck.
At that time, she felt rather downcast when Jasper reprimanded her with such harsh words. However, now that she thought about it, it seemed that she was worried about nothing.
He had said those words on purpose so that she would not be in danger.
“Mr. Turner is a patriotic man. Whenever an earthquake or a flash flood happens in A Country, he would always be the one who donated the most. He loves the country so much that he even served as the President of the Patriotic Association of A Country, along with handling all its day-to-day meetings. Is he planning to have a reunion with you?” Jasper asked.
Stella nodded, “I was looking forward to it before, as I hoped it would make the gap between our status smaller. But later, I found out that there is a girl with him, and she looked similar to me before I went for surgery. I was worried that Frederick would find out that I am Stella through her, so I plan to get to know him in private without telling others.
As my grandfather felt that he owed my grandmother, he insisted on compensating me. He gave me some money and I accepted it as to fulfill his wish.”
Jasper stroked Stella’s head, “I’m sorry. I should have accompanied you.”
“I know why you didn’t. It’s okay.”
“I really don’t know if you are just foolish or stupid. I have scolded you so harshly, but yet you still sacrifice for me,” Jasper said with pity.
“Somehow, I felt that you were just angry at that moment and you would come to find me eventually!” Stella smiled. It seemed that she guessed right.
The horn of the yacht rang at this moment and Stella got up.
“What’s wrong?” Jasper asked in confusion.
“The yacht is about two kilometers away from shore. I’ll head over to the steering room to take a look. It’s already late today. Shall we spend the night on the yacht instead?” Stella suggested.
Jasper nodded, “It’s quite humid by the beach. The quilt in the room will have to be aired out under the sun before we sleep on it. Let’s just stay here today. We may be very busy tomorrow.”
“By the way, do you have a gun with you?” Stella was worried, “If we meet a bear or a wolf, we’ll be in trouble.”
“Yes, I do. I applied for it through special approval. I will accompany you to the steering room,” Jasper said. He held Stella’s hand as they walked to the room together.
Stella turned on the spotlight of the yacht, which instantly lit up the path before them. Jasper could see the beach and his house from both his eyes and the screen.
Stella adjusted the direction and speed skillfully. Then, the yacht came to a stop just 50 meters away from the island. She dropped the anchor and secured the boat.
“Here we are, our home,” Stella said with a smile.
Jasper also smiled and he looked at his watch. It was 8:15 p. m. It was still a bit too early for him to head to bed.
“I bought some meat as well. Shall we have a barbecue at the bow?” Stella suggested.
“Could we do that? This yacht has quite a lot of functions,” Jasper was quite surprised.
“All the cooking utensils and the induction cooker were complimentary gifts that came with the purchase of this yacht. I kept some firewood in the storage room. After getting ashore tomorrow, we could load more of them onto the yacht. Then, we could travel around the world with this yacht,” Stella said thoughtfully.
“Sounds good. Let’s go to the storage room,” Jasper took her hand in his.
He took out the stove, while Stella took some firewood, a grill pan, and some aluminum foil.
While Jasper made the fire, Stella washed the grill pan. Then, she cut the pork into thin slices and put them onto the plate. She also peeled some potatoes and cut them into thin slices before putting them on another plate.
Jasper started the fire and went over to Stella. She was cutting some bell peppers, “Jasper, is our net still there?”
“Yeah, it’s in the room. I’ll cast the fishing net tomorrow, then we’ll have fish and crabs.”
“It should be more delicious once we add some seasoning. I was craving it so bad last time, I even went for a seafood buffet. But I realized that it didn’t taste the same, and it didn’t give me the warmth that I felt when I was on this island,” Stella cut the vegetables and put the oil, pepper, cumin, chili, and salt on the tray.
Jasper took it over.
Stella brought two bottles of beer, two plates, a brush and put them on the ground.
The fire in the stove was burning, and her face was flushed.
Jasper grilled the meat.
Stella picked up a piece of meat and put it in her mouth. Her lips were covered with the oil from the grilled pork. She reminisced and praised, “Wow, it’s so delicious.”
“You should have more then,” Jasper said dotingly.
Stella took a sip of beer. Then, she put the potatoes, vegetables, tomatoes on the aluminum foil and brushed some oil on it.
As the grill pan was covered in aluminum foil, it would not produce too much smoke and the food would not get burned easily.
“You should stay at home tomorrow to air out the quilt, do some housework, and tidy up the house. I’ll go out to hunt. You can stay in the yard at home, but you must not open the door, do you understand? Also, I have bought a satellite positioning gadget. Once you dial a specific number, there will be a signal within 200 meters from the house. There’s also a computer in my room, so you could contact the outside world. If you are feeling a little bored, you could also watch some movies and play games online while you wait for me to come home.”
“When will you come home? I will be worried about you. Why don’t we do the housework together and then go hunting together?” Stella asked.
Jasper picked up a few pieces of the grilled pork and put them onto Stella’s plate, “Hunting is not easy. We can’t make any sound and I have to act quickly. I will get distracted if you’re with me. Furthermore, hunting also depends on luck. Many hunters go out together and stay in the mountains for a few days before returning home.”
“It gets dark earlier in the forest. It doesn’t matter if you successfully hunted anything or not, promise me that you would come back by 3 p. m. I have enough food for us to stay here for a few days.”
Jasper nodded, “Okay.”
He picked up some grilled pork for Stella again.
Stella took up some and returned it to Jasper, “You have to eat too. I have eaten a lot.”
“You have to eat more, so that you’ll have more strength later.”
“What?”
Jasper smiled and kissed her oily lips…