After Christian Saltzman left the room, Sean Yaleman picked up his phone and called Stella Grace, “I have two things to tell you. First, Christian said that the person who killed Jasper was not one of his men. You’d better investigate the murder again. I think that he has no reason to lie to me.
“Second, he will probably let that Dark Shadow go and apologize to the public thereafter. After all, that Dark Shadow did try to assassinate him. I will not be able to guarantee his safety if you decide to pursue this matter further.”
Stella looked straight ahead with a deep gaze.
Wasn’t it Christian who assassinated Jasper?
In other words, the two people working for Christian were still lurking in the military base.
She must try her best to find out who they are.
She also knew that she could not continue investigating the matter anymore if she wanted Eugene to be safe. Even if she continued to do so, Christian would not be punished.
However, it did not mean that she would let go of Christian.
Perhaps, he was not the person who had assassinated Jasper in the military base, but she was sure that the plane explosion was his doing.
“I see. I will cease my actions for the time being. Just let him deal with the rest of the public opinion. I will take Jasper’s ashes out to the island tomorrow. That place used to be our happy place,” Stella spoke coldly.
“When will you be back?” Sean asked.
“I am not sure. I want to stay on that island for a while. I will contact you and ask you once I get back. I will probably need your help,” Stella muttered in a low voice, sounding a little tired.
“Don’t overwork yourself. After all, you are pregnant with a baby in your belly.”
“Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing. Alright then, I haven’t had my lunch yet. I want to go back and have a good rest.”
“Okay then,” Sean hung up the phone.
Stella pressed her intercom and spoke, “Brayden, please come to my office.”
Brayden Drake appeared in Stella’s office right away.
After the incident from earlier that day, he had a rough idea that his new boss was a very powerful person. She didn’t even care about Christian, so he suspected she must be a very powerful person.
Stella ordered when she saw Brayden coming in, “Continue with whatever Student’s Giggles is doing right now. Also, I need to build a website. You will be in charge of dealing with the procedures as well as recruiting editors and reporters.
The website also needs a few major sections. First, we need to reveal the truth to expose certain officials. Second, we will be promoting lifestyle and health. Third, we will reveal the establishment of all kinds of charities. The fourth will be a forum for the people to express their responses. Fifth, we need to list down the contact numbers where the general public could contact us to give us tips. If the tips turn out to be true, we will award 500 dollars to those who had provided accurate information to us.”
“If such a website is built up, it may be very difficult to make money,” Brayden was worried.
“Well, I kind of know what you’re worried about. You could divide the website and Student’s Giggles into two different parts to manage. The 4 million dollars that I’ll transfer each year will be directly subsidized to the website. I don’t need to make any profits, do you understand?”
Brayden nodded, “Yes, I understand.”
“Do your best. Don’t worry, I will give you a bonus by the end of this year,” Stella added.
“I will try my best.”
“Good. Call me if you need anything,” Stella wrote down her phone number and passed it to Brayden.
“Noted, Director Grace.”
Stella put away her pen and continued, “I need the website to be completed by two months.”
“Okay, Director Grace.”
Stella stood up with her bag and went out of the office. The man who was sent by Anthony had been waiting in the car. When he saw that Stella was coming, he got out of the car and opened the door for her in no time.
“Please check the car,” Stella ordered.
Anthony’s man checked the car thoroughly and confirmed that there was no problem. Then, Stella got into the car.
She leaned against the chair with her eyes closed. She did not say a word and fell into a deep sleep.
Stella only opened her eyes when the car finally stopped at the gate of the villa. She could still feel her head throbbing. Perhaps it was due to a lack of sleep. She yawned with her eyes still shut.
When she returned to the villa, Anthony Levis, Chadrick Cher, Elvis Zachary, and Lynette Lanes were all there.
They saluted her.
At first, she thought it was not a big deal. However, she felt a strange feeling when they saluted her.
“Thank you, Madam, for everything you’ve done for the Dark Shadow,” Anthony thanked her sincerely.
“You all don’t have to do this,” Stella headed in and stood in front of Anthony, “Come to the study, I have something to tell you.”
“Okay.”
“Natalie, would you like to have dinner first?” Suzi Shine said worriedly.
“Mom, I don’t have much of an appetite. Perhaps the rest of them could eat first,” Stella spoke apologetically.
She really didn’t have any appetite at all, and she even felt a little nauseous.
Stella had been busy all day, so she hadn’t even eaten her lunch.
“I’ll make some soup for you then. Make sure you eat some. Even if you don’t feel like eating, the baby in your belly still needs to eat,” Suzi looked at Stella’s belly.
Stella nodded, “I’m sorry to trouble you.”
“Not at all. It’s my pleasure.”
Stella walked into the study room, followed by Anthony. Then, she closed the door, “I have a few things to tell you. First, my boat is still on the island. I will have to go there tomorrow by helicopter. I have told Sean about it, so it will be easier for you to make the arrangements tomorrow. I want to stay there and accompany Jasper for a while. You will be able to arrange it, right?”
Anthony nodded and said, “Yes.”
“Second, please temporarily halt all matters with regards to the jewelry. Milton Corp has plenty of money, so we could ignore that for the time being.”
“Yes, don’t worry, Madam, I’ll take care of everything.”
“The third thing is that the person who assassinated Jasper may not be one of Christian’s men, so that means that some of his men are still near Jasper. You must be cautious.
Christian has been hit pretty hard this time so he will restrain himself a little. Nevertheless, please still be alert at all times.
Do a background check of all the soldiers and the advisers around Jasper. I want to find out who the real murderer is. By the way, please send all the projects that Christian had participated in before to my email. I will go through them.”
“Okay, no problem,” Anthony promised without hesitation.
“As for everything else, we’ll talk about it once I get back. When I come back, I’ll join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then enter the government successfully. We’ll liaise again then,” Stella muttered in a low voice.
“Okay.”
Stella looked at him and asked, “Do you have anything else to tell me?”
Anthony was about to speak but he stopped on second thought. In the end, he shook his head.
“Alright, go back early after your meal. You still have a lot of things to do. Thank you for your hard work.”
“Not at all,” Anthony replied.
“I’ll thank you on behalf of Jasper,” Stella spoke sincerely.
Anthony lowered his head and did not say anything else. He turned around and walked out of the study room.
She didn’t know why, but she had a bad feeling when she saw his reaction.
Fortunately, she could see Jasper tomorrow. Her wandering heart would finally be still once she sees him.
Stella went out of the room and Suzi came over with some chicken soup, “You don’t look too well. Please have a good rest after you have taken your dinner.”
“Thank you, Mom. I’m feeling a little tired so I’ll head back to my room first. Please take care of the guests on my behalf,” Stella spoke wearily.
Suzi nodded. Then, she went into Stella’s room and placed the chicken soup on the tea table.
Stella’s phone rang. She picked it up and saw that it was Frederick Addington.
“Stella, I have something important to tell you,” Frederick muttered in a deep voice.