“Well, go ahead.”
“Jasper’s assassination probably wasn’t Christian’s doing. I heard that Christian had contacted his people in the military base and asked them to find out the one who killed Jasper. He was extremely angry and he said that he had been framed. He wants to find out the person who framed him and cut his head off. I don’t think that Christian is acting,” Frederick Addington said.
“I’ve already heard about it and I am in the middle of having someone investigate this as well. If it weren’t for a friend’s reminder, I would have been fooled. The person behind it is more scheming than Christian. By the way, thank you, if it weren’t for the address that you gave, we wouldn’t have been able to save Eugene,” Stella stated formally.
Frederick heard her tone and felt a clear spring into his chest. He felt as though he could finally breathe and his whole body relaxed.
He remembered that Stella used to treat him harshly, but now, he was satisfied with her change of attitude towards him.
“I’ve harmed you once, so I’ll help you now,” Frederick confessed.
Stella Grace was silent for ten seconds.
Frederick did not hang up the phone.
“What are you going to do about Linda?” Stella asked him. After all, Linda was her distant relative.
“I have already told her that I want to break up. However, she has been very close to my mother recently. She is still a child,” Frederick murmured in a low voice.
“Frederick, thank you so much for everything you have done for me. But, I don’t love you anymore and it’s impossible for me to be with you. If you are serious about settling down, I’m sure that you’ll find someone who loves you, and vice versa.” Stella suggested.
“I’m tired of all these love games. What I want is a soulmate. I don’t want to live a complicated and messy life like before. If I can’t find my soulmate, then so be it.”
“Haven’t you already done it with her?” Stella was a little angry.
“I was quite excited when I saw her look for the first time. I used her as a rebound. However, at the end of the day, she is not you, and neither is she the type whom I like. Don’t worry, I will break up with her and not waste her time nor hurt her feelings,” Frederick promised.
“You’ve been a playboy for many years, couldn’t you just find a good girl to fall in love with? There are a lot of women who know you and love you. For example, Bettany, she really loves you.”
“Let’s not talk about this anymore. Just like how I told you not to love Jasper. Will you stop loving him just because I said so? Jasper is so boring and he doesn’t even like to talk. He always acts cool and he doesn’t know how to please a girl, right?” Frederick asked in reply.
Stella smiled.
Love was truly strange.
One could feel that this person was incompatible, but another could love despite it all.
One may think that the other person was a good match, but the other might not feel that way at all.
Everyone had a different perspective.
Some liked people who were thin while others liked chubby people. Some liked handsome men while others preferred those who were more average-looking.
As long as the person was confident, they would not mind anyone else’s point of view. After all, minding too much about the opinion of others would only drive one crazy, perhaps even potentially causing one to lose their mind.
“Okay, it’s your choice to make. I’m feeling quite tired. I’ll hang up now. Good night.”
“Good night,” Frederick replied.
Stella was about to hang up the phone, but Frederick shouted in a hurry, “Wait.”
“What?”
“One more thing. You stayed at Zoahs’ house for a long time yesterday, didn’t you?” Frederick questioned.
He knew that he just wanted to hear her voice more.
“Yeah. Did Christian say anything about it?” Stella asked as she sat down on the sofa.
“Christian suspected that Zoahs is working with you. He is very angry that Zoahs didn’t vote for him. However, I know that with Zoahs’ temper, it is difficult for him to stay at your side. You deliberately stayed at his house for more than five hours just to make Christian misunderstand, right?” Frederick speculated.
She was glad that Frederick was helping her now. Otherwise, knowing Frederick’s intelligence, Christian would not have fallen for her trick.
“Will Christian suspect you for helping me out like this?” Stella asked worriedly.
Frederick chuckled. Stella’s concern made him feel happy. He felt as though he had conquered the whole world.
“Christian stopped trusting me two years ago. He was so suspicious that he didn’t even tell me the address of the Dark Shadow. I found it myself. How could he suspect me then?” Frederick spoke confidently.
“That’s good then,” Stella glanced at the bowl of soup on the table, “Well, I’m really going to hang up now. Otherwise, my soup will get cold. I’ll treat you a meal as soon as Christian resigns.”
“Okay, then… good night and sweet dreams.”
“Good night,” Stella hung up the phone and finished the soup. After brushing her teeth and washing up, she climbed into bed and fell asleep.
She had a dream.
She dreamt of Jasper and Dante.
The three of them were playing in the yard. At this moment, she saw a snake and she immediately chased it away. In a blink of an eye, she saw Dante wincing with his palm on his lips. It seemed that his tongue had been bitten by the snake.
She was worried that the snake was poisonous as it was black in color. Jasper assured her that the snake was not poisonous. However, she was still worried. She grabbed the snake and cut it into two pieces.
The snake was still alive and tried to slither away.
She smashed the head of the snake to make sure that it was dead. Only then did she feel at ease.
Heavy rain soon poured down from the sky.
The scene in her mind changed to the orphanage that she had stayed at when she was a child.
There was a well in the yard of the orphanage.
She remembered that the water in the well was particularly sweet.
At that time, the environment and conditions of the orphanage were extremely bad. They did not even have a refrigerator. The dean’s mother bought a large watermelon and placed it in a hanging barrel. She added water from the well into the hanging barrel. When they ate the watermelon at night, it was cold and sweet.
The children in the orphanage were enjoying the wind on the roof.
The dean’s mother would set up a few beds and tents for the children to play in.
They told stories, guessed riddles, sang songs, and counted the stars. It was warm and happy, without any burden and pressure. Although she had no parents, she was happy and not lonely.
As soon as Stella opened her eyes, she noticed a black shadow rummaging through something in her room.
She closed her eyes without making any noise.
If the other party had intended to kill her, he would have already done so. He would not have waited until now.
But who was he?
Why was he have rummaging around in her house?
There were a lot of guards, including the Dark Shadow, who was observing her secretly. Besides, she also had the God’s Eyes.
How did he get in then? Why didn’t he get caught? Besides, what on earth was he looking for?
Suddenly, she felt the person approaching her. She could feel his breath all over her face.
He watched her from a close distance.
She tried her best to calm herself down. She hoped that her eyelashes would stop trembling. She pretended to be asleep and breathed evenly.
She would definitely die if she were to open her eyes.
That person had been observing her for more than five minutes.
At this moment, Stella felt a soft touch on her lips.
He actually kissed her…