“Eli, he might ask you about his past.Just pretend that you don’t know anything, understand?” Ste Grace instructed.


    Eli Wayne did not believe it.“Will he ask about that? No way!”


    “It’ll be good if he didn’t. But what if? So remember to just pretend,” Ste reminded her again.


    “Okay.They’re going to confiscate my phone now,” Eli said. She hung up and handed her phone to Jasper Milton’s service personnel.


    She was led to Jasper’s office.


    Jasper was behind his desk, staring into nk space, as though deep in thought.


    “Chief, Dr. Wayne is here,” Lieutenant Shine reported.


    Jasper picked himself up.“Let her in.”


    Lieutnant Shine pushed the door open. Puzzled, Eli walked in.


    Jasper had his poker face on, he was inscrutable.


    “Have a seat.” Just those three words were domineering enough..


    Eli sat, she lowered her head as she faced Jasper.


    Jasper got straight to the point. “Take it easy. I just want to ask you a few questions. How much do you know about me and Ste?”


    Eli looked at Jasper in surprise.She rolled her eyes, trying to find an answer to that.


    Ste was right.


    Jasper wanted to know about his past.


    ” Hmmm.. I know a bit, but not too much.”


    “Why did we break up?” Jasper asked.


    “Ste usually keeps things to herself. She is afraid that she would get someone into trouble, especially her friends.I only know thatboth of you were on good terms.You loved Ste a lot.


    One time, Ste went missing for about a week. During that time, you were engaged to Katty Davis.


    She was only released the next day after your engagement. She lost her little finger, and then you cut yours off too.


    After that, Ste isted herself. She even gave up her job, left my ce, and became an inspector for no reason.


    I have no idea what happened after she left A City.” Eli didn’t want to tell him about Ste’s attempted suicide. Her heart ached whenever she thought about it.


    “I loved her a lot?” Jasper lingered on the phrase and squinted his eyes.


    “Yes, you did.When you first knew her, she was still Frederick Addington’s wife. But you insisted on being with her. Your love for her was forbidden,” Eli said with a sigh.


    “She was still Frederick’s wife when I was with her?” Jasper was shocked.


    What made him lost his sanity? How could he fall in love with a married woman?


    There must be something behind this.


    “Yes,I can be sure about that.She hadn’t been divorcedwhen the two of you got together.


    In fact, it was my fault as well. Frederick used me to threaten Ste when she was trying to file for a divorce. Otherwise, you two would have been married long ago.


    By the way, there’s one thing that you might not have known.Ste and Frederick were never intimate, not even once,” Eli said.


    She felt a little annoyed. She didn’t know much about them in the past. Otherwise, she could better describe how much Jasper loved Ste back then.


    “Not intimate?” Jasper looked down, trying to hide his emotions.


    “Yes.Ste was staying with me and you came to visit her very often.


    I woulde up with some excuse to go out every time you came. And you would stay all night long.N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    Now, what else would you two be doing at night?” Eli hinted.


    Jasper cleared his throat.


    What could they have possibly done? He started picturing scenes in his mind.


    “What else do you know?” Jasper asked.


    “Initially, the military special recruitment was specially set up for Ste. But unexpectedly, Katty and I joined.


    Ste, in turn,became an inspector.


    “I don’t know anything else. Ste likes keeping things to herself.”


    “Chief, why are you asking these?” Eli was confused.


    “I just want to know something that I didn’t know,” Jasper said in a deep voice.


    “Oh okay. Chief, please don’t tell Ste what I told you. She just told me not to tell you anything, to pretend that I know nothing,” Eli begged.


    Jasper shot Eli a sharp gaze. “Pretend to know nothing?”


    Eli was worried that she had gotten Ste into trouble, so she quickly added, “I think Ste still loves you.”


    She likes keeping her image. It happened before. She asked me not to tell you anything even when she was deeply in love with you.


    So let’s think about it now. If she doesn’t love you, why is she afraid that you would find out about the past. Something is wrong.”


    Jasper’s expression went dull and he remained silent.


    “Is Chief still in love with Ste? Since both of you were so deeply in love with each other?” Eli probed.


    “You seem to be quite the busybody, aren’t you?” Jasper asked calmly with a serious look.


    Eli regretted revealing so much, seeing how he responded.


    She thought Jasper was asking all this because he still had feelings for Ste,


    but things did not turn out the way she thought.


    Eli looked at Jasper. She was worried.


    Would he kill Ste just to wipe away the past?


    If that was the case, she would be responsible.


    “Don’t worry, Chief. Ste knows very well what’s forbidden, and she might really want to give up her love for you,” Eli quickly exined.


    Jasper looked at her and signaled for her to leave. “You can go now.”


    “Okay.” Eli quickly escaped.Talking to Jasper was like fighting an unbeatable opponent.


    Jasper touched his little finger.


    He actually cut if off for her.


    He must have loved her a lot.


    ….


    Eli received a notification after she left Jasper’s office.“Whoever is joining the party tonight can leave work two hours early.”


    She rushed over to pick up Ste.


    In the car.


    Ste was worried.“What did Jasper want?”


    “Well, he asked about his past.But, how would I know?” Eli was guilty, she did not even dare to look Ste in the eyes.


    “You told him everything, didn’t you?” Ste concluded.


    Eli knew that she couldn’t hide anything from Ste.” I told him a bit.I didn’t tell him why you broke up when he asked.I only told him that both of you were deeply in love.”


    Ste frownedand said, “Eli, you shouldn’t have said that.It’s better for me to keep my distance from him.”


    Eli begged Ste for mercy.“I knowIshouldn’t have done that. Well, I swear, I will not say a word to him anymore. Or else, Iwill be married to the person I hate the most.”


    “Don’t get yourself into trouble like this in the future,” Ste said


    Ste received a text notification on her phone.


    It was from Jasper. “I will be staying in the Skies Vi tonight. Come back and we’ll have dinner together.”


    He was informing her, not even asking.


    Ste was speechless.