Ste and Jasper went to have breakfast together.


    She bought some french toasts and a bottle of orange juice. After thinking for a while, she added a few pieces of pancakes and a small bowl of mushroom soup into her order.


    “Why are you buying so much?” Jasper asked puzzledly.


    “Your mother may still be there. We can’t buy it for Bettany and not for your mother,” Ste Grace said softly.


    Jasper Milton looked at her tenderly.


    “You really are a gentle, considerate and generous person. Sadly, my mother is just prejudiced against you. Otherwise, you two would have gotten along quite well,” he sighed.


    “It’s the will of the heavens. It doesn’t matter. I’ll do what I must. It’s her business whether she epts it or not. Let’s go, or the breakfast will be cold.” Ste walked out of the door first.


    Jasper drove.


    Along the way, she was nervous.


    She followed him to the door of the ward.


    Jasper knocked on the door and pushed it open.


    Bettany Hadley was squatting on the bed in a daze. When she saw Jasper, she jumped out of bed and ran to him barefooted. “Jasper, you’re finally here. I’ve been waiting for you for so long.”


    Ste took a deep breath, walked in and stood next to Jasper.


    Seeing Ste, Bettany widened her eyes and said angrily, “Why are you here? I don’t wee you here.”


    She pushed Ste hard.


    Ste fell backward.


    Jasper had sharp eyes and quick reflexes. He wrapped his arms around Ste’s waist. He stood in front of Bettany and said, “I brought Ste here. If she leaves, I will leave as well.”


    Bettany was hurt. She looked at Jasper in disbelief. There was discontentment in her eyes, and she pressed her lips together.


    Hearing this, Suzi Shine held Bettany’s arm and yelled at Jasper, “How could you say that? If you were going to bring her here, you shouldn’t havee then. Leave.”


    Jasper stared at Suzi and made a decision in three seconds.He took Ste’s hand and turned around.


    “Don’t go,” Bettany pleaded.


    Jasper stopped and looked at Bettany.


    “If you leave, I’ll die,” Bettany said pitifully.


    Jasper remained silent.


    “If you die, there will be nothing left for you. What’s more, there won’t be any other people to love you. Are you sure you want to die?” Ste asked.


    Suzi red at Ste. “Shut up. You have no right to talk here.”


    Jasper was annoyed. He steered Ste towards the door.


    Bettany rushed over and hugged Jasper’s waist. “It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter if you bring people here. I know that I’m ugly now and I don’t deserve you, but I’m begging you, please don’t leave.”


    Jasper stared ahead into thin air. “Ste and I are married.”


    “I know that you are married.” Bettany put her face on Jasper’s back and cried. “Just take me as your sister and cure my illness. Maybe, when I recover and be a normal person, I can find my own happiness.”


    Jasper tried to look at Bettany.


    Bettany stood behind him, so he couldn’t see her expression.


    Bettany continued, “But please don’t leave me now. Don’t abandon me. I will ept the treatment. I don’t ask for much. Juste to see me once a day. No, no, three times a week is enough.”


    “Bettany, do you really have to do this?” Suzi said in a low voice.


    Bettany let go of him and looked at the bandage on her wrist. “Jasper is married. I had disappeared for eight years. Look at me now, I can’t even take care of myself. It’s only normal if Jasper does not want me, I can only me fate for this.”


    “Miss Grace, aren’t you going to give them some time? Bettany is already willing to be nothing more than a sister to him,” Suzi said,. She wasgetting more and more disgusted with Ste.


    Ste turned to Jasper. “I’ll wait for you outside.”


    She put the breakfast on the table and turned to leave.


    Jasper frowned and watched her leave, with pity and guilt in his eyes.


    Ste had said before that she would not tolerate anything.


    Jasper took a step toward Ste.


    Suzi blocked Jasper and said earnestly, “Bettany has agreed to step back,are you really going to be so heartless? You have given all your love to Ste. You should give a little pity to Bettany. She really hasn’t let you down at all.”


    “It doesn’t matter, Aunt. Let him go,” Bettany said softly.


    Jasper nced at Bettany and walked toward the door.


    Bettany closed her eyes and staggered two steps.


    “Bettany!” Suzi screamed.


    Jasper turned around instinctively, and Bettany fainted in his arms.


    Jasper frowned.“Call the doctor.”


    Suzi hurried out the door.


    Instead of looking for the doctor, she gave Ste a call. “Where are you?”


    Ste sighed, nothing good woulde out of Suzi. “Does it have anything to do with you?”


    “Ste, must you be such a viin? I want Bettany to be my daughter-inw, and Jasper’s father also wants Bettany to be our daughter-inw. If you had never appeared in our lives, Jasper would definitely love her again. Why must you disturb their love with yours that will neverst?” Suzi asked coldly.Original from N?velDrama.Org.


    “Madam, do you know what love is?” Ste asked.


    Suzi paused. “I’ve seen and experienced way more than what you had in your lifetime. You don’t have to teach me what love is.”


    “In your eyes, love is only real when two people arepatible.


    To put it bluntly, you are looking for a woman who has equal social status to Jasper, perhaps ady who could boost his career.


    If one day Jasper finally bes sessful and realizes that he doesn’t love his wife, he cannot leave her due to his status. He will have no love in his life then. When he dies of old age, he will leave this world with regret. Are you sure you want that for your son?


    There are some things that I should remind you about.If he rises to power through his wife’s status, he will resent her and feel trapped.


    If he relies on his own ability, he will have a firmer foundation. He would not have weaknesses that could be easily exploited by his enemies.


    I know that you love your son. Because of this love, I don’t want to be rude to you.


    However, I think that your values are skewed. Happiness is not only about status, but also about warmth,” Ste said in a firm and upright way.


    Suzi was shocked.


    She thought of Steven Milton, and her mood changed slightly.


    Ste’s words pierced the softest part of her heart, Steven had married her out ofpatibility rather than love.


    Which woman would not want to be loved by her man?!