Rond Cher stood by the door and gazed inside apologetically. He didn’t step in.


    Wendy’s father closed the door and shut Rond out.


    Ste Grace knew what to do.


    Wendy’s father was probably referring to Rond when he mentioned about being ungrateful.


    Wendy’s father probably tried to mislead the person behind the scene about the false location of the treasure. He had also deliberately told Rond to confuse the person behind the scene and to gain his daughter’s lover back. Once they got married, he would tell Rond the actual location of the treasure.


    Everything he did was for his daughter.


    Unfortunately, she was killed by a love rival.


    As furious he was with Rond, he was angry with himself as well.


    If he had not tempted Rond with the treasure, he wouldn’t have broken up with her. If they never broke up, his daughter wouldn’t have to die.


    Thus, in the end, Wendy’s father gave Ste the notebook which contained information about the treasure.


    Ste wasn’t interested in the treasure. She just wanted to find the culprit of the massacre through the treasure. Once she handed the treasure to the government and brought justice upon the culprit, she would have achieved what she promised Timmy.


    What about Jasper and her?


    Would they still have a chance together?”


    Since she had fulfilled her promise to Rond, Ste thought she should get started on her matters.


    She put the notebook in her bag and left the room with heavy steps. She nodded at Wendy’s father and spoke, “I’ll be on my way. Take care, uncle.”


    Wendy’s father nodded with tears in his eyes. He opened the door.


    Rond was still standing by the door when Ste got out of the house,


    “Let’s go. At this point, your existence would only cause more grief to her parents. Once they got over it, you can help them out as apensation.” Ste persuaded.


    “Okay.” Rond smiled bitterly, “Seems like I’ve gone out for wool ande home shorn. This is what I deserve. Anyway, where are you going? I’ll drop you off.”


    “There’s no need,” Ste said in a distant tone. There were things that she must face alone.


    “Oh, all right.”


    Ste walked along the pavement. Then she took her cellphone out from her bag and rang Frederick Addington.


    “What’s wrong? Do you miss me already?” Frederick grinned evilly.


    Ste felt a chill down her spine.


    “I’ve finished my workand I’m ready to return to A City now.” Ste stated directly.


    “Are you kidding me?” Frederick was furious. He was already on the bullet train to Yale City.


    “It went well. The duration was not up to me. If you think that I’m ying tricks with you, I guess I can’t do anything about it. I’m ending the call now.” Ste hung up then called the hotel to check out.


    She passed by the room next door.


    This room was reserved by Jasper Milton. Originally, they had agreed to meet here. And now, those beautiful words were like a sweet dream. The clearer her mind was, the more her heart ached.


    “Jasper, wait for me.” Ste looked at the door and whispered to the air.


    On her way to the train station, she called Ryan Lameer.


    “What?!” Ryan was in a bad mood.


    Ste could understand. After all, he thought that there was a treasure in thatnd. But it ended up falling into the hands of the government. It would be difficult for him to try and take it for himself.


    “Sorry, I have something urgent to deal with back in A City. I may have to dy for a few days before I cane back to Yale City again.”


    “Rond had already informed me about that. Just give me a call when you arrive.” Ryan said coldly and hung up right away.


    Ste put away her cellphone.


    It was already 6:48 p. m. when she got on the train.


    She had not eaten anything since the morning, so she ordered fast food in the cafeteria. As soon as she sat down and took a bite, someone sat opposite of her.


    Ste nced unconsciously, and her eyes stunned.


    She was not expecting to see Frederick. She immediately lost her appetite.


    Frederick stared at her coldly and a smirk crept across his face. “I couldn’t believe that you would still have an appetite to eat. You sure are ruthless. You can’t feel anyone’s kindness to you.”


    Ste took a bite of her meal and replied sarcastically, “You said that I’m ruthless, but aren’t you the one who toys with the only thing that I treasure in this world? I don’t know why you’d want to make a ruthless woman like me stay by your side. You even went to the extent of setting us up.”


    Frederick leaned back on the chairzily. “I’m a sore loser. If someone owes me something, I’ll take it back by tenfold. You’ve wasted my feelings for three years. I’ve got to waste your feelings for at least thirty years to cheer myself up.”


    Ste scowled at Frederick coldly, then she put her spoon down. She hadpletely lost her appetite/


    “I’ve agreed to your request. When will you release Jasper?”


    The corner of his mouth twitched. “Just a simple word. After all, I am specially tasked to guard the name list. My testimony is of utmost importance.”


    Ste knew that Frederick had a hidden identity. He hid it extremely well.


    “What if I agreed to your request, but you couldn’t get Jasper out?”


    “If I could put him in there, I could definitely get him out. You don’t even trust me at all, do you?” Frederick shrugged and replied indifferently, “Don’t make the deal then. To be honest, I’d prefer to kill Jasper. Therefore, Ste, you don’t have a stand to negotiate with me.”


    “I want to see Jasper, is that alright?” Ste questioned.


    “Of course, I need you to persuade Jasper into divorcing you and agree to marry Bettany Hadley. If he agrees, I will let him off.” Frederick ced a stack of document on the table.


    Ste’s gaze locked on to him. She did not speak.


    Frederick grinned maliciously. “Let’s have dinner. You could have a look at all the materials after dinner. I’ll bring you to Jasper tomorrow.”


    Frederick stood up and walked towards the first-ss carriage.


    Ste took the documents.


    One was a divorce agreement.


    Her and Jasper’s.


    Another one was a marriage agreement for Jasper and Hadley’s. It was written that if any side of the party requested a divorce, everything would be stripped off of them.


    It was a cruel move from Frederick. Not only did he forcibly distort their life, but he made sure that she would hurt Jasper onest time.


    She was annoyed. Anger rushed to her brain and fogged her mind. She swept the food tray onto the floor.


    Noticing something was wrong with herself, she took out the medicine from her bag and poured one out with trembling hands. She swallowed it and leaned against the chair to rest for a minute. When she opened her eyes, everything had already cleared up.


    Forget it. She had a mental disorder. The medication would only work for a few years. She couldn’t even give Jasper a child. She would bring him nothing but bad luck.


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    She deserved to die!


    As long as Jasper could be happy, her sacrifices would be worth it.


    A smile appeared at the corner of Ste’s mouth.


    If he was happy, she would be happy too, no matter how bitter her life would be…