Ste Grace stood up in shock, and the rope in her hands fell to the ground. She asked in surprise, “Why are you here?”


    “I’ll take you and leave this ce first. We can talk about it on the boat,” Frederick Addington said as he entered.


    Ste stood still, her eyebrows furrowed and breathing unsteady.ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    Leave?


    What about Jasper?


    Should she tell Frederick that Jasper was also here? No, Frederick would not bring Jasper along, he might even kill Jasper here.


    She couldn’t tell him about Jasper being on the ind too.


    If she refused to leave, Frederick would definitely suspect her. He would not leave and when Jasperes back, they would meet each other.


    “Wait for me outside. I’ll pack up and leave,” Ste said.


    Frederick looked around at this simple small house, from the bamboo board to the firewood in the corner, and the pork legs on the ground. Every time he saw something, his eyes became colder. He narrowed his eyes and nced at Ste. His livid face when he just saw her was reced by a cold one.


    “Besides you, who else lives here?” Frederick asked.


    “It’s just me.” Ste replied.


    “You built all these?” Frederick did not believe it and looked straight at Ste’s eyes.


    She returned his gaze unflinchingly.


    Judging from the color of the bamboos, she was sure that he would not believe if she said that the house was already here when she found it.


    “Yes,” Ste replied.


    Frederick sneered and looked at the food. “What about the pork leg over there? Did you hunt it all by yourself?”


    “I got it from someone else. There are other people living on this ind. If you don’t believe me, I can take you there now,” Ste said coldly, without averting her gaze from his.


    If Frederick insisted on taking a look, she would take him to the bamboo house and pretend to faint halfway.


    After that, it would all depend on God’s will.


    Frederick smirked, put his arm around Ste’s waist, and pulled her to his side. “Since you’ve said it in such detail, I don’t have any reason not to believe you, do I? There’s nothing to pack up here. Are you going to take these pork legs and fish with you?”


    “I’m having my period now. You don’t have any female products on your boat, do you?” Ste asked.


    Frederick was even more surprised. “If you’re having your period, how did you deal with it here?”


    “Give me a moment.” Ste climbed onto the bed, opened a “sanitary pad” and scattered the ash from it. She wrote the word, “Wait.”


    She came down with another ‘sanitary pad’ and said to Frederick, “Let’s go.”


    Frederick looked suspiciously at the bed.


    Ste was afraid that he would find something, so she immediately left.


    Frederick brought six men with him. They stood in two rows outside the house.


    Frederick’s white cruise ship was parked at the sea. Under the sun, it reflected a dazzling light.


    She estimated that it would take her more than six hours to go back. It would be 12 hourster if she informed Suzi Shine toe for Jasper Milton.


    If Jasper came back after it was dark, he would not be able to see the words she had left for him on the bed.


    If he couldn’t find her, he would definitely search for her.


    She had to leave a sign for him.


    “Why are you stopping?” Frederick stood behind her and asked.


    Ste turned around and looked at Frederick. “The fish isn’t that hard to get, I just used the to hunt them. However, the wild boars’ legs are rare. It’s a pity not to take them away. It will take more than six hours for us to go back. I’ll make some wild pork for you to eat on the way.”


    “Okay.” Frederick answered.


    Ste walked toward the house. Frederick looked at Ste’s back gloomily and ordered his subordinates beside him, “Take two people to stay on the ind and see who was living with Ste. If the person is a man, no matter who he is, kill him.”


    “Yes.”


    …


    Ste went back to the house, took a piece of wood that had not been burned out, and wrote on the stone: I have left by boat. Wait.


    She covered the stone with a leaf. She was afraid that Frederick woulde in and discover it, so she went out with the two pork legs and saw Frederick standing alone on the beach.


    She lowered her eyes and walked toward him. Frederick took the pork legs from her hand, picked it up, and looked at it. “This pork leg looks good. Are there a lot of wild beasts on this ind?”


    “I’ve been on the ind for four days, and I haven’t seen any beasts. However, there are a lot of fish and crabs,” Ste said simply and walked toward the deck.


    Frederick followed her. After getting on the boat, he handed over the wild boar leg to his men.


    Ste went straight to the cockpit and asked casually, “Are you the one maneuvering the boat?”


    Frederick looked at her coldly and did not stop her.


    Ste walked to the door of the cockpit and saw two uniformed people sitting inside. She looked at the sailing table and wrote down the coordinates of the ind.


    “So you weren’t the one who maneuvered it?” Ste slightly lifted the corners of her mouth and looked at Frederick.


    Frederick also smirked, but there was coldness in his eyes.


    He knew why she came to the cockpit. “Ste, do you still remember what you promised me before?”


    Ste’s whole body shook and she looked at Frederick with a serious look. “I remember.”


    Frederick gently put his hand on her waist. “I haven’t seen you for a long time, so I’m afraid that you don’t remember. Don’t do anything that you’ll regret. I have given you several chances, and you have used up thest chance, do you understand?”


    Ste lowered her eyes, and her long eyshes left a ck shadow under her eyelids, covering the flowing light in her eyes.


    She had made up her mind. Even if she only had twenty days to live, she would spend neen days with Jasper. She didn’t want to hurt him anymore. Every day mattered.


    Now she was asking for apromise. She had no other choice. She would find someone to save Jasper after she got back.


    “You haven’t told me yet. How did you find me?” Ste changed the topic and asked.


    “A fishing boat called the police. They saw a girl asking for help on an isted ind and took a photo. I thought the person looked like you, so I came over.” Frederick exined.


    “Called the police? No wonder the fishing boat did note near. It was probably safer for him to do that.”


    “If it weren’t for your call for help, I would have thought you had run away again and I might even issue a global wanted order,” Frederick said nonchntly as if he was joking. However, there was no humor in his eyes at all.


    “The fisherman didn’t call the police at the Dumbell Area. Bryan Fellow, the director of the police station in the Dumbell Area was behind this. He worked for Ryan Lameer, and I knew that Ryan was the culprit behind the family murder.” Ste said in a serious tone.


    “Do you have any evidence? If you don’t have any evidence, no one will believe in you. After all, the people you want to deal with are the director of the police bureau of the Dumbell Area in Yale City and the other is the State Mayor of J State.”


    Ste didn’t want Frederick to stand up for her. When she rescued Jasper, he would solve all the problems for her instead.