Please? Why was she pleading her?


    Was Hale asking her to save her? Or was she asking for help with other matters?


    Ste Grace realized that her hands were trembling.


    Hale Summer lowered her head and wrote the secret on Ste’s hand. “That operation never existed.”


    Ste did not understand. “What do you mean?”


    “It was just a drill. The mission was fake, but the deaths were real.”


    Ste still didn’t understand what she meant and she looked at Hale suspiciously.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    “Tell Jasper. He will understand what I’m saying. If the whole operation was fake, how could there be spies?” Hale continued to write.


    Ste felt a chill on her back. “How did you know that?”


    “I needed money, so I epted some missions. During one of the missions, I was assigned to S Country and I met a minister there. I sneaked into their database and discovered a scandal.


    The Vice President of their country was our rescue target. He had a secret lover in X Country. When we were carrying out the mission, the lover gave birth to a child.


    The Vice President dered that he was going to A Country, but in fact, he went to X Country. He did note to A Country at all.


    If the person we needed to rescue did not exist at all in the first ce, then, why was there still a mission?” Hale wrote the words on Ste’s hands slowly. She was afraid that Ste couldn’t understand it.


    Ste looked at Hale in shock.


    Ste was not involved in the mission. She just heard about it from Jasper Milton. She was so shocked that she started shivering.


    Hale continued to write, “This is a huge matter. We can’t let anyone else know about this secret for the time being. I’m afraid that it will cause a big disturbance and affect the connection between our country and S Country.”


    Ste came to her senses and she wrote on Hale’s hand, “Did you know that you were caught as soon as you appeared at the airport because someone leaked the news anonymously? Did you tell anyone about your whereabouts?”


    This time, Hale was the one who was surprised.


    She shook her head and said, “I always moved alone. Even when I took the mission, I didn’t reveal my real name. I was really surprised. I even changed my passport, but I was caught as soon as I showed up.”


    “Someone must have followed you around this whole time. They probably knew that you went to S Country to carry out the mission.” Ste was worried.


    “Even if they knew that I went to S Country for the mission, they wouldn’t know that I knew the secret.I worked alonewhen I carried out the mission. I was worried that I would lose my life if they found out that I knew the secret. I couldn’t tell anyone. I only trust you and Jasper.


    Also…” Hale paused for a moment, and a vicious look shed in her eyes. She looked at Ste and continued, “If I was identified as a spy in the martial court and thereby, sentenced to death, I n to expose this secret. After all, I don’t want to die as a spy. It will be a shame for those who are rted to me, and I will never be able to clear my name for the rest of my life.


    I just hope that this ends well. I also want to know what had happened during that mission. I don’t want to be wronged for so many years, and not know the truth.”


    “I see,” Ste said in a low voice.


    “Please.” Hale said again.


    Ste nodded, turned around, and walked out of the room. Anthony Levis walked up to her and looked at her suspiciously. “Do you know Hale?”


    “I met her by chance in the past. I’m sorry to have troubled you.” Ste refused to say more. She, like Hale, had very few people whom she trusted.


    “Come with me.” Anthony led the way and handed her over to the soldiers. After a lot of detours, she finally saw Jasper’s car.


    Jasper also saw her. He got off and escorted her back to the car. He then immediately drove away.


    Ste did not speak. She was afraid that it would affect his driving. Half an hourter, their car arrived at the main city road.


    Jasper didn’t say anything and he looked ahead with a deep gaze. They finally stopped in front of a courtyard after driving for more than half an hour.


    “Jasper, let’s talk first.” Ste stopped him.


    He unfastened the seatbelt and turned around to face Ste. He said in a deep voice, “Go ahead.”


    “Hale said that your mission didn’t exist at all.”


    Jasper frowned. “What do you mean? What doesn’t exist?”


    “You took yourrades to rescue the government official on that mission. Everyone died at the mission, and only Hale, Bettany, and you survived. However, the truth was that the government official was in X country at that time and he did note to A Country at all. The person whom you saved was not the Vice President of S Country.”


    Jasper looked at Ste thoughtfully.


    “I know it’s hard for you to ept this. After all, you have lost a lot of yourrades in that operation, and you wouldn’t only listen to Hale’s one-sided words. I think that you should find out the truth. Furthermore, Hale said that if she was sentenced to death, she would expose all of this.”


    “A week after I brought the government official back, the Vice President was still an officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at that time. He even thanked me personally on TV.”


    “That’s because his lover was giving birth in X Country at that time. He used this to cover up his scandal. These are the inside information that Hale got by chance. Could it be that the person you had saved at that time looked like the Vice President?” Ste was suspicious.


    “When I rescued him, his face was covered with blood, so I couldn’t see his face clearly. Furthermore, it was very dangerous and urgent then, so I didn’t see his face clearly.” Jasper recalled.


    “Who did you hand him over to? Who ordered you to carry out this mission?”


    Jasper took a deep look at Ste. “At that time, my direct superior was Titan Charles, but he is already dead.”


    “Could it be that he had received the order from someone else? Who do you think had the power tomand him?”


    “There aren’t many people who could give him such instructions. Only the President, the two Vice Presidents and the Committee Members had the power to.” Jasper pondered and said, “If it’s a fake mission, why did my men die?”


    Ste didn’t say anything. She didn’t know Jasper at that time, so she wasn’t sure as well.


    “If the mission was fake, then it would be safe to say that there was no spy at all.That would only mean that Hale had been wronged all this while. However, if this matter were to be exposed, it may affect the rtionship between A Country and S Country.” Ste suggested.


    “I’ll send someone to S Country to investigate this matter. Then we’ll make a long-term n.”


    Ste lowered her eyes, hoping that they would have enough time.


    They then entered the private room together. Ste saw that there were eight people in the private room, but she didn’t know any of them.


    “Director Milton, please take a seat.” They deliberately vacated the main seat.


    Jasper sat down on the main seat. There was no vacant seat next to him, hence Ste found an empty seat in the room and sat down.


    As soon as she sat down, she saw Frederick Addingtoning in with a ss of wine in his hand.


    When Frederick saw her, a strange light shed in his eyes. He asked her directly, “Why are you here?”