“Why must you pry the bookshelves open?I could just open it directly. I know the password,”Ste Grace walked to the bookshelf and entered the password.
After a few clicking sounds, the bookshelves opened.
It was empty inside. There was nothing in there.
Zoah Davis looked at Ste in suspicionand probed, “Why is there nothing here?”
“What do you think was inside?” Ste askedwitha smirk on her face.
Zoah frowned. Frustrated, he ordered, “All of you are dismissed now.”
“Dismissed?” Ste stood in front of Zoah. “Do you even have a search warrant when you entered my house? Otherwise,this would be considered trespassing on private property. I feel that it is necessary for me to expose all of this online.”
“Auntie Wood from your family had said that there is an illegal treasury here. Do you think that you could get away with it just because you’ve relocated the treasure? You better be careful not to let me discover where it is,” Zoah warned furiously.
“Hey, Commander Davis, you ought to think twice before taking any action. Whenever you act so impulsively, you would only end up being used by someone else.
Auntie Wood peeked at my confidential documents. I have fired her as a result.I’m still clueless as to who was the one who had set her up at my ce, butone thing for sure, it seems that she is seeking revenge against me. Even if there is a treasure, do you think that she’ll tell you about it? She’ll only report to her superior,” Ste responded sternly.
Zoah stunned,“In that case, you’d better behave yourself.”
Watching Zoah leaving angrily, Ste’s expression dulled.
She knew that a backstabber like Auntie Wood was bound to return kindness with ingratitude. Therefore, she had ordered Elvis Zachary to relocate the treasure the night before.
However…
Ste eyed the ce where Jasper had gotten out from previously.
Not even Zoah and his three hundred armed soldiers could find the secret passage. Where did Jasper even appear from then?
“Madam, are you alright?” Lte Lanes asked worriedly.
Ste shook her head, “It’s alright. Those people were just trying to stir trouble here.”
”Alright then.It’s time for dinner now. Why don’t you eat first? I’ll sort this outter,” Lte offered.
“It’s okay, I’ll sort them out myself after dinner. You wouldn’t know how to arrange the books back.”
Since Ste had already said so,there was nothing Lte could say.
During dinner, Ste was still wondering where Jasper hade out from.
“I really didn’t expect Auntie Wood to be such a person. I have always treated her well,” Suzi Shine sighed.
Ste looked at Suzi, “There was once a girl who would give a beggar a dor whenever she walked past him. One day, the girl didn’t bring any money with her. However, she was stopped by the beggar.The beggar was resentful that she didn’t give him money like she always does. He then beat the girl up. When a person feels that it’s an obligation for you to give, he or she would not be grateful for your kindness. In fact, they would think that they are entitled to your kindness. Hence, when you make even the slightest mistake, they will end up hating you. Auntie Wood is just like that beggar.”
“That’s very disappointing,” Suzi let out a long breath.
“Stay away from people like this and you’ll be fine.”
“Well, Natalie, could youe to my roomter?” Suzi looked at her as though she had something to say to her.
Ste nodded.
She was probably going to ask her about Jasper. After all, even though he wasn’t her biological son, Suzi still treated him as though he was.
Just as she had expected, Suzi asked as soon as Ste entered the room, “Have you met Jasper yet? How is he now? Is he feeling any better? Is he worried about us? Tell him not to worry and take good care of himself.”
Ste shook her head, “I haven’t met him yet. Anthony said that he left. I think that there’s something that he wants to do.”
“If he could leave that ce, that could mean that he’s almost fully recovered, right?”N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content.
Ste stayed silent for a moment.
She remembered the bullet that went through the back of Jasper’s head. It was a miracle that he could recover so quickly. She nodded in response.
“That’s good. If you ever see him, you must tell him that I missed him a lot,” Suzi requested.
“Okay.He’ll definitelye home right after he finishes what he has to do. By the way, Mom, did Dad ever tell you anything that seems out of the ordinary?” Ste wondered.
“He wouldn’t tell me anything. He had always felt that I couldn’t be of help and my involvement would bother him instead. Perhaps, there weren’t any feelings left between us for a long time ago. Perhaps, we still stayed together all this while just because we were still married on paper,” Suzi revealed sadly.
Ste had already noticed all these when she first met Steven Milton a long time ago.
In Steven’s eyes, there was no romance or women. All he cared about was power.
“Mom, if you ever fall in love again, Jasper and I will support you even if you choose to remarry,” Ste smiled at Suzi.
“I’m already disappointed in men. All I wish to do now is to take care of your child in the future,” Suzi set her gazegentlyon Ste’s belly.
“Alright, Mom. I’m going to sort out the books now,” Ste left Suzi’s room and went to the library. She knocked on the walls while she walked, yet nothing unusual could be found.
There were no cracks on the ground at all.
However, at this moment, Ste saw a crack on the ceiling when she raised her head. Her heart skipped a beat.
It seemed that she was wrong all along, thinking that the secret passage may be hidden on the walls or underground.
Perhaps, the secret passage was actually located up there.
She went to get adder and locked the library door afterward. She then called Lte,“Don’t let anyone enter the library. No one at all.”
“Okay,” Lte replied in confusion.
Ste climbed up thedder, pushed the wooden nk on the ceiling, and switched on her cell phone’s shlight.
Sure enough, she saw a secret passage.
She climbed up, blocked the entrance with cardboards, and continued to crawl forward. She finally reached the end after going forward for about 20 meters.
It was no wonder that shecouldn’t hear any unusual sounds when sheknocked on the walls. It turned out thatthe hidden passage was far away from the library.
She jumped down from the top. It was not deep. It was justabout 1. 2 meters high. She shone the shlight towards the wall.It was made from cement, and it appeared to have cracks in certain ces.
It seemed that the secret passage was not dug up recently. On the contrary, it seemed to be already quite old.
Jasper had never told her about the secret passage before. Was he afraid that she would leak the information? Or perhaps, he too didn’t know about it before,and he only knew it right after his father passed away.
No, that shouldn’t be the case. If he had known about it earlier,he could have used the tunnel long ago instead of asking a helicopter to pick him up so conspicuously from home.
Ste’s head was full of doubts as she walked forward.
After exploring the ce for about twenty minutes, she realized that the tunnel was divided into three parts.
She was worried that she would get lost in the tunnel. She would be doomed if she couldn’t find her way back, hence she went back on the original route. She would wait for the next day toe back once she had the necessary tools.
Ste trailed back. An hour had passed when she returned to the library.
She put thedder away and continued to sort out the books.
She arranged the books till 2 a. m. and then checked the surveince camera. Jasper never came.
Ste opened the library door and Lte was still waiting outside. When she saw Ste, she asked, “Madam, would you like to have some supper?”
“No, you may go to bed now. I will be going to my room,” Ste answered wearily.
After taking a shower, Stey on her bed.Soon, she fell asleep.
After not knowing how much time had passed, she heard someone asking, “Were you looking for me?”
Ste opened her eyes and the light was dazzling. She then closed her eyes again.
“Silly,” the man said and kissed her on the forehead.
Feeling groggy, she then dozed off again.