“Alright.By the way, are youing to the military base again? The examination from before hasn’t been carried out yet.On a side note, we’ve collected 80% of the data on Christian’s men. Should I send them to you?” Anthony Levis asked.


    “Send them to me. I’ll take a look at them and get the test sheet ready by tonight. Tell every soldier out there to do the test. Some of them will have to do it twice or thrice,” Ste Grace responded.


    “Okay.”


    Ste hung up the phone and dialed Micheal’s number.


    “Ste, you finally called back. I was nearly frozen solid in the airport,” Micheal Zavierined.


    “Micheal,have you arrived? Sorry, I was taking a nap. I’ll pick you up now,” Ste lifted her quilt and got up.


    “I would have probably passed out multiple times by the time you arrived. I’m now in room 1908 at the Intercontinental Hotel. I even had my dinner already. Are you stilling over?” Micheal told her.


    “I haven’t had dinner yet,” Ste nced at the time on her cell phone, which was 7:10 p. m,“Do you want to meet at 10 p. m.ter?”


    “I think I’ll take a rain check. I got tired from the journey and the waiting. I am worn out. Give me a call right after you wake up tomorrow. I’m going to bed early tonight.”


    “Alright. I’ll treat you both to lunch tomorrow then.”


    “Well,it’sonly me this time. She didn’te. We…I gave up,” Micheal sounded disheartened.


    “I’ll introduce you to a girlfriendwhile you’re still in A Country then,” Steforted him.


    “It’s okay, I’m still adjusting my mood. Let’s only talk about this in the future. I’ll hang up first,” Micheal hung up the next second.


    Ste sighed.


    Micheal was a good man. Unfortunately, all he ever cared about was her.


    Ste called Sean again.


    “Did you see him?” Sean Yaleman went straight to the point.


    Ste nodded, “I saw him. He looks exactly like Jasper. If Jasper hadn’t passed, I would have thought that they were the same person. I heard that he’s been promoted as the Deputy Secretary of External Affairs.”


    “I just found out about it after checking the secret files. There is indeed information about him. He’s only a year younger than Jasper. For so many years, he had been as elusive as ever. He and his men evenpleted several tough missions.


    After returning to A Country, Samuel came to me and proposed that we should appoint him as the Deputy Secretary of External Affairs.


    “Samuel is his grandfather, the previous Secretary of External Affairs,” Sean said in a low voice.


    “Secret files? Where did you get them?” Ste probed further.


    “Here’s the thing. There are separate departments within our country. Everyone has his own authority.


    For instance, the Department of External Affairs is clueless about whatever is going on in the Department of Defense. Every department has its own secret warehouse, so it’s impossible for others to know.


    The management in each department is also divided into different sses. For example, the Department of External Affairs was managed by Samuel before I took over. However, I have no right to ess the secret files unless he handed them over to me,” Sean exined.


    “However, it would cause many mistakes in departmental affairs, and some people might misuse this power too,” A line appeared between Ste’s brows.


    “That will not happen.The President has the right to ess the secret files, as long as more than half the people who attend the meeting agree to it. Plus, the Discipline Inspection Commission will run a spot check if they received a report.”


    “Is there any possibility that Bemy’s information was made up by Samuel?” Ste questioned.


    Sean chuckled,“Well, that isdefinitely possible. However, there is indeed someone leading the team to perform reconnaissance work. If it’s not Bemy, who else could it be?


    After all, even you suspected that he was Jasper, so it is more unlikely that he is Jasper.”


    “Why not?”


    “If he’s Jasper, he would surely tell you, wouldn’t he?” Sean asked in reply.


    Ste paused.


    Now she knew why Jasper didn’t tell her anything. One wrong move and he would be dead. Perhaps he would be better off not telling her anything as it seemed that others would be observing her response to certain events.


    “When are you going to assign me to be part of the Department of External Affairs and the Cab?” Ste changed the topic and inquired.


    “There’ll be an examination in January. I’ll sign up for you, and I’ll give you the answers. Try and memorize them for the interview. You have to go through the whole process. As for the Cab, there’ll be a registration at the beginning of each year. I’ll make arrangements to get you in.”


    “Okay.”


    “Natalie,” Sean blurted her name and kept quiet.


    “Yes?” Ste gave a brief reply.


    “How is Eli doing?” Sean wondered.


    “No news is good news. You’d better take care of yourself first. You’re surrounded by watchful eyes. I’m going to hang up now, let’s talk next time,” Ste hung up the phone and looked out the window.


    She wondered if Eli was doing well.


    At this moment, there was a knock on the door.


    “Come in.”


    The door was opened and Lte stood by the door, “Madam, there’s a girl who said that she knew you and wants to meet you. She’s outside the gate.”


    “A girl?” Ste turned her head.She felt a surge of hope. Could it be Eli?


    “What’s her name?” Ste wanted to know.


    “I think her name is Linda.”


    Ste’s eyes darkened again.


    Linda.


    Allen mentioned this before.


    However, she had arrived muchter than Ste had expected.


    “Let her in,” Ste answered grimly.


    “Would you like to have dinner?” Lte asked in concern.


    Ste nodded and touched her belly,“I’m starting to feel hungry.”


    Lte proceeded to make dinner. Meanwhile, Suzi was waiting for Ste in the living room. It seemed that she had something to ask Ste,“Natalie, I heard that you’ve met someone who looks just like Jasper today?”N?velDrama.Org exclusive content.


    “Mom, Jasper is dead. Even if they both look alike, he’s still not Jasper.On top of that, he’s an illegitimate child of your cousin,” Ste reminded Suzi.


    “I see.An illegitimate child of my cousin,” Suzi nodded, “Oh, that makes sense. Well said, well said.”


    She turned around and went back to her room, muttering to herself.


    Ste nced at Suzi over her shoulder. Suzi was getting old. She would bebetter off staying away from matters like these.


    Two persons that meant a lot to her were lost within such a short period of time. Her pain was no lesser than Ste’s.


    Again, Ste emitted a deep breath. She then heard the sound from the engine of a car outside.


    Linda charged in and red at Ste with her reddened eyes, “I’ve always liked you, thinking that you’re such a noble person. I really thought that you were the only one who deserves Allen. I understand that you’re still sad about Jasper’s death, but don’t make the wrong decision while you’re depressed, okay? I really like Frederick a lot.”


    ”I’ll never fall for anyone else.Jasper’s myst. It’s not my problem that something had happened between you two.”


    “But, Frederick only has eyes for you,” Linda said grievously.


    “Deep down, you know that I couldn’t decide whoever he loves.You could either ept the hard truth or try to change him. Perhaps, you would be able to move him by putting in effort in making him like you.Or maybe, you could just give up. There are only three options for you,” Ste replied lightly.