However, everything between them was in the past. She didn’t want to go back to being in the eye of the storm.


    Only by living a new life could she be happy.


    “He was originally one of Sean’s men, so what do you think? Plus, he could always leave and live a new life. Just let him go. There’ll be more talented people popping up. Someone with that high of a position has to be good in managing people, not polishing their own capabilities.”


    The more Bemy listened to her, the more he felt that Ste was the best candidate to help him.


    But…


    He had sacrificed his own marriage to attain this position. There were a lot of things that he wouldn’t be able to own in this lifetime.


    Something crossed his mind when he saw Ste’s child today.


    At least he could enjoy their happiness in his dreams.


    Jasper was like his doppelg?nger.


    He had enough weight to carry on his shoulders, so why would he allow his doppelg?nger to go through even more?


    Bemy wanted Jasper to be happy. He wanted him to live his life as happily as possible, as far from trouble as possible.


    “I see, I’ll hang up now. Call me if you need anything,” Bemy said softly.


    Ste still felt the ache in her heart, especially since he sounded just like Jasper. “Bemy, I’m sorry.”


    Bemy chuckled.


    “You haven’t done anything that hurt me. You’re just too nice. Even though you are always cold on the outside, you’re actually very warm on the inside.


    I shouldn’t have used your kindness against you. It wasn’t right of me to make you feel guilty for rejecting me. It’s my fault for not thinking things through, so I hope that you would not take it to heart.It wasn’t your responsibility to bear in the first ce.


    Alright, the both of you have to always be happy. That’s how you should thank me for saving your lives. Anyway,until next time,” Bemy didn’t want to drag the conversation, so he hung up.


    Ste put away her phone. Looking up, she saw Jasper standing in front of her and studying her intently.


    Ste walked over with a smile. “Why are you back so soon?”


    Jasper made a gesture.


    Ste didn’t understand him and felt a little sorry. “I’ll learn signnguage from today onwards. I’ll follow you closely, whatever you do, I’ll learn too so you won’t get tired of me.”


    She handed her phone to Jasper.


    Instead, he grabbed her hand and tugged on it.


    Ste leaned forward and stared deeply into his eyes.


    Jasper gazed longingly back at her. In the end, he didn’t do anything. He let go of her and took the phone from her. He quickly typed out a text and showed it to her, “The door was closed.”


    “Oh, I’ll ask them to open it for you. Give me a moment,” Ste ran to the doctor’s office.


    Jasper lowered his head and flipped open her phone. Seeing her call log, his face fell. Darkness washed over him and he felt like he couldn’t see anything around him.


    Soon after, Ste brought the keys over. Jasper rolled himself over to the door.


    “The doctors wille over soon. They’re professionals, so you should follow their guidance. After I put Sandro to sleep, I have to go do something else. I’ll see you in an hour,” Ste said gently.


    Jasper handed the phone back to her. Without saying anything, he entered the rehabilitation room alone.


    Ste watched as he passed by her without even ncing at her.


    Maybe it was because she knew Jasper too well,but she could tell what every single expression of his meant. Hence, when she saw him like this, there was a heavy feeling in her heart.


    She wanted to say something tofort him, but she also felt that she didn’t need to coddle him too much. Jasper had always been a very independent person.


    She watched as Jasper helped himself up onto the railing.


    He still didn’t look at her. It was as if he was in his own world.


    She didn’t want to trouble him further, so she turned around and went back to the ward.


    Some of the doctors were decorating their room, the rest were ying with Sandro.


    Ste was relieved, seeing that they were taking care of Sandro. Turning around, she walked out of the room and into the library.


    She downloaded some information regarding signnguage from the inte and also found a book about it in the library.


    She worked very hard and poured her whole heart into it. Ste wanted to master it as fast as she could, so that Jasper wouldn’t feel guilty for not being able to talk. She was willing to be his voice, and be by his side forever. Her intentions were to make him feel the same as he did before.


    Unbeknownst to her, two hours had passed. Feeling a little hungry, she finally realized it was already 5 p. m.


    A doctor approached her when she rushed out of the library. She informed Ste, “You need to talk to Mr. Milton. He hasn’t stopped exercising since just now, he’s going to overwork himself.”


    “I got it,” Ste said as she ran to the door of the rehabilitation room. When she walked in, Jasper was still trying to walk. His forehead was covered with sweat.


    Ste’s heart ached for him. She could feel her vision blurring, but she forced herself to smile.


    “You’ve been exercising for a long time. I’m going to the kitchen to cook now. Could you give me some of your time?” Ste asked.


    Jasper looked at her, gasped for breath, and nodded.


    The doctor was pleasantly surprised. Leave it to Ste to persuade him with just one sentence when a thousand of theirs didn’t.


    Ste pushed the wheelchair over to him and he plunked down onto it.


    Squatting down in front of him, she wiped the sweat off his forehead softly. “Let me cook first, then I’ll bath you. But I still have stretchmarks all over my belly, so you are not allowed tough at me.”


    Jasper stared at her lovingly, then lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead.


    Ste’s heart eased.


    She always liked it when he kissed her. Smiling, she said happily, “Let’s go. For dinner, we’re having grilled salmon and pumpkin bisque. But you can only have a bit of fish, I’ll do my best to use less oil.”


    Jasper made a gesture.


    Ste could understand him a little after two hours of studying. “Will it taste nice? You’ll know after you have a taste. You’ve just woken up, so we should take things slowly.If all goes well, you shouldbe able to eat regrly after a week.”


    Holding her hand, Jasper made another gesture.


    Ste couldn’t understand it too well, but Jasper signed the words, ‘see’ and ‘learn’. From that, she deduced that he was talking about her learning signnguage.


    She exined, “I was studying signnguage in the library just now, it’s quite interesting. I can’t sign the words that are moremonly used yet, but I can understand them now. Other than that, I still can’t understand the rest. But don’t worry, I’m a fast learner. I was first in the ss when I took the examination for the public service.”


    The corners of his mouth lifted slightly and the same faint smile appeared across his face. He looked far off into the distance as though an old memory had just crossed his mind.


    A whileter…


    They arrived in the kitchen.Since Ste prepared dinnerter than usual, the doctors had taken the liberty of doing it for her.


    “Ste, we’ve prepared dinner for you, but it doesn’t taste as good as your cooking. We haven’t prepared Mr. Milton’s dinner though,” one of them smiled and said to her.


    “It’s okay. Why don’t you guys eat first? I’ll jointer,” Ste said softly.


    Opening the fridge, she took out a salmon fillet from inside. After that, she pulled out some onion, pumpkin, and cream. “Jasper, could you give me a handter?”


    Jasper nodded.


    “Could you please dice the pumpkin for me?” Ste said.Belongs to (N)?vel/Drama.Org.


    The doctors knew that she was doing this to train Jasper’s dexterity, and Jasper knew it too…