
"Thanks for your patronage, we hope your wife likes it." A lady smiled as she gave a handsome young man in his early twenties a small red box.
"I'm not married yet," The young man smiled embarrassed as he collected the box from the lady.
"Oh, I'm sorry, or perhaps you're giving it to your girlfriend." The lady apologized as she continued.
"Yes, I want to propose to her today," The young man nodded with a smile.
"I wish I could have been there to support you." The lady smiled.
The young man nodded with a smile and walked out of the store hurriedly, got an old bike which was parked just right outside the store, and drove away whistling.
Soon, he went to an apartment and parked his bike; Jasper frowned as he looked around, wondering where the luxurious car parked beside his apartment came from.
"Hey stop there!" A hoarse voice came just as Jasper was about to walk into his apartment.
"What's wrong?" Jasper frowned, looking at the two bulky men who stood guard in front of the door.
"You can't go in." One of the men said.
"Can't go in?" Jasper replied, looking confused.
"Yes, you can't go in." The man replied.
"But this is my apartment, not someone else's." Jasper continued, confusion written on his face.
"We don't care about that; all we have to do is stop you from entering; our boss ordered us not to allow anyone in." The man sneered.
"And how's that my business?" Jasper frowned.
"You should get the heck out of my face and let me in." Jasper snapped.
"We are sorry, but we can't do that." The men shook their heads and showed no sign of moving.
"Get the heck out of my way!" Jasper roared as he rushed towards the two men, not caring about anything else.
"Who the heck is shouting so loudly? Don't you know not to disturb me?" An angry voice came as the door of the apartment was swung open, revealing a man bare-chested.
"Who the heck are you, and what the heck are you doing at my apartment?" Jasper roared at the man.
"Baby, who's that yelling?" A feminine voice came as a figure walked out of the inner room toward the door in slightly scanty clothes.
"Amelia...." Jasper froze as he shuttered, seeing the figure.
"Oh Jasper, it's you," Amelia said plainly as she looked at Jasper, the disgust in her eyes was evident.
"What..what is..is he doing here?" Jasper shuttered as he pointed at the man.
"Don't tell me it's what I'm thinking...."
"What kind of dumb question are you asking?" Amelia snapped.
"What would a man and a woman be doing all alone inside a room? Staring at themselves? Or what the heck do you expect?"
"But...but I...I thought we loved each other, and you promised never to leave me..." Jasper stuttered, his eyes red.
"Hmph!" Amelia sneered.
"Do you think I have all year to waste? What have you ever got for me? You can't even afford to get me a set of jewelry, or even the bags and clothes I wanted, and yet you want me to stay with you?"
"You must be high right from the start; that's why you dared to think of such," Amelia snapped.
"But, I tried my best, I did all I could to make you happy...." Jasper shuttered as his voice cracked.
"Did you do the best you could?" Amelia laughed, "I'm sorry, but I didn't see that."
"Are you going to do this, Amelia?" Jasper looked at Amelia, as the last glimpse of hope in his heart flickered.
For the past two years, he had engaged in all sorts of odd jobs just to satisfy her. Working tirelessly so that he would satisfy her.
"I'm sorry, but you've been living in a fantasy world all this while, it's time for you to come back to the real world." Amelia sneered.
At that moment, Jasper felt the last flicker of hope in his heart extinguished after hearing what Amelia said.
"Boy, you've been unlucky; your girl tastes delicious; I bet you've never had a taste of her, right?" The man by Amelia's side suddenly grinned as he grabbed Amelia closer and performed some obscene act on her.
"Amelia..."
"Don't even ask," Amelia interrupted Jasper coldly.
"But..." Jasper shuttered, not knowing what to say. For the past two years, Amelia had told him that she wanted to wait till marriage.
As the gentleman he was, he decided to respect her decision, but then it turned out that he was being made a fool of. She was never pure in the first place.
He had been swimming in an ocean of lies, believing his future wife was pure and was just waiting for him. It seemed like he had been made a fool after all the efforts he had put into nurturing everything.
"Boy, you don't deserve to have someone as beautiful as her, you're not worthy of her." The man sneered.
"You...." Jasper gritted his teeth as he looked at the man.
"What are you going to do, huh?" The man sneered as he looked at Jasper with a smirk.
"I'll kill you..." Jasper suddenly lost it all and rushed toward the man.
Immediately, the two bulky men stepped forward and dragged Jasper back, holding him firmly.
"Break his limbs and throw him out onto the streets," the man ordered, closing the door.
The next moment, Jasper's screams were heard as the men beat him up mercilessly before proceeding to break his limbs.
After making sure he was in a half-death situation, the two men then proceeded to throw him out onto the streets.
At this moment, Jasper was in a miserable state as his consciousness flickered. Before he could lose consciousness, he heard a voice in his head.
"Ding!"
"Conditions for Activating System met."
"Error in Activating System."
"Commencing automatic recovery. The host should hold on."
A series of voices rang in his head, and the next moment, he felt the pain in his body stimulated and, before long, lost consciousness.
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Destroy them!
Sophia sighed “So, it’s true. Detective Diamond is dead. That’s shocking.”Jasmine replied “Yes, Sophia. He is gone. A lot has happened in the past few weeks.”Bai Zhe made an observation, “A lot. The Gray Firm also disappeared without a trace. Until now, no word.”“Which of the firms?” Zoey asked, astonished. She was hardly aware of anything. All Jasper told her was that he was going to Oakridge, he didn't tell her why he needed to leave so quickly or that Sophia was even in danger.“The Gray Auditing Firm that you know. They took out their business logo and everything. If you go to their former office, you will see that there is not any evidence that it was once a firm,” Bia Zhe explained.“Hmmm. That’s bad,” Sophia added, “They helped me and Detective Diamond as well.”They sat in silence for an interval. Then all of a sudden, Bai Zhe turned to Sophia “Can I tell you something real quick?”“Of course, what is it?”“Your family was involved in your kidnap”Jasper almost facepalmed
Too much information
For a second, Jasper remained dumbfounded. The news he had just heard tied his tongue.They were worse things than he had seen and heard from Jackson? Human trafficking in Silverlake?How could human beings be extremely wicked to another fellow human?“The Valmont have been trafficking people in Silverlake?” Zoey asked in shock, Goosebumps all over her skin.“Not just Silverlake, Zoey.” Sophia replied, “They are one of the largest traffickers worldwide, in and out of Europe, and all other continents too.”Jasper stood to his feet after hearing those words Sophia just said.“What a way to make money” Jasper mumbled sadly.He had met Elder Valmont once—at the banquet where he introduced himself to Elsie. The man didn’t look like someone who could kill a fly. Although, he didn’t pay much attention to him since he didn’t come to the party for him. “How dirty.”As strange and disturbing as it sounds, it is exactly what was going on. Human trafficking was now a full time business. But he
Behind the scene
Jasper’s eyes brightened the moment he spotted Sophia hale and hearty, her attention fixed on the food which Jasmine had prepared for her.Beside her on the dining table was Zoey whom he had called earlier to come look after her, and Jasmine.Jasper stood by the doorway, a finger placed on his lips to keep Bai Zhe and Rowan quiet. He watched his sister take a big chunk of the meat and placed it on Sophia’s plate. Sophia was about to complain when she raised her head and saw Jasper standing by the door.Sophia froze at first.Everyone turned towards the door to see that Jasper was already home.Sophia’s eyes slowly became red and teary. Before she knew it, she jolted off from her chair, her arms wide open as she ran towards Jasper who received the hug with a wide smile.He sighed in relief. He thought he had lost her. She was alright.Even Sophia didn’t believe she would live there alive. With her head still resting on his chest, she murmured the words that had bothered her since she
Meeting Adjourned
Just as Elder Vittorio dropped the question to Jasper, Jasper smirked. Panic never found its way to his heart.He had an answer for him. For all of them.He always did.With an annoyingly calm expression, he turned to Vittorio to answer the question for the furious elders staring at him like they wanted him dead the next minute.“I believe…” Jasper spoke up, but he ended up stammering because of the beep from his phone in his pocket. He pulled out his phone and stared at the screen.Jasmine was the caller.There definitely had to be an update on Sophia's health. He'd done a lot to keep her safe; he couldn't gamble with her health over an answer no one could fight him about if he didn't give it.He turned his back to the elders as he walked towards the door, taking the call.“Jasmine?”“Active. Sophia is awake now.” Jasmine summarized the essence of her call. “She wants to talk to you. Be here in a few minutes?”“You bet.” He hung up the call and slipped his phone back into his pocket
The struggle
Jasper stood in the middle of the council room. He stayed calm and silent. Rowan and Bai Zhe stood calmly behind him, waiting to intervene if necessary. The elders were all staring at him. Their eyes were sharp and angry. The room felt heavy, tense.Marino spoke first. His voice was booming and rough. "I don't see why we even let this boy in! He went against our ally, the Valmont family. And now he is friends with the Palmers, our enemy! How can we trust him?”Sophia slammed her hands on the table. “He has betrayed us all. He should leave. Go back to where he came from! He does not belong here!”Lois banged her fingers even harder on the table as well, “Exactly! A boy thinks he can play sides like a game. He is reckless and dangerous. He doesn’t even understand what he has done.”Jasper stayed silent. He did not argue or move. He let them speak. He knew that sometimes silence was more powerful than words. Let them get their anger out.Marino’s face turned red. “My son will take ove
Just a boy.
Elder Valmont kept muttering as he took a seat in one of the chairs, “I can’t believe it. It can’t be." Then he got up, “No." " I don’t believe it.”He moved breathlessly in the room with no particular direction. After a while, he moved slowly and leaned on a chair. With a finger tucked under his chin, he said thoughtfully “Brennan doesn’t even have that much power.” “And that Brennan's heir is just a boy.”Elise raised a brow. He was the same man who had agreed to the marriage alliance and now, Jasper's just a boy?!Elise hissed, " Boy?! Father please…” She knew how her father belittles people because of his arrogance, believing he is on top of everyone else. She sighed, "Do you remember the woman we ordered to be kidnapped because she was digging on us and found something?” “What about her? What does that have to do with anything?”“She has everything to do with everything, Father." Elise replied, “She's related to Jasper." The room turned silent Elder Valmont’s gaze har
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