Billionaire’s Pampered Wife

“Alright. By the way, are you coming 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,” Stella Grace responded.

“Okay.”

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

“Stella, you finally called back. I was nearly frozen solid in the airport,” Micheal Zavier complained.

“Micheal, have you arrived? Sorry, I was taking a nap. I’ll pick you up now,” Stella 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 still coming over?” Micheal told her.

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

“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’s only me this time. She didn’t come. We… I gave up,” Micheal sounded disheartened.

“I’ll introduce you to a girlfriend while you’re still in A Country then,” Stella comforted 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.

Stella sighed.

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

Stella called Sean again.

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

Stella 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 even completed 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?” Stella probed further.

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

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 classes. For example, the Department of External Affairs was managed by Samuel before I took over. However, I have no right to access the secret files unless he handed them over to me,” Sean explained.

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

“That will not happen. The President has the right to access 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 Bellamy’s information was made up by Samuel?” Stella questioned.

Sean chuckled, “Well, that is definitely possible. However, there is indeed someone leading the team to perform reconnaissance work. If it’s not Bellamy, 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.

Stella 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 Cabinet?” Stella 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 Cabinet, 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?” Stella 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,” Stella 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 Lynette 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?” Stella turned her head. She felt a surge of hope. Could it be Eli?

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

“I think her name is Linda.”

Stella’s eyes darkened again.

Linda.

Allen mentioned this before.

However, she had arrived much later than Stella had expected.

“Let her in,” Stella answered grimly.

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

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

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

“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,” Stella 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.

Stella glanced at Suzi over her shoulder. Suzi was getting old. She would be better 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 Stella’s.

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

Linda charged in and glared at Stella 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 my last. 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 accept 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,” Stella replied lightly.