Billionaire’s Pampered Wife

He got up from the wheelchair by himself.

Stella turned around to grab a small knife and tried to pull the pumpkin off its skin.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

Jasper looked at her back with a thoughtful gaze.

Stella handed him the knife and the peeled pumpkin and said, “Thank you for your help.”

The doctors looked at each other and ate quickly, intending to give Stella and Jasper some privacy.

“Stella, leave Sandro to us,” the last doctor who left the kitchen said before stepping out.

“Thank you,” Stella said with a smile.

All of a sudden, she felt that her life wasn’t bad at all. It was easy and fulfilling to her, and every day felt like a sunny day.

She put the salmon fillet into the microwave oven to defrost, then simmered some tomato sauce for herself.

All of a sudden, she remembered that Jasper couldn’t speak, so if she didn’t, the whole kitchen would be very quiet.

Worried that Jasper would overthink, she purposely told him a joke. “I was watching this reality show, it was pretty funny.

They said that some parents would bring their toddlers out, then pretend to hide to scare their kids. Then, they’d teach their kids a lesson to not simply walk away from them.

What if one day the kids hide instead? I’m sure that the parents would worry too, then if the kids were to say the same thing to their parents, wouldn’t it be quite funny?”

“Yes,” Jasper responded to her.

Stella’s entire body trembled. Just hearing one word was enough to make her excited. She turned her head and looked at Jasper.

He also smiled and uttered another syllable, “La.”

If she remembered correctly, he also called her the same thing the moment he woke up.

She was very touched, the corners of her eyes were wet again.

Jasper made a gesture.

Stella couldn’t understand. She handed the phone to him and said, “I will try my best to learn everything, just give me a month.”

Jasper took the phone from her and typed something. “Don’t worry, I should be able to get my speech back. It may be difficult, but I’ll do it.”

Stella was very happy. “Okay, but it doesn’t matter even if you can’t talk. As long as you’re alive, it’s the best gift given by God.”

Jasper closed his eyes.

He put the phone on the table and continued to dice the pumpkin.

After the tomato sauce was done simmering, she added some sugar in it, then some cornstarch to thicken it.

When she was done with that, she placed the frying pan on the stove and added some butter to it. Then she put chopped onions onto the pan and started frying it. “Pumpkin contains a lot of vitamins which help in recovering your body. They taste good with caramelized onions.”

“Mm,” Jasper replied with a mumble again.

Stella smiled and turned to look at him. “I’ve watched a movie called ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’. There’s a tree-like creature in it who is kind, loving, brave, and righteous. However, he could only say one phrase, ‘I am Groot’. No matter what he’s thinking, he only says one sentence, ‘I am Groot’.”

Jasper smiled slightly.

“There’s also another cartoon I’ve watched called ‘The Bad Jokes’.

There was a dog in the show that couldn’t talk either. His master gave him a piece of clothing, and he could only say three sentences, one of which was, ‘I am so-and-so’.

One time, all of them were looking for a baby. Many people were looking for the baby secretly for their own reasons.

The dog also did the same, looking for the baby discreetly. But, the funniest thing was that one of the codes to the door he had to unlock was voice-activated. He needed to say a sentence, but he couldn’t. All he could say was, ‘I am so-and-so’. He had no choice but to call someone else to help him. I couldn’t help laughing when I saw this.”

Jasper also smiled and made a gesture.

This time, Stella understood. “Okay, let’s watch those movies tonight.”

She then added caramelized onions, diced pumpkin, chicken stock, and water into a pot.

She didn’t need to prepare that much as Jasper couldn’t eat too much either. After she was done cooking, she placed a bowl of pumpkin bisque and sprinkled some bacon bits in front of Jasper.

“I’ll get you a little bit of quinoa later. You could only eat a little of it, but we’ll still have the fish. Fish has a lot of minerals which are good for you, but you can’t take too much today.”

Jasper nodded.

Taking out the grilled fish from the oven, she poured the tomato sauce over it and put some bacon bits on it. She then covered the whole dish with a layer of cheese and stuck it back in the oven for five more minutes.

She fried the extra tomato sauce with some quinoa and spinach, mushing them in the pan to absorb the sauce.

The quinoa was done and so was the fish.

Stella took them out and placed them all in front of Jasper. “I know that you don’t like sweet things, but tomatoes are also good for your health.”

Jasper lowered his head and ate his quinoa, not showing any signs of reluctance.

Seeing this, Stella was also happy. She filled her bowl with quinoa and ate with Jasper.

Time passed peacefully. The light above their heads was exceptionally dim, illuminating over them softly.

After the meal.

Stella pushed Jasper to see Sandro. Before they entered the ward, they could hear him giggling from playing with the doctors.

As soon as they stepped into the room, they noticed that everything looked completely different.

The original hospital bed was changed into a wide king-sized bed, and there was a smaller bed next to it. The crib was surrounded by a safety railing all around to prevent Sandro from tumbling over.

There was a canopy installed over the beds, and opposite the bed was a TV. They even brought in a long table and placed it by the side.

In addition to these, there was also a small children’s playpen.

There were stuffed caterpillars, rubber balls, a swing set, a seesaw, teddy bears, a small racing car, and a basketball hoop in the playpen.

At this moment, Sandro was sitting in the corner and having the time of his life.

“Has Sandro had his milk?” Stella asked.

“Yes. Don’t worry, Stella, we’ll take care of him,” Skye said.

“Okay, then we’ll have to take your word for that. Jasper and I are going to watch a movie,” Stella said with a smile.

“Go, go! Why not let Sandro sleep with us tonight?” Skye suggested.

“It’s fine, that’s asking too much from you. Sandro needs to have his milk twice at night,” Stella didn’t want to bother them.

“We’re okay with it. Plus, there’s more of us than you. Stella, you need to let us do something, or else we’ll be fired,” Skye reasoned.

Stella thought about it for a moment. She did want to learn sign language as fast as possible to communicate properly with Jasper. “Then I’ll have to trouble you guys tonight.”

“It’s no trouble, we’ll do it happily,” Skye and the doctors said in unison.

Stella nodded, then pushed Jasper out to the library.

“I am thankful for their care all the while I’ve been here. If one of them were to leave, my heart would ache,” Stella said softly.

To be honest, since Jasper was awake, they really didn’t need that many people here.

However, she had already gotten used to their presence. If any of them were to leave, she would notice the difference.

Jasper typed a text on the phone and showed it to Stella…