Love and Separation

I encountered Jasper because I dramatically saved his life, just like what would happen in every tacky soap opera.

He accidentally fell into the water while participating in an activity at the orphanage, and I rescued him.

As he regained his consciousness after receiving my artificial respiration, I saw his ears turned red.

"May I have your name?" he asked.

Instead of answering his question, I pointed at the warning sign impatiently. "You can't go to this area in case you would make other people lose their lives because of saving you."

As an orphan brought up here, I never found myself amicable to a kid born in a wealthy family like him.

But after he pursued me for four years, I realized he was different from those rich playboys.

He would sit with me at a roadside stall and eat instant noodles.

He would volunteer with me and serve dishes in the restaurant with me.

On my birthday, he would try all the means to bake a cake for me, even though it looked really ugly.

So, on the fourth birthday I spent with him, I burst into tears and asked whether he could celebrate my birthday with me for the rest of my life when he came out of the kitchen with a cake on his scalded hands.

He was so surprised and joyful that he could hardly hold the cake.

"Mia, you, you agree to be my girlfriend?" he held me in his arms. "I will celebrate your birthday every year and make different cakes for you. Mia, I will treat you well for the rest of my life, believe me."

What a beautiful and touching oath, Jasper.

I trapped myself in this cage for ten years.

Though the evidence of your cheating on me had surfaced a long time ago, I couldn't help but exculpate you with ridiculous excuses.

Until this time, I couldn't fool myself with such an evident and cruel truth.

It was like a sword severing my throat.

I hired a caregiver, a top nutritionist and a chef to take care of me before I recovered.

The next day, I moved to a VIP ward.

As I passed by the bed next to me in a wheelchair, I took a casual glance at Evelyn.

With glossy and straight hair, she put on light make-up that made her look so pure and innocent; compared to the aggressive beauty of a confident and self-dependent woman, hers was more delicate and attracted man's care.

She was the new intern in the Haverford Group, Evelyn Groves.

Twirling her hair, she said to her phone in an artificially cute tone, "But I just want to eat these, darling. Can you tell the cook, please?"

The food she argued to let Jasper prepare for her was something my cook just made for me.

It seemed that she would even steal my taste to compete for Jasper.

I only felt bored and left.

Apart from its high price, the VIP ward was far superior than the general one.

With the fine temperature and humidity, I finally had a good sleep.

The next morning, before I could take a sip of the chicken soup, someone knocked on my door.

Sophia, who stayed with me when I was seriously injured on the viaduct, walked in with a viaduct face.

"Ms. Sinclair, the Inpatient management office made a mistake. This ward was booked by another patient," she said.

I was drinking my soup in silence when there was another knock on the door.

The young chef came in and apologized to me, "I'm sorry, Ms. Sinclair, I have to resign."

"Someone offered ten times the salary. I'm really sorry," he added.

Maybe being terrified by my cold glance, the chef explained in a hurry, "Ms. Sinclair, it's not only because of the money. She is Mrs. Haverford, and I... I dare not defy her order."

Pushing open the door of the general ward, I found Evelyn was carefully unwrapping her gift.

It was a gorgeous pink diamond bracelet.

The gladness in her eyes was brighter than diamonds, and she sent a voice message to Jasper: [Thank you for remembering my birthday, I love you.]

Evelyn: [I also like the VIP room and chef you prepared for me. Thank you for the birthday gift.]

I was a little dazed.

At the beginning of our marriage, Jasper would prepare special and thoughtful gifts for me on my birthday every year.

In addition to cakes, there were also diamond earrings, brooches, necklaces and hair accessories.

I looked down at my wrist.

The bracelet that I had been wearing all the time was now lost in the accident.

I suddenly recalled the birthday when he helped me put on the bracelet.

He swore sincerely to me, "Mia, I will be with you until the last moment of my life. This bracelet was evidence of my love for you."

Now, his love had gone with the bracelet.

Evelyn seemed to have suddenly noticed me, turned around and blinked. "Hello, how can I help you?"

The moment our eyes met, I realized that she knew me.

Although she had worn a perfect disguise, I could still sense her direct hostility and provocation.

"I heard that you wanted my VIP ward and chef, Ms. Groves. I came here to tell you that I don't agree."

Curling her lips in disdain, she said, "Sorry, but I can't help that. I have already paid for those things. I must stay in the VIP ward and be served by the very chef who used to work for you."

"I'm sorry. I won't give up either the ward or the cook," I said.

"Well, that's impossible!" she retorted.

Her confident look somehow amused me, and I laughed at her.

"Is your confidence from the sugar daddy you just hooked, Ms. Groves? I suggest you stay a little low-profile since you stole the title of Mrs. Haverford from Jasper's real wife," I said.

Everyone in the ward was startled to hear this news and began to gossip, which irritated Evelyn so much that she was about to burst into tears with trembling lips."

I continued, "The duty of a mistress is to please your sugar daddy and bow when you meet his real wife."

I stood up with the help of the wheelchair and slapped her.

Suddenly, someone pulled me from behind so hard that my wound due to the heavy blow cracked and soon stained the white bandage with blood.

In my blurred vision, I saw Jasper quickly walk towards the weeping Evelyn and give a cold order to his assistant, "Tobias, are you blind? Take this crazy bitch out of Evelyn's ward now!"

I felt that the world was spinning.

Lying on the ground in a mess, I even lost my mind due to the sharp pain.

Sophia cried and protected me from getting hurt by Jasper's man again. "Mr. Haverford, I will take Ms. Sinclair out."

She must have been so freaked out by his savage demeanor and worried that my wounds would be worsened if I continued defying his will.

Indeed, Jasper was terrifying when he lost his temper.

In the second year of our marriage, I was bullied at a party.

He tied the one who started the bully, a pretty girl, up on the twelfth floor of a building and left her in the pouring rain all night.

In the third year of our marriage, I was kidnapped.

It only took him a week to bankrupt the person who plotted the kidnap.

Finally, the mastermind behind the kidnapping was eventually forced to jump off the building.

As time went by, the person he wanted to guard had changed.

I didn't know what kind of torture I would have to go through this time given his current mood.

My blood was boiling because of rage and sorrow, and I managed to stand up with the help of Sophia.

As Evelyn cried in Jasper's arms, he appeased her with an extreme soft voice.

However, Tobias was so stunned that he took a step back when he saw who I was.

Jasper said, "Do you need me to teach you how to teach this bitch a lesson, Tobias?

"If she has a dirty mouth, teach her how to speak like a person brought up in decency.

"Break the hand she slapped Evelyn.

"And let her know what poverty really is since she mocked Evelyn for being poor."

It turned out that offending Evelyn would result in such a terrible consequence.

I clenched my palms and turned around.

Meanwhile, she wailed in his arms but stared at me with pride and contempt.

But the next second, he threw her out of his arms and looked at me in extreme disbelief.

Fixing his eyes on my injured legs, he tried to say something but couldn't even make a sound in the end.