Billionaire’s Pampered Wife

For the sake of safety, Jasper Milton drove over on his own.

Apart from Stella Grace, he only brought with him an attendant named Jimmy Fellow.

Tavers Village was much farther than Stella had expected.

Jasper didn’t ask her to help with driving, but let her sleep at the back seat instead.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

He alternated driving with Jimmy and they drove for twelve hours before entering the mountain road. Unfortunately, the car was not able to drive in at all.

The navigation system had disconnected, and even their phones had no signal.

Jasper stopped the car. Looking at the endless mountains around him, he frowned.

“Didn’t he say that the roads have all been developed? Is State Mayor Cher not doing anything?” Jasper was very angry.

Jimmy kept his head down and did not speak.

Stella got out of the car and walked to Jasper’s side. She held his hand and said, “This is commonplace. A year ago, our hospital organized a medical test campaign for these poor rural villagers, and we were told that there was a road leading there. When the doctors went there, there was no road and not even electricity.”

Hearing Stella’s soft voice, Jasper’s temper, which was about to erupt, was slightly appeased.

He didn’t want to get angry in front of her. “As we are from the military, we can’t oversee civil affairs.”

“Yes, we are only human.” Stella smiled slightly.

Jasper’s eyes softened and he said to Jimmy, “Tavers Village is under the Zes Town jurisdiction, right? Let’s go to the town first and find a guide. Then we can come over.”

“Yes.” Jimmy drove back to the town.

“I have a suggestion. It’s getting too late today. Do you want to stay in town and enquire more from the people in the town today? Perhaps we can get more clues.” Stella said.

“Okay.” Jasper agreed.

After driving for half an hour, they returned to the town. Stella and Jasper checked into a hotel using fake ID cards.

Jimmy had his own room on his own.

After checking in, they ate in a small restaurant next to the hotel.

The lady boss of the restaurant was very friendly and welcoming.

“Madam, I want to ask you something about Tavers Village.” Stella asked gently.

As soon as the lady boss heard the name “Tavers Village”, her smile froze. She looked out the restaurant and said in a low voice, “Miss, you must not be from here. We don’t casually mention the words Tavers Village here.”

“Why?” Stella was puzzled.

“Five years ago, all 108 residents from Tavers Village disappeared one night. Since then, the place has been haunted. Some people have seen ghosts wandering around at night. They were flying around. It’s terrible.” The lady said.

Jasper glanced at the lady indifferently.

He didn’t believe in ghosts at all.

“Do you know why they disappeared?” Jasper asked in a deep voice.

“The rumor has been that they were eaten by ghosts. We no longer dare to go to that place.” The lady shivered and didn’t want to say more. She turned around and went into the kitchen.

“Jimmy!” Jasper shouted.

Jimmy looked at Jasper and listened attentively.

“Tomorrow, go to the Zes administration and find out how many people are in Tavers Village. Check if there are people studying or working out of town, who are originally from Tavers,” Jasper ordered.

“Okay.” Jimmy replied.

“I think it looks very suspicious. What do you think?” Jasper asked Stella.

“I don’t think those are ghosts! I think that there are still people in that village, so some people would think of them as the so-called ghosts. This time, I suggest that we don’t use a tour guide. Let’s look at the map and sneak in there.” Stella suggested.

“Jimmy, you don’t have to go with us tomorrow. Just investigate the population details tonight. Grab a map and don’t alarm anyone.” Jasper ordered again.

“Yes.”

After the meal, Jasper and Stella strolled around the area, they were planning to buy some fruits and enquire more information along the way.

The roads in Zes Town were in bad condition, there were a lot of potholes, but there was no one to fix it.

People there seemed to rest early, almost all of the shops were closed in the evening. There were street vendors.

There were no street lights even in the town roads, let alone in the countryside.

Stella saw that there was a fruit stall on the opposite side of the road, they had just restocked and the owners were arranging their goods.

She quickly walked over, stepped into a pothole, and was stuck for a moment.

Jasper immediately grabbed her waist and pulled her into his arms. He asked worriedly, “You didn’t twist your ankle, did you?”

“No, Jasper, when did they build the roads here?” Stella asked.

“I don’t know. I’ll ask someone to check it out.”

“Let’s ask the locals.” Stella took his hand and went to the fruit stall.

Jasper’s eyes dimmed slightly.

He followed Stella to the fruit stall.

She picked out a lot of fruits.

She asked casually, “Boss, when did they build the roads here?”

“The roads? Ten years ago I think.” The boss said.

“Ten years ago? The road is seriously damaged. If it is not because of bad workmanship, then there should be heavy trucks coming and going for a long time, is that so?” Stella peeled an orange, ate a piece, snapped half of it, and handed the half to Jasper.

She gave him a strange look.

He frowned slightly.

He hated eating oranges because they were sour.

But it was Stella who gave it to him.

He tore off a piece and threw it into his mouth. After chewing it for a while, he swallowed it.

Although he just chewed it, he cringed at the acidity. It was giving him a stomachache already.

He stopped eating and held the half of the orange in his hand.

Stella looked at him again and smiled slightly.

He had an impulse to kiss her.

She was giving him such sour food on purpose.

Jasper endured the sensation.

The boss explained, “There’s a cement plant in the next town, and the trucks pass by here from time to time.”

“Oh, I see, I heard that the strange Tavers Village is also part of your town, isn’t it?” Stella said.

The boss’s face darkened a little. “That place is haunted and people disappear for no reason. It’s terrible.”

“There’s been some hot news recently. The news says that those citizens committed suicide because of illness. It also said that the previous mayor buried those people and someone gave him tens of millions in gold.” Stella said with a smile.

“Forget it, that’s nonsense. We don’t believe it. Let me tell you, the authorities said that all 108 residents committed suicide and the place was sealed off. In fact…” The boss looked to the right and then to the left and said, “I have a friend, who is from Tavers Village. He didn’t die at all. He’s alive and well.”

Stella and Jasper looked at each other.

“Could you tell me your friend’s address now?” Stella asked.

The boss looked at them warily. “That’s not a good idea.”

Jasper took out a thousand dollars from his wallet and handed it to the boss.

The boss then gave his friend’s address happily.

Stella was rendered speechless, “…”

In the evening.

Lying on the hotel bed, Stella and Jasper couldn’t fall asleep.

Stella was thinking about the whole case over and over again.

Suddenly, Jasper came over her.

“What’s wrong?” Stella asked in a hoarse voice.

“Let’s do something.” Jasper kissed her on the lips.

“Condoms.” Stella went to the small box on the bedside table.

Jasper didn’t like to use condoms, so he grabbed it from her hand and threw it on the bedside table…