Female Novel
Chapter 4
Jasper was in a navy suit, and his hair was slightly long and curled. He smirked and asked indifferently,“I’d also love to know when you will divorce Esther, Mr. Warner.” Bradley snickered. “Jasper, as yourbusiness rival, consider this a kind word of advice from me. There are plenty of fish in the ocean. Whywaste your time on a murderer?” ‘Murderer?’ Jasper shook his head in his mind. He could not fathomwhy the sharp and ruthless Bradley in the business world was this stupid about women. “Bradley, youmust be blind not to see Esther’s worth.” Jasper and Bradley stood at loggerheads. Their commandingpresence put their assistants and secretaries in distress. “If you divorce Esther right now, I’ll marry herright off the bat.” Bradley smirked cruelly and went straight to the point. “Your family won’t agree.”Jasper shrugged, saying, “I graduated from Stanford. Even without the Searle family’s background assupport, I won’t starve my wife. You, however, shouldn’t you give a title to the woman who has givenbirth to your child?” There was a dark glint in Bradley’s eyes. It was like Jasper did not see it as heuttered nonchalantly, “See you.” He walked past Bradley and entered the elevator. As the elevator’sdoors were closing, Bradley suddenly turned around and stared at the closing doors, meeting Jasper’schallenging gaze. It suddenly felt like it was a cold winter. Cole stepped away discreetly and carefullyavoided being hit by Bradley’s frosty aura. The elevator doors opened. Jasper found the hospital wardEsther was in. An ache swept past his heart as he saw her like this out of the blue. In the past fiveyears, Jasper had wanted to visit Esther in prison numerous times, but she refused to see him. Thiswas their first meeting after what had happened five years ago. Esther was no longer the bright andsunny girl she used to be. She was all skin and bones, like a walking skeleton. Her empty eyes had losttheir sparkle. Jasper took a deep breath and greeted her hoarsely. “Esther, it’s been a while.” Esthercracked a smile when she turned around to look at Jasper. “You look more and more like a boss now,Jasper.” Jasper gestured for his assistant and secretary to drop the suitcases and entered the wardalone. “You didn’t want to see me or accept what I sent these five years. Are you punishing yourself,Esther? Or are you blaming me for not saving you?” Esther paused before she shook her head lightly.She said in exhaustion, “I’ve never blamed you. After what happened, those people I used to knowavoided me like the plague, but you were the only one who believed my innocence. I’m grateful for
that.” There was no doubt that Jasper believed in Esther. Thomas had been treating her like family andwas the one who had contributed to her marriage. There was no reason for her to kill him. He evensuspected that the video Bradley had shown in court had been edited, but the evaluation of theprofessional computer expert confirmed that it was original. Whatever it was, Jasper would not believethat Esther would do anything to harm Thomas. “Mr. Thomas seemed to have woken up once after youwere sent to prison, but the Warners had blocked the news. As such, I can’t be sure how true it is. “Nottoo long ago, though, the lawyer announced his will after Mr. Thomas passed. You get to inherit 1/3 ofhis shares in the Warner Group. “Esther, I’ll help you if you want to prove your innocence.” Estherasked self-deprecatingly, “My innocence is no longer important. The truth of the incident doesn’t matteranymore, either. Because even if the evidence is placed before Bradley, he won’t believe it. He’ll onlybelieve what he thinks.” Jasper then asked, “Will you get a divorce?” “Divorce? That’s for sure.” Therewas an unprecedented certainty in Esther’s tone. She used to see marrying Bradley as her biggestdream in life. To fulfill it, she had given up on her career and thrown her pride away to becomeBradley’s wife. She used to naively think that she would be the happiest woman marrying Bradley, onlyto find that the marriage was the start of her life to hell. Jasper was quiet for a moment before lookingup gently. “I can introduce a professional divorce lawyer to you if you want to do that.” Esther wassincerely thankful. “Thank you, Jasper. But I have something I need your help with.” “What is it?”Jasper straightened up. “Please find my kids for me.” Esther had thought that her children were reallydead, so the time she had spent in jail was muddled and agonized. Now, Bradley had actually told herthat they were still alive. She knew him well; he would be too disdained to trick her into the surgery witha lie like this. Since Bradley had said that her kids were alive, that meant they really were. “Your kids?”Jasper looked at her in shock and asked in disbelief, “Didn’t you have a premature delivery in prisonand they passed?” At the thought of that, her heart ached so much that it was hard to breathe. Hereyes were reddened as she answered hesitantly, “I’ve always thought the same, but just a few hoursago, Bradley told me that as long as I go through with the surgery, he’ll tell me where the kids are. Doyou think he’ll trick me with it, Jasper?” Jasper stroked his chin and replied after pondering, “No. Hedoesn’t have to tell a weak lie like this. If he said that the kids were still alive, they must still be around.
It’s just that I’ve never heard of there being other kids around him. Besides, your kids are probably aninsult to him.” Esther had been overjoyed when she found out she was pregnant. Even Thomas hadbeen elated. He had even gifted her an expensive lake-view mansion in the city center that was$90,000,000 in value. However,, an indecent video of Esther had been exposed on the Internet, andBradley was immediately teased for being a cuckold. Thomas had not believed that Esther wassomeone like that and had wanted to find the culprit behind it. On the way to meet the lawyer, theBentley he had been in coincidentally had a busted tire, and the accident put him on the verge of death.Bradley had spent a fortune hiring the best experts from overseas to treat Thomas, but Esther removedhis oxygen mask just when the latter turned better. Even though Esther insisted that she had neverdone it in court, she was sentenced due to the solid evidence. This also meant that Bradley had sentthe pregnant Esther to prison himself five years ago. “Jasper, the kids I carried are Bradley’s.” Esthercorrected him and said disappointedly, “I didn’t apply for a paternity test back then because I was toldthey died from the difficult labor. I regret it so much now. Why wasn’t I determined to do it?”novelbin