Chapter 211 Principles
Adeline's face suddenly turned red. Her gaze lingered on the bite mark on the man's left shoulder.
In the past, when she was deeply entangled with him, angered by his actions the previous night, she had mischievously bitten him hard on the shoulder, leaving a mark.
At that moment, she had forgotten her intentions. Perhaps she had wanted to leave a visible reminder on Jasper for Stella to notice, a mark of her presence in his life.
But... If the truth aligned with Jasper's claims—that someone had impersonated him last night and pursued her with a male escort—then she seemed to have made a grave error.
Not only had she willingly surrendered to Jasper's advances, but she had also left a physical trace on him.
If Stella were to discover it and react with anger, it could lead to significant trouble.
Thinking of this, the woman lowered her eyes, carefully applying medicine to his wound while softly saying, "I was just angry at that moment..."
"Mm." Jasper smirked and responded, "Because of your momentary anger, you'll be in charge of treating my wound for the next few days."
Adeline nodded. "Okay."
He got injured for her, so she should take care of him. Plus, if she really misunderstood him, to avoid unnecessary trouble, she definitely couldn't let Stella see the bite mark on his shoulder.
Not long after she started treating him, a sudden noise echoed in the room.
Jasper frowned and glanced at Adeline.
Adeline forced a smile. "I hardly ate anything last night, just drank. Later, I went to the hotel and vomited a few times, still haven't eaten anything until now... I'm hungry, is that embarrassing?"
Jasper chuckled lightly, picked up his phone, and dialed Ryan, "Get some food delivered."
Ryan nodded. "Is it for you alone or for you and Ms. Foster?"
"For both me and Adeline; deliver it to Adeline's room."
On the other end of the phone, Ryan fell silent for a moment before responding, "Alright."
As Jasper hung up, Adeline was still carefully bandaging his wound with a clean gauze. As she earnestly tended to his wound, she asked, "You haven't eaten either?"
"No." Jasper's tone was flat. "I went to negotiate with the local gang early in the morning, then rushed to Zavier's place after getting the news. Do you think I had time?"
Adeline pursed her lips, remaining silent. After a while, she took a deep breath and asked, "Is Zavier's leg... okay?"
She remembered when she came downstairs, Zavier was kneeling on the ground, his blood staining the marble floor.
"Nothing serious." Jasper casually furrowed his brows. "Just a small cut from the local gang members."
Adeline hesitated for a moment. "Did... you have them do it?"
Jasper glanced at her, not answering her question. " I initially thought your relationship with Linda and Zavier wasn't good, worried you might get hurt at their place, so I hurried over to find you. And then..."
His deep, unreadable eyes swept over Adeline. "Instead of finding you in distress, you seemed quite comfortable at someone else's place. I'm curious."
The man shifted into a more comfortable position on the sofa, his gaze fixed on Adeline's face. "Linda used to clash with you every time she laid eyes on you. As Stella's best friend, she seemed to always channel her anger toward you. So why did she suddenly come to your defense this time?"
Adeline turned her face away, avoiding his gaze. "I said it was because of Sebastian's relationship."
Jasper's gaze was too penetrating. That dangerous look made Adeline feel like her secret was about to be exposed in the next second.
"Do you think I believe that?" Jasper smirked. "Sure, Sebastian is a painter Linda and Zavier happen to admire. But the real reason they're fond of him is because Stella holds him in high regard. Her admiration for Sebastian led Linda and Zavier to become acquainted with him and appreciate his art."
He looked at Adeline, trying to discern what kind of person she really was. "Zavier and Linda wouldn't betray Stella for Sebastian."
Adeline bit her lip, unsure how to respond. So, she took a deep breath, turned to him, "You haven't told me yet, did you have those people go after Zavier?"
Jasper stared at her, his gaze as deep and inscrutable as an iceberg. "What do you think?"
Adeline wanted to say she thought Jasper had ordered them to do it. But she wanted to hear what kind of lie he could come up with.
So, she smiled and responded, "I think, it's not the truth. Just like how I think, Mr. Foster wouldn't let me drink at such an event last night, but I still did, right?"
The man's gaze faltered. After a moment, he turned away without looking at her. "I didn't have those people do it."
His voice was cold and indifferent. "They are local gang members from Haicheng, Zavier is a local businessman, and also Lyndon's son-in-law. Lyndon had a previous unpleasant encounter with the local gang, they just took this opportunity to vent on Zavier."
After saying that, he cleared his throat. "I contacted the local gang mainly to find you and Sebastian. I had no idea you were at Zavier's place, nor did I know about any grudge between Zavier and the local gang."
In just a few words, Jasper turned himself from a person involved in Zavier's injury into an innocent party.
Adeline looked at him, then smiled after a while. "Mr. Foster indeed does business with principles."
His principle was to successfully erase his faults at any time.
Jasper caught the sarcasm in her words. He remained silent, put on his shirt, then leaned back on the sofa and started fiddling with his phone.
The room fell quiet instantly.
With nothing else to do, Adeline sat at the other end of the sofa, also playing with her phone.
She opened the local news feed of Haicheng, intending to see the city's recent changes, but as soon as she opened it...
There were photos of her and Jasper scattered around the room, depicting scenes mirroring their current surroundings. In these images, she was either sprawled over Jasper, her hands protectively covering her chest as she gazed at him, or her fingers were wrapped around Jasper's neck in an intimate embrace.
The headline read: [Phoebe Group's heiress, Linda, exposes that Jasper, who was warmly entertained by the Evelyn family, is a cheating man behind his wife's back!]
The news even meticulously marked the moments when Adeline and Jasper were in those intimate positions, with Stella, Jasper's wife, living next door.
The online comments were filled with curses.
Adeline felt her vision darken.
These photos... If she remembered correctly, they were taken by those pinhole cameras before.
Linda and her father set up those cameras, but Linda already knew her identity last night.
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