NovelEnglishHowever, Willow found him peculiar, as his actions forbade her from turning back. Her curiosity was piqued even
more, and she struggled in his embrace. The more he tried to prevent her from peeking, the more she wanted to
see. Jasper firmly pressed down her head and said sternly, “Don’t look.”
She felt a bit aggrieved being held down like this with her face pressed against his chest. Subsequently, he
carried her for more than three hundred feet before finally releasing her, and she had no choice but to stop
looking.
When she returned to the campsite, she overheard a few team members talking about several corpses dressed
in pirate costumes floating among the ocean. They had all been dragged ashore and disposed of by the
bodyguards.
A few male team members looked uncomfortable, and they prevented the female team members from peeking.
Now, Willow understood why Jasper had taken her away. forcefully.
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In the evening, she sat among several female team members and listened to their gossip. Tpassed
unnoticed, and it was already late, so everyone huddled into the tent to sleep. Earlier on, Willow had listened to
a few scary ghost stories, and her heart becchilly. She was unafraid when listening to the tales, but. now,
she was scared.
She genuinely wished Jasper would cover and accompany her, but he did not after she waited for a long
time. She lifted the curtain and saw Johanna, who was guarding her. Then, she requested, “Johanna, can you get
Jasper for me?”
Johanna understood and smiled. “Sure, Miss Presgrave. I'll get him right away.”
Jasper was in a meeting with Winston and the other leaders when Johanna went to get him. “Mr. Wyatt, Miss
Presgrave is looking for you.”
Jasper was a little surprised at first. Then, he walked quickly toward the tent where Willow was. He bent down
and looked at the girl inside, gently asking, “What's wrong?”
“I just listened to a few scary ghost stories, and I'm a little scared. | don’t think | can sleep alone.” Willow was
honest. He wanted to laugh, but he held back. After a moment of thought, he said, “I'll wash up first and come
back.”
“It's okay. | don’t mind. Let's sleep!” said Willow. Still, Jasper went to bathe because he had helped move the
bodies in the afternoon and needed to clean up before getting close to her. Givetwenty minutes,” he said
before leaving.
In the meantime, she played with her phone while waiting for him. Twenty minutes passed, and she was still
wide awake. Finally, she heard footsteps outside the curtain. As the barrier lifted, Jasper’s tall figure entered. He
exuded the fragrance of the bath as it filled the small space. Following that, she immediately leaned against him
and hugged his arm.
With the man beside her, she felt safe and soon began to feel drowsy. She closed her eyes contentedly and, in
her half-asleep state, tossed and turned. When her leg cover, his large hand blocked it in time, resisting her
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Jasper lowered his head, looked at the girl falling asleep, and gently retracted his arm. Then, he left the tent
softly as if coaxing a child. Soon enough, Ricky cforward to report. “Mr. Wyatt, we just discovered a large
yacht about ten nautical miles away. They sent a message claiming to be an archaeological team from Dansbury.
Their captain’s nis Jett Jefferson.”
“Pfft! | bet they're cultural relic smugglers posing as an archaeological team from Dansbury. | didn’t expect them
to follow us here.” Winston sneered. “Winston, do you know him?”
“I do. He's a notorious dealer who's been smuggling our country’s cultural relics for years. We've always been
worried he would target this batch of cultural relics, but | didn’t expect him to find us.”
“Our mission this tis a secret operation. How did he find out?” Winston also found it strange. “Yes! How did
they know we had gains here?”
“Perhaps there's a traitor in our team,’ Ricky said in a hushed voice..
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