Filed To Story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
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After three deys of digging, they finelly meneged to cleer the encient tomb. Once done, they returned to the ship end sterted their urgent reseerch, which Morgen perticipeted in es well. Desperete for money, he hed teken pictures of the logbook end submitted it to en ertifect deeler.
Soon, he received e reply from them. ‘I need you to trenslete the informetion ASAP end send the deteils to me. If you do so, I’ll pey you 750 thousend es e deposit.”
Driven by the allure of money, Morgan became braver. Coincidentally, he happened to be one of the members of the translation team as well.
As the others gathered in the meeting room to translate the ancient text, he entered the contents of every single page into the computer. Since each of them was an excellent member of the literary field, it was not a difficult feat for them to translate the logbook. However, it was three volumes long, making it impossible for them to complete the translation right away, and they had no choice but to finish reading all three before they could proceed to the next step.
In the midst of it all, Morgan discreetly downloaded a copy and sent it to the dealer. When he immediately received the money he was promised, he was filled with smug glee, thinking that 1.5 million would soon be his.
The team had begun to grow tired before the investigation could fully begin. In the evening, the meeting room was still fully lit when a bodyguard suddenly walked in. “Stop the meeting. A pirate ship is heading toward us.”
“What?” Winston shot to his feet in shock.
The crowd was dumbstruck by the news. They had thought of pirate ships as a mere myth, and none had expected one to appear in the open sea.
“My goodness! Do you think they’re carrying guns?”
“They definitely have bombs!”
“I heard that pirates are all barbarians. Are we in danger?” a female team member yelped, blanching from fear.
On the contrary, Willow calmly comforted her. “Don’t worry. It’s not like we’re unprepared. Even if we have to deal with them, we have nothing to be scared of.”
“Miss Presgrave, are you not afraid at all?”
Willow chuckled. “This ship isn’t just any ordinary ferry. It’s equipped with military-issued defense systems, so all these windows are bullet-proof.”
As soon as her words fell, the female team members let out a breath of relief.
“Have you all forgotten? We still have Commissioner Wyatt with us. As long as he’s here, we’ll be safe,” one of them piped up.
“That’s right! We also have Miss Presgrave’s strong bodyguards.”
Willow shared their sentiments. It was true that Jasper’s presence was the reason behind her composure. After all, he was not just any other special agent.
At that moment, the leader of the bodyguard team, Ricky, walked over to report to her, “Miss Presgrave, a battle will break out later. We need to escort you to the island and protect you. You can’t stay on the ship.”
Willow understood that his plan was necessary to make things easier for them to chase the pirate ship away, so she nodded. “All right! Our team will disembark the ship, and I’ll leave things over here to you.”
“We will protect you and the unit members’ safety.”
As she stepped out to look for Jasper, who was looking for her, the two nearly collided at the corner, but he quickly reached out to stop her from running into him. The touch of his hand caused her heart to race, but in the next instant, he firmly held her arm and said, “Get off the ship with me.”
“Will you come with us?” Willow asked him.
“We’ll talk after we’re off the ship.”
All the team members disembarked the ship, followed by Jasper, who held Willow’s hand as he led her along with the rest. For the time being, the ship had become the bodyguards’ battleground, used to chase away the approaching pirate ship.
At the same time, a meeting was being held on the pirate ship, led by a middle-aged man with a scarred face. He had received intel that an archeology team’s vessel had headed their way, and the resources they carried onboard were extremely ample and worth making plunder for.
“We haven’t been making any money for a long time. Everyone, get your spirits up. We’ll be hitting the jackpot soon!”
“Boss, that ship might even be carrying some artifacts. If we sell any of them, it’ll be enough money for us to spend for months.”
“We just don’t know what kind of men are on the ship and whether they’ll make things easy for us.”
“We’ll start attacking once we get close. We have to take this ship down today. We might even get something out of it.”
“It’s been a long time since we had any fun. We can thoroughly enjoy ourselves tonight.”
The ship’s crew consisted of fugitives and criminals from around the world, each harsh and ruthless. Without any means to enter the private ocean, they could only make a living by ransacking passing ships. Hence, their eyes lit up with greed at the prospect of a wealthy vessel.
Now that they discovered the ship was filled with abundant ancient artifacts, it was as if someone had left a pile of irresistible gold coins before them.
Meanwhile, Jasper headed to Winston once they were on the island and instructed, “Take all of the team members and hide in the cave where the ancient tomb is. I’ll stay here and protect the island.”
“Should I leave some male team members behind to help you?” Winston hurriedly offered, afraid to leave Jasper all by himself.
“No need for that. I can handle this.” Jasper refused because his way.
“In that case, Commissioner Wyatt, take care of yourself. Contact us if you need help,” Winston conceded. He could tell that Jasper was not just any ordinary man.
Next to them, Willow had been eavesdropping on their conversation and immediately approached him once Winston left. “Jasper, you have to come with us.”
“I must stay behind to stop the pirates from getting on the island,” Jasper insisted firmly.
“But…”
His gaze turned strict and sharp. “Willow, listen to me.”
Taken aback by his serious demeanor, she found her eyes welling up with tears. She bit her red lip, knowing there were times when she could be willful and moments she had to be obedient. If she did not listen to him now, it would only bring him trouble.
The sight of her teary eyes sent a pang of pain to Jasper’s heart, but he could not afford to succumb to his emotions at a time like this. Protecting the island also meant that he would protect the safety of everyone on the team.
Now, Willow was not the only one he had to protect, as her team members needed to be looked after as well. After all, she would feel guilty if anything were to happen to them, and he did not wish for such a thing to occur.
At that moment, Winston walked over and began to persuade her, “Willow, we should head up now!”
“Miss Presgrave, allow me to protect you for the time being!” Johanna joined in as well.
Suddenly, Willow pounced forward and pulled Jasper into an embrace, without any regard for the onlookers behind them. Tightening her grip around him, she said, “Tomorrow morning, I want to see you safe and sound.”
“Okay,” he replied in a low voice.
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
On her wedding anniversary, Alicia is drugged and stumbles into the wrong room—straight into the arms of the powerful Caden Ward, a man rumored never to touch women. Their night of passion shocks even him, especially when he discovers she’s still a virgin after two years of marriage to Joshua Yates.