Life at the Top

Harvey’s face turned a bright shade of red as he curled his hands into fists and roared like a wounded animal.

“What should we do? How am I supposed to know that?!”

Harvey glared at Mark before he raised a hand to give Mark a resounding slap across the face.

“I asked you to come to apologize. Is this how you apologize?! Huh?!”

As Harvey bellowed, his vision went black and he nearly collapsed onto the ground.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and said, “The Zion family will preserve whatever power it can. As for the rest… we’ll talk about them in the future!”

…

Jasper had gotten himself another room to work in so that he would not interrupt Wendy’s sleep.

When Jasper returned with Julian, he found Wendy curled up lazily on the couch and watching television.

“Done?” Wendy asked.

“Yes.” Jasper nodded and asked gently, “Aren’t you going to bed yet?”

was waiting for you,” Wendy answered in a matter-of-fact

We should be able to move the project

get rid

owned several businesses, but only the shipyard was worth something. He did not have his eyes set on anything

Mr. Lambert deal with it tomorrow,”

at Julian who was standing wordlessly at the door. She called out to him,

let alone

was one of surprise

toward the large, down-to-earth

salary will start at 30,000 with a bonus at the end of the year. Your basic salary is 30% of your annual salary. We’ll sponsor two trips per year to any location you like, and you can bring your family

it’ll be harder for you at first since you’ll be alone. But I’ll continue adding members to Jasp’s team of bodyguards, and you’ll act as the leader. Your

had been thinking about

Jasper’s status in society was elevating, he needed to start

what would have happened if they had been more

wanted

and better at

Wendy had said, but

like Julian to stay and work as his bodyguard, but he had not expected Wendy to be

Jasper

could tell that Wendy was undoubtedly serious about this matter. She would not have