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?”

waiting for you,” Wendy

softly, Jasper said, “It was a success. We should

to get rid

shipyard was worth something. He did not have his eyes set on anything

have Mr. Lambert deal

who was standing wordlessly at the door. She called out to him, “You’re Julian,

to strangers, let alone

one of

giggled, her liking toward the large,

be Jasp’s bodyguard. Your monthly 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

you at first since you’ll be alone. But I’ll continue adding members to Jasp’s team of bodyguards, and

was what Wendy had been thinking about

in society was elevating, he needed to start

what would have happened

Wendy wanted Julian to

much more reliable and better at combat than

said, but

Wendy that he would like Julian to stay and work as his bodyguard, but he had

so, Jasper was

Wendy was undoubtedly serious about this matter. She would not have made this decision on her own unless she was