Life at the Top

George felt as if his organs had shifted out of place. His stomach was churning, and he felt horrible.

He tried hard to get up but his entire body was limp and powerless. He lifted his head with all his might but could only see Jasper’s leather shoes.

Jasper took a step forward and squatted. He bent over to look at George, patting his face.

“You had a lot of fun calling me little idiot, huh?”

George gritted his teeth tightly, but at this moment, even if he was resolute, he did not dare to speak anymore.

“You kept saying that the stakes are high in Swallow Capital. Were you having fun acting like a poser?”

George was gasping for air while enduring the pain in his chest and stomach. He opened his mouth challengingly and said, “Just kill me or hack me into pieces if you dare!”

“How stubborn.”

Jasper smiled, and his eyes went cold instantly.

in Swallow Capital’s society, so

and slang in Swallow Capital, meaning an old fox or a person unfit for

George’s cheek and forced his head up to look into his eyes. Jasper said insipidly, “Yes, the stakes are high in Swallow Capital, but it has nothing to do with people like you. Don’t think that just because you’ve been

shaking all over. He did not know whether he was

into pieces

dagger in his hand so that he could kill

let me remove one of

When he saw that he was still looking at Jasper sinisterly with hatred on his face, he could not help but

savior—someone he respected the most in his world. He would not allow anyone to

to Jasper, and he was not

were in a life and death situation one day, he would be willing to take a bullet

and bruised as if he was the God of War flashed across his brain. Then, he saw Julian walking over to him with eyes that were so icy they looked like they could

George was petrified.

that some

that he would