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.

of the lowest level in Swallow Capital’s society, so why are you acting like a keelie in

and slang in Swallow Capital, meaning an old fox

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

shaking all over. He did not know whether he was trembling because

statement had crushed his dignity into pieces before slamming them on the floor to get

badly to have a dagger in his hand so that he could kill Jasper

me remove one of his

time. When he saw that he

his savior—someone he respected the most

his life to Jasper, and he was not just

situation one day, he

God of War flashed across his brain. Then, he saw Julian walking over to him with eyes that were so icy they looked

George was petrified.

before and knew that some people really had the guts to

he would cripple one of George’s