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.

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

Capital, meaning an old fox or a person unfit

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

He did not know whether he was

into pieces before slamming them on the floor to get

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

let me remove one

a very long time. When he saw that he was still looking

his savior—someone he respected the most

Jasper, and he

situation one day, he would

as if he was the God of War

George was petrified.

in jail before and knew that some people really had the

he would cripple one