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

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

hand to grab 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

over. He did not know whether he was trembling because of anger

felt that Jasper’s statement had crushed his dignity into pieces before slamming them on the floor to get

to have a dagger in his hand so that he

Laine, let me remove one

time. When he saw that he was still looking at Jasper sinisterly with hatred

Julian’s heart, Jasper was his savior—someone he respected the most in his world. He would not allow

life to Jasper, and he was

situation one day,

fighters until they were battered and bruised as if he was the God of War flashed across his brain. Then,

George was petrified.

before and knew that some people really had the guts to

saying that he would cripple one of