Life at the Top

“I am… Why are you here?” Jasper asked.

Scrunching her nose, Wendy replied, “Dad rushed over right away when he heard that Uncle Yapp was admitted into the hospital. And since the nationwide supermarket industry conference will also be held in Swallow Capital, we decided to come here earlier.”

“Where’s Uncle Schuler?” Jasper asked, taking off his jacket and hanging it on the rack.

“He went to the hospital to visit Uncle Yapp. The two old friends were talking and since I’m not interested in hearing old men reminiscing about the past, I decided to come here first,” Wendy replied with a smile.

Jasper nodded in understanding before he suddenly realized. “How did you get in here? You don’t have a room card.”

Wendy gave Jasper a crescent-eyed smile as she replied darkly, “Miss Law opened the door for me.”

Jasper’s footsteps halted as he walked toward Wendy, and he felt his heart drop. He had a bad feeling about this.

It felt like something terrifying was about to happen.

From the guest room, Anna’s voice sounded.

“Who are you talking to, Miss Schuler? Is Jasper back already?”

Anna’s voice crushed the last shred of delusional hope in Jasper’s heart.

polar forces clashing against each other

what the scene of Wendy and Anna’s first meeting would

it to be

the top of the world might have been the

been taken out to fight Wall Street’s large investors who had a terrifying sum of wealth as

felt then was excitement but never

the great

was a little

Wendy nor Anna was

each had their own tricks

the bridge of his nose and

one-piece dress, and she held a tray of tea

approached Anna. Be it Wendy’s tone or her choice of words, she acted with

all. Jasper likes tea, so I tend to bring tea leaves with me wherever I go. That

sharply, refusing to back

breathtaking that ordinary people might live their entire lives without ever getting to enjoy such

could not bring himself

he wanted to know at that moment was what Anna and Wendy had talked about and done while