Life at the Top

Lisa, however, was unwilling to concede. She had never suffered such mistreatment before, so she stood right in front of the two and blocked their paths.

“What do you want?” Wendy was slightly annoyed and she frowned as she spoke. Her tone was no longer as polite as it was when she had tried to keep their relationship neutral before. Rather, it was fierce now.

“Look, Miss Wendy, we’re all classmates here, so I’m telling you that the man beside you isn’t worth your time! I’m only telling you this for your sake because I can’t bear to witness it anymore.” Lisa huffed arrogantly.

“Not everyone can enroll in MBA, and those who do are all formidable in either their academics or familial background. But look at that nobody next to you? All he has is talk–you’re just degrading yourself by being with him.”

“Don’t say that, Lisa. We have to respect Wendy’s decisions.” Ben laughed as he spoke, his expression polite.

“Perhaps Wendy hasn’t met many people before this, and her limited social experience is why she’s an easy target for others to trick. She’ll know that there are more outstanding people outside after broadening her experience, and she’ll soon know better than to be with some ignorant idiot.”

Lisa replied calmly, “It’d be too late then.

time, Wendy, so how about you give each other a chance? Date each other for a while and I’m

sounded sincere, as if she truly believed that she was doing the right thing

this only fueled

the back of Wendy’s hand

am I the nobody that’s all talk?”

was no way Jasper would stand still as

but you’re dead wrong if you think this makes you worthy to contribute to our conversation. If this is how you’re going to act, then I may as well make myself clear

“Do you even know how much one year of MBA tuition costs? Do you

you? You just like the fact that she’s pretty and rich. Did you think we

have the ability to give Wendy happiness and the life she wants to

down on Jasper just because she was from a higher social class and somehow that made her better than him. “You can’t even imagine how much money that is, but it is a different story for Ben. The President of the Haddock Chamber of Commerce is Ben’s father, and

could ever imagine ever since the moment he was born, so what makes you

A top-level Maserati Quattroporte, with an on-the-road price of 3.8 million. If you weren’t born with it, then you’d never have it no matter how hard you tried.

his car keys from his pant pockets and spoke, “And here