Life at the Top

As he had just gotten beat up by Henry during the day, Ben’s nose was still wrapped in gauze. His voice sounded muffled when he spoke, but his gaze carried bone-deep bitterness.

Erik smiled slightly while looking at Jasper and saying, “I’m so glad you’re here today, Mr. Laine. We can finally make negotiations. After all, negotiations are key to solving problems. If our negotiations don’t work, only then we’ll display our own ability. What do you say?”

Jasper said calmly, “Get straight to the point. Stop using two mediocre and insignificant characters to breed enmity. That’s just plain boring. Make your offer.”

Jasper’s words were tantamount to the punches Henry hurled at Ben during the day.

Ben and Lisa’s expressions changed immediately.

From Jasper’s words, anyone could tell that he did not regard them as humans at all. How could they possibly stand the humiliation when he called them mediocre and insignificant characters?

With a bang, Lisa screamed at Jasper while pointing at him, “Who do you think you are, Jasper Laine? What are you so proud of? Don’t forget that we still hold a bargaining chip that can cost you dearly. Aren’t you afraid that this negotiation will fail and all your plans will fall apart?”

at Lisa and smiled. “Sounds

Sounds good?!

Everyone was dumbfounded.

knowing how those two

she said, no? Perhaps he would even show humility. However, what did he mean by

nor the guts. The only reason why you two are able to participate in this is that Erik doesn’t want his plan to fall through or be exposed, nor does he want

smiled and continued calmly, “A pair of blood-stained gloves can be thrown away at any time. You

to deal with the Laws yourself. Think about it, when that happens, do you think Erik

strange air lingered over Lisa,

Jasper said, and

and Ben looked nervous as they stared warily at

stared at Jasper and said, “You’re really great at sowing dissension, aren’t you, Mr. Laine? Oh, I