Life at the Top

Jasper did not go anywhere nor did he do anything for the following two days, opting to stay by Wendy’s side instead where he channeled all his focus on her.

He relayed the details of what had happened to Dawson after he returned.

Out of all the details was his plan on how to deal with the aftermath of the problem.

At that, Dawson merely told him to leave the matters of the Hull family in the Southeast Province alone.

It then dawned on Jasper the power his future father-in-law had in the Southeast Province.

It was just as Ian had worried. Dawson’s power had been running deep in the Southeast Province for decades, and while he did not flaunt it all the time, his power was beyond imagination when he decided to use it.

“Jasper, according to the latest news, all of the Hull family’s power and funds have been pulled out from the market in the Southeast Province.”

Julian reported to Jasper in the backyard of the villa.

smooth apple continued to turn in his hand while the long strip of its skin fluttered in the air. The peel seemed moments away from breaking, but it did not happen even after he had completely skinned

into small slices and fed

had completely recovered after two days of

slap was the only physical injury she suffered, and she had spent the two days recovering from

already readjusted and recovered from her emotional trauma as much as she could in the shortest amount of

she replied nonchalantly, “My dad didn’t do anything at all yesterday. All he did was sit in the office of the city’s government for an entire day and the

them pulling out, not only would the Hull

doomed to halt indefinitely. Even though the groundwork for the construction in the North Bank has just been completed, that’s as far as its progress will go. So there’s

longer has the right to decide what happens anymore, and since there’s no way the

weighing our odds against theirs, it’s not a difficult choice the city’s government

Jasper analyzed it clearly.

then

“Uncle Schuler.”