Life at the Top

Of course, Terence did not have the audacity to stay there and eat with them. He left the room with a slam of the door.

Terence’s father took in a deep breath and waved his hand. “Don’t bother him. There’s no need to pay him any mind. This kid is beyond salvation,” he said.

Honey Sarratt dabbed at her tears in a corner of the room. She was terribly upset.

Charlie Laine and Sally Lard comforted Jasper’s uncle and aunt respectively. Meanwhile, Jasper got up and went around the room to make toasts with everyone. Nobody seemed to pay any heed to Terence Laine, who had left in a storm of fury.

Although Terence Laine had caused an unpleasant dispute during the Christmas dinner, nobody showed any signs of unhappiness on their faces. Everyone quickly pushed the incident to the back of their minds.

Soon, the atmosphere at the tables became lively once again.

Although not everyone was happy throughout the course of the dinner, at least it ended on a good note.

finished their meals, Jasper arranged for them to stay in the Shangri-La Hotel. He booked a room for each family where they could stay up

from another town in a rush,

expected that my brother

more mature than Terence. He apologized to Jasper with a guilty expression

had drunk a little too much the previous night. He laughed upon hearing what Darrel said. “It’s alright, I just assumed that I was fooling around with a child. You don’t have to mention it… Anyway, how did the discussion go?”

Christmas. Regarding the ownership, he’d like to have 30% of

sum of money that is to be invested into your

felt like thanking

sign a three-party contract when the boss of Hello Hotpot comes over. After that, you can set

then took out two familiar checks from his coat and handed them

“What are you doing?”

asked. He laughed in amusement after taking a glance at the two checks