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.

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 to three days

had traveled back from another town in a rush, looked for Jasper hurriedly. He had obviously heard of Terence’s incident

never expected that

apologized to Jasper with

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

he’ll come over to visit you personally after Christmas. Regarding the ownership, he’d like to have 30% of the total shares. You will get 60% of it, and I’ll have 10%. Is that alright with you?”

be getting the sum of money that is

then paused momentarily. He felt like thanking Samuel Ray for his extensive

when the boss of Hello Hotpot comes over. After that, you can set up the company framework. I’ll make sure to credit the funds into the company account

familiar checks from his coat and handed

“What are you doing?”

taking a glance at the two checks that