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.

Shangri-La Hotel. He booked a room for each family where they could stay up

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

never expected

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

to cure his hangover. He 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.

personally after Christmas. Regarding the ownership, he’d like

getting the sum of money that is to be invested into your business within the next two

He felt like thanking Samuel Ray for his extensive

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

two familiar checks from his coat and handed them to Jasper

“What are you doing?”

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