Life at the Top

As if sensing Charlie’s nerves, Dawson smiled. “You don’t have to be too polite. While this is the first time we’re meeting, we’re going to be a family very soon. You’re older than me, so I’ll just treat you as my brother and call you Charlie. You can do the same as well.”

Seeing how easy-going such a wealthy man like Dawson was, Charlie immediately took a liking to the man and chuckled. “Then I’ll just call you Dawson, since I’m older than you.”

“There we go. This must be my sister-in-law, then?” Dawson turned to smile at Sally and greeted her.

Seeing how their parents were speaking cheerfully with one another, both Jasper and Wendy exhaled a sigh of relief.

“You look beautiful today,” Jasper told Wendy with a chuckle.

Wendy was donned in a pink faux-fur coat today with a scarf around her fair neck. Her choice of clothing had only made Wendy look more bright and playful.

Wendy chuckled. “You look very handsome today as well.”

The two families entered the villa with smiles on their faces, and Charlie gave Jasper a look to prompt the other to bring out a large box. Jasper then handed it to Dawson. “Uncle Schuler, my parents didn’t know what gift to get since it’s their first time coming over. Please enjoy this small offering of ours.”

Dawson was stunned. “It’s enough that you’re here, what’s with all this gift-giving?”

goods, Dad. Some 200-year-old wild ginseng,” Wendy told

years

red gift box was a stalk of wild ginseng that

too much,” Dawson

isn’t important. You were the one who

protest and accepted the gift

Lunch went by joyfully.

drunk some alcohol, so the two went

on a date when

greetings, Jasper accepted it only to hear Sean’s frantic

The site… Something

he replied with a heavy tone, “What are you so

expression turned serious

the phone as he forced himself to calm down. When he spoke again, it was with an exceptionally grim tone, “I’ve just received news that a fire broke out at the site half an hour ago. Firefighters are still trying to extinguish the flames but they’ve already pulled out five

the people in charge of the site doing? How many times have I told them that it’s New Year’s and while I understand everyone is trying to meet deadlines, we have to be careful! How could a fire break out at such a stage? And with five to

weird how the fire started. It started from the workers’ living quarters during lunch