Life at the Top

Flames and smoke engulfed the construction site on the South Bank of the Southface river, attracting the attention of countless people.

Long before he had even arrived, Jasper could already see how the fire brightened up half the sky as smoke burst into the air. The smell of burning materials permeated the air kilometers away from the scene.

“It’s not a small fire this time, Jasper. From what the looks of it, I’d say it’s pretty severe,” Julian spoke grimly to Jasper.

Jasper took a deep breath and replied calmly, “It’s alright. It’s not a loss if it can be fixed with money.”

The large Bentley arrived outside the construction site and was held back by the caution tape the firefighters had put up.

Jasper did not explain himself to the firefighters as he got out of the car and walked toward the site.

Jasper and Julian were currently around 700 to 800 meters away from the site, but despite the distance, Jasper could still feel the burning heat from the scene. That spoke levels about how severe this fire was and that it was rapidly spreading.

“Mister… Mr. Laine!”

with a pant. Sean’s meticulous suit was now in an embarrassing state with traces of soot all over. The man was drenched

the situation?” Jasper walked toward the site

from what they can see, the fire started in two different places. The workers’ rest and living quarters, and the warehouse for all

time, so that explains why the fire is so unrelenting. The firefighters

thing

breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead. “I

the captain ran over to Jasper and interrupted Sean

abrupt attitude and replied, “I’m the person in charge

here? It’s really difficult to contain a

about to chide the captain when Jasper

trust me when I say I’m more nervous about this than you. You have to believe me when I say that there’s nothing wrong with the safety measures in the construction site. We can talk about whether I should be held accountable or not later, but I only have