Life at the Top

“Mr. Malibu, welcome to Somerland.”

Jasper approached to greet Malcolm and his wife Kelly as they alighted the MPV hand in hand.

Malcolm was a middle-aged man in his 40s, and while his features looked stern, his smile was infectious.

“Hello, Mr. Laine. Thank you for having us.”

Jasper turned to look at Kelly and smiled. “And this beautiful lady must be Mrs. Kelly, correct?”

Kelly shook Jasper’s hand politely. “What a young man you are, Mr. Laine.”

Jasper laughed aloud and turned to pull Wendy over to introduce her, “This is Miss Schuler, my girlfriend.”

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Malibu, Mrs. Kelly.” Wendy shook both their hands amicably.

then exclaimed to Jasper, “What a lucky man you

believe we’re both lucky men in this regard, Mr.

in one sentence alone. This was the

and Kelly’s expressions, they seemed relatively happy

“Since this is the first time you two have been in Somerland, I thought I’d find a place where

already like the interior design,”

smiled and cued Wendy

pulled out the gift they had prepared

I’d get you a signed limited edition collectible album for

over Jasper’s gift, Malcolm spoke excitedly, “Oh. This is the 1989 platinum collectible edition! I’ve been searching for it for a long time but couldn’t find it anywhere. Thank you, Mr. Laine, you’ve

was giving Kelly a

Kelly, this is a gift I got for you. It’s a small handmade panda pendant. Pandas are Somerland’s national animal. I heard you like pandas, Mrs. Kelly, so I hope you’d like this small pendant as well,” Wendy