Life at the Top

Jasper turned to look at her. Celine chuckled and pulled out a 100 US dollar banknote and waved it. “Look, the city’s owner.”

Stunned for a moment, Jasper then laughed aloud. “You’re right. So very right.”

“I want to own this US banknote of yours,” Jasper suddenly spoke after he finished laughing.

Celine’s smile vanished after he finished speaking and she stared intently at him, to the point where Jasper felt his hair rise out of caution.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Jasper asked.

Celine did not respond, but she stood and walked over to Jasper.

Jasper sat on his single sofa with Celine standing before him.

The wind continued to howl on the rooftop but it could not dissipate the warming tension between the man and the woman.

Celine put her arm on Jasper’s shoulder so he would not get up and then turned around

sudden, there was a woman in

and shocking suppleness of the woman

instinctively moving to push Celine

shoulder down with one hand and looked up at Jasper. “Are you really willing to push me away? Do you dare to

place, and at the same time, he realized something.

a mental note to spend more time at the gym once he returned, Celine then wrapped herself around him and got closer to him. Her red lips whispered in Jasper’s ear, “But don’t you

Jasper replied, trying his best

throwing me away?” Celine

sly expression on Celine’s face. He realized then that

to be with you anyway. What’s the

to speak when a slim and fair finger rested on his lips to

say anything,

“Let’s keep drinking.”