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.

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

sudden, there was a woman in

the

doing?” Jasper asked, instinctively moving to

have anticipated that, for she pressed his shoulder down with one hand and looked up at Jasper. “Are you really willing to push me

time, he realized something. ‘How the

Celine then wrapped herself around him and got closer to him. Her red lips whispered in Jasper’s ear, “But don’t you want to be

and I have a girlfriend,” Jasper replied, trying his best to keep his mind

throwing me away?”

when he saw a sly expression on Celine’s face. He

with you anyway. What’s the point in doing all that? Marriage is a grave,”

about to speak when a slim and fair

anything,

“Let’s keep drinking.”