Life at the Top

“As to him suspecting that I’ve committed adultery, well, I didn’t. Any intimate relationship I’ve had with other men can’t be considered that since we’ve already gotten a divorce long ago. Nothing happened between Jasper and me before we got the divorce.

“Not that anything happened between us after.”

Adding that last part, Celine then sighed, looking rather despondent.

After that great opportunity last night, it was going to be difficult for her to find another chance to pounce on Jasper.

That man was too smart and too difficult to persuade. He was still able to remain sober after all that drinking.

Celine spitefully speculated whether Jasper was even a man at all.

Paulson listened quietly as Celine spoke. He waited for her to finish speaking before he slowly said, “Honestly speaking, I would’ve fully supported you choosing Jasper if he had appeared before you got married.”

Celine chuckled. “I don’t remember seeing you stand up for me when the family forced me to marry Wharton for their benefit, though.”

“The situation was special, then. Plus, it was a matter among the Maynard family. I’m merely an outsider and, at most, the man your father asked to watch over you after he passed.”

“Let’s stop here, Mr. President. You promised me not to speak of our personal feelings here at work.” It was evident that Celine did not want to continue the conversation.

“Alright, then, let’s talk about something else. What are your plans after this? Take this as a review from a superior to you, the new president of the Terra regional branch.” Paulson changed the subject.

“What else can I do? I’m going to make the Terra regional branch greater so that it’ll have the best results among the five branches under the headquarters. Then hopefully I’ll get to use that to get a spot for myself in the board of directors and you’ll get to retire two years earlier than your original plans.”

situation there is more complicated than you think, and many

at Celine intently. “Suppressing private Somer businesses from taking the path of internationalization and globalization is one of the

shareholders as a whole cannot prevent, let alone me. As second in line to inherit the Maynard business,

businessmen like Jasper would have

he saw that Celine understood what he meant. Then, he diverted the conversation away

for being

wanting me to retire two years before my plan, I’m afraid

at the old man

year. It was a decision made among the shareholders during their general meeting. As of now, it’s

“Thos b*stards!”

the best investment bank in the world. You’ve put decades of hard work into this and they’re kicking

“Haha.”

was genuinely angry, Paulson smiled in gratitude and spoke, “It’s not that exaggerated. I’ll still get 3.8% of

understand that Colossal Investments is a professional internationalized enterprise. Its ordinary share

companies. With everyone holding a small portion of shares, the company itself may be

when Jasper

founded Colossal Investments in 1869, yet his descendants have all been thrown out of the bank at least 100 years ago. There’s not even a sign

very long-term goal, so

to his own business kingdom one day, and no one will be able to

heard him. “That path is too difficult