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.”

of the Terra regional branch. The situation there is more complicated than you think, and many people

from taking the path of internationalization and globalization is one of the most important things to

is something Colossal Investments’ shareholders as a whole cannot prevent, let alone me. As second in line to inherit the Maynard business, you should know better than I that businesses frequently rely on

that Somer businessmen like Jasper would have to trek a rocky path when they

that Celine understood what he meant. Then, he diverted the conversation away from such a

being too blatant about it might only reap the opposite

years before my plan,

looking at the old man in front of her seriously

during their general meeting. As of

“Thos b*stards!”

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

“Haha.”

angry, Paulson smiled in gratitude and spoke, “It’s not that exaggerated.

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

sorts of large companies. With everyone holding a small portion of shares, the

as humiliated I felt when Jasper rejected Colossal’s

it this way, Mr. Maxus founded Colossal Investments in 1869, yet his descendants have all been thrown out of the bank at least 100 years

has his eyes on a very long-term

was profound. “Jasper will become the king to his own business kingdom one day, and no one

heard him. “That path is