Life at the Top

Jasper sat unmoving in his seat even after Conrad had left.

Wendy arrived soon after. After he stood and exchanged seats with her, Jasper beckoned to a waiter to order a table’s worth of food.

“Conrad has pretty good taste. The food at this restaurant is quite good.”

As Jasper spoke to Wendy, he ladled a helping of her favorite chicken onto her plate.

Wendy blinked as she gazed at Jasper, asking, “How did the discussion go?”

Jasper smiled and said, “It went just as I expected it to, but there were also some surprises.”

He did not keep anything hidden from Wendy as he relayed the details about the conversation he had with Conrad, making sure to emphasize the request Conrad brought up.

Wendy had a solemn expression on her face as she nodded and said, “The request for a loan must not be agreed to!

“After all, no matter who is responsible for applying for the loan, the bank will have to assess the company’s assets regardless. Once the loan is approved and becomes an overdue loan, the bank will seek out the lender and legal representative, which would be you and the new company.

“Both parties need to repay the loan, but Conrad Monty would not have to shoulder even an ounce of responsibility.”

“That’s right,” Jasper said calmly as he spat out a bone. “This is where Conrad’s schemes came into play.

might seem as if he’s given me all the power, but with great power comes great responsibility. By becoming the legal representative, I’ll

be blamed if anything were to happen to the company. If he takes out a loan of 2.5 billion dollars

angrily, “What a despicable person he is! We

to conduct some field research and he said

a blunder at such a critical stage? If he’s already made that many preparations, there’s no way your experts can find anything when they arrive at the scene. They’ll tell you that everything

“I know, but I’m only

Jasper as she frowned and

plans are about to be

funds from me. Everything will seem fine at first when I’ve

cause a breach of contract, and the state-owned enterprises who have already signed contracts with us will

the state-owned enterprises for breach of contract and the bank interest on the loan

becoming the winner with

to Jasper. “How can such despicable people exist in

a single cent,

look on his face as he placed a drumstick on

very moment, Conrad

the study and having a video call with Kennedy who was in

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