Life at the Top

This morning, the first thing Henry did when he awoke was push away the woman by his side and pull out his laptop to check gleefully how much Sena’s share prices had risen on Nasdaq.

This was something he had done every day without fail in recent days.

Ever since he had bought his private plane, Henry finally understood what it meant to be painfully broke.

He even requested for the alcohol that he had left unfinished during previous visits whenever he frequented bars, for he was reluctant to open a new bottle. He only had a few million left in his accounts, which caused him to constantly worry. He could not help but feel like he would die due to how broke he was at any second.

In dire need to make money, Henry had an idea when he saw Sena’s share price rising every day.

His heart set, Henry decided to put all his money into Sena’s shares.

Indeed, the share price had shot up every day.

Soon, Henry had already gained more than 50% of what he had initially invested, and with the new influx of money, Henry’s mood brightened greatly.

He felt different from other trust-fund children who only knew how to ask their family for money. He felt like he was somehow better than them now.

He bought a private plane with his own money, and he did not even need to ask his family for allowance. At that point in time, he was completely self-sufficient.

Yet, this new reality had shattered that morning.

Sena’s share prices plummeted, and Henry immediately kicked out the woman he had held tightly and called ‘baby’ the night before. Putting on a set of clothes, Henry rushed over to Jasper’s place,

Jasper was amused when he caught sight of Henry’s resentful expression. “Since when did you buy Sena’s shares? Why didn’t you tell me?”

Henry spoke embarrassedly, “It’s just a few million, I was a little embarrassed.”

“…”

his head away silently and held back the urge to

is someone

rage, not forgetting the reason why he had

shocked. “Not bad, how’d

and replied proudly, “How could I not know about your company? The share prices has been rising all this while only to fall so rapidly without warning. What else could it

Jasper was rendered speechless.

was straightforward to the point that one could claim that he

such simple thoughts had easily helped him

might come up with explanations like pullbacks from a high price, an overestimated market price,

had managed to

who’s the person behind it? I’ll go and kill their entire family right now! They might as well have killed my parents… Holding me back from earning my

and said, “Can you calm

but I can’t be certain. So, I’ll need your help today and we’ll go confirm

words. “You’re going to show off… Oh, wait,

But just make sure you find the f*cker

later tonight and

still thrumming with excitement, was stunned for a moment as he

Zane’s inexistent intelligence means that he can’t earn money even if it’s sitting right in front

still not too certain right now, but that’s

“Sure, no problem. I’ve got

nodded

quick time-check. According to the time difference, Somerland was around 12 hours ahead of New

confirming this, Jasper

rang for quite a while before it

can I help you?” Conrad sounded

just that topping-out ceremony for the Southface River project ended yesterday, but I

tonight, Mr.

silent for a moment before he spoke calmly, “Stop pretending, Jasper. We’re enemies, not friends. Have fun celebrating yourself, I don’t have