Life at the Top

They alighted the car and Julian immediately returned to his room to rest after staying up the entire night with Jasper while the latter quietly climbed the stairs.

Jasper twisted open the handle of the door carefully. Thanks to the lit table lamp, Jasper was met with the sight of Wendy lying on the bed and staring at him with a bright pair of eyes.

“Did I wake you up?” Jasper chuckled, pushing the door open and walking in.

Wendy flipped on her side and said, “Mhmm. Why’re you back so late?”

“It was already past two when I arrived in Nauritus. Then I had to rush over to talk to Wayne and Jose. It was four, almost five, by the time we were done,” Jasper explained.

Glancing at the time, Jasper realized that it was precisely five-thirty-five in the morning.

Wendy groaned at Jasper, “What’s so important that you’ve got to rush over and meet them in the middle of the night. Couldn’t you do it tomorrow?”

Jasper chuckled. “This is my show of respect for them. Them willing to wait is a show of their sincerity. You have to give people like Wayne enough respect if you want to partner with them, or they won’t ever be sincere with you either.”

asked curiously, “I’ve never seen you so attentive even with Terizone back in the beginning. Is

more than just powerful.” Jasper pinched Wendy’s nose with a smile, feeling the soft and warm skin under his fingertips as he spoke, “If all goes to

keep bluffing then. You sound like

a shower and get some sleep. It’s not good for your

County before I came back,” Jasper

you doing? Go sleep in your own

done everything but the last step. Even so, they still slept

the first time Jasper was pushing his

exhausted and the bed there is cold. It’s warm here, so just let me lie down for

to Wendy so she could half-hug him close to her. He closed his eyes and took in the warmth and homey scent that engulfed him as

and she wanted to push Jasper away, but she felt her heart tighten

know how busy Jasper was,

Christmas where he was considerably freer, Jasper had spent every other day dealing with all sorts of issues. Not to mention, problems that required

exponentially, but he had also spent