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.”

so attentive even with Terizone back in

a smile, feeling the soft and warm skin under his fingertips as he spoke, “If all

You sound

take a shower and get some sleep. It’s not good for your body if you stay up

a shower at my mom’s over in Brac County before I came back,” Jasper replied, shuffling into Wendy’s

doing? Go sleep in

everything but the last step. Even so, they still slept in two separate

this was not the first time Jasper

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

in the warmth and homey scent that engulfed him as he murmured, “Just a little bit, a little

she wanted to push Jasper away, but she felt her heart tighten as she took in the

how busy Jasper

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

his business last year and developed it exponentially, but he had also spent that year extremely