Life at the Top

Lisa pushed the door open, and before she could enter the room, she choked and sputtered due to the overwhelming cloud of smoke.

“Why’re you smoking so much, Dad?”

Lisa had changed greatly from how she used to be in the past.

Donning a long-sleeved top and long pants, her short ear-length hair made her look smart.

Coupled with the glint of resentment and hatred in her eyes, the woman sent shivers down people’s spines.

“Can you contact anyone from the construction site?” Norman asked instead of replying.

“No.”

Lisa shook her head and opened the study windows to let fresh air into the room. She sighed. “Dad, we should be thinking of how to deal with at this stage. There’s no point in locking yourself in the study to smoke.”

“What solution could there be?”

The corner of Norman’s lips twitched. “Jasper’s already arrived at Waterhoof City. He’s definitely found out what we’ve done, and considering his temper, there’s no way he’d let us go.”

“We did this with the idea to fight to the death, didn’t we?” Lisa spoke firmly.

“What was Old Master Hurlbutt’s game by assigning Jasper as the vice president? He’s obviously trying to take your power away!

“Old Master Hurlbutt was also really ambiguous when we and Uncle had a conflict with Jasper.

“Even though Jasper was the one who destroyed Uncle’s family, who knows if Old Master Hurlbutt had given him the green light to do so? Jasper wouldn’t be able to do anything if Old Master Hurlbutt was firm about protecting the Hull family.

that uncle’s family is done for, Old Master Hurlbutt even had Jasper assume the position of

forum, Old Master Hurlbutt even had Jasper go instead. He’s never even showed up once as vice president before. Old Master Hurlbutt’s obviously telling the rest

revenge for Uncle Ian and protecting ourselves. Jasper would still attack us even if we didn’t

as he

tell Mr. Atticus about

“I did. Mr. Atticus told us not to worry and that he’ll act at the right time. He’s also prepared a lot of follow-up trouble for Jasper, so

Mr. Atticus is reliable after all… I heard you

“Weren’t you the one who taught me to grab ahold of an

Mr. Atticus promise you anything?”

being Mr. Atticus’ father-in-law. The Gardner family would soar if this

immediately poured cold water on Norman’s

bed

he sighed. “I don’t even know if I

beggars and rascals if it means that Jasper will be crushed!

to take revenge on us,” Norman asked with a frown, reluctant to

“We wait…”

he manages to win them over, then this person will help greatly in our plans to target Jasper. Mr. Atticus also needs to arrange for backup, so he

little longer. This is the mission he gave you,

just hold him off for as long as we can, then. I’d also like to

Atticus said that Jasper would most likely attack us through the Chamber of Commerce. Since he’s going to attend the asset forum conference on behalf of the Chamber, this is a great

Atticus even predicted that? Alright, then. If he’s planning to attack me through the Chamber, then I should still be able to deal with him,” Norman

…

and was about to eat breakfast