Life at the Top

“Mr. Ball, what do we do now?”

The shrewd and capable man felt lost as he stared at the situation before him. Even if Alban was currently enraged, he had no other option but to muster the courage and ask.

Alban panted heavily and replied harshly, “This was Jasper’s objective all along. He predicted that this would happen, and we’ve been forced into a dead-end. There’s no way to turn this around, so we can only march forward even if it. spells our end.”

“Which means…”

The middle-aged man had a sour look on his face.

“Even if we know that Jasper and the rest are going to devour our money, we can’t do anything to stop them?”

Alban closed his eyes. His chest felt tight, and he replied painfully, “Jasper, oh, Jasper. I’ve really underestimated this little brat. Is he really just in his twenties?”

“I suppose it’s only right, he did make his first profit through the stock market.”

Alban thought back to the night a few days ago. He remembered how Jasper had told him with vigor, confidence, and decisiveness that he had made his first big money through the stock market.

Jasper was a moron,

Alban finally understood. Jasper

Alban clenched his jaw and pulled

with a grim tone, “Gale, something went wrong with our partnership and now Jasper’s coming for my head. You can’t just let

a one-off thing, regardless of whether it succeeded or

going to help me, Old Master Hurlbutt? Aren’t you afraid that the person in Harbor City will

no further than a mere partnership. One that has nothing to do

retired and decided not to involve myself in

Just stop here. You might not believe what I am

the forum that night, Jasper had already predicted the events that would unfold today, as well as your attempts at contacting me to further our

to hold

Mouth and eyes agape, he stood blankly

end all possibilities of us cooperating again. But even if he did not do that, there is

finished speaking, Alban heard the

Crash.