Life at the Top

This was the first time Lisa had seen the man with such a fierce look in his eyes.

It was as if Dudley was looking at a slab of rotten meat instead of a desired beauty.

“Enough.”

Dudley threw Lisa’s hand off and said coldly, “You and your father treat me like I’m stupid. Like I’m a tool to get rid of Jasper. Do I look like an idiot to you?”

“You seduce me time and time again, yet you keep holding back from sleeping with me. Now I’m really pissed.”

Dudley ignored Lisa’s tragically pale face and turned to Norman to continue calmly.

“Mr. Gardner, Jasper and my father have already decided to work together. Should the Waterhoof City branch choose not to disband, then the Teo Chamber of Commerce will do everything we can to restrain Haddock’s Chamber of Commerce’s Waterhoof City branch’s powers.”

“As long as you are a member of the Waterhoof City branch or a member of a chamber with property in Waterhoof City, then you will become the common enemy of both JW and the Teo Chamber of Commerce.”

Jasper looked at Norman and the three other terrified council people as he spoke.

“Under such blockade and attacks, I wonder how long the Waterhoof City branch can survive.”

felt like he was going to fall when

He felt lightheaded.

expression, for the

Hurlbutt’s revenge? Or the

to contact Gale if you want.”

him what he

Norman shivered.

brought a terrifying possibility

realized that he himself, and even the entire Waterhoof City branch, might

‘But there’s no way!’

Chamber of Commerce was huge! Old Master Hurlbutt was

could he surrender to

expression of absolute disbelief, Norman did not

Norman’s current identity, he did not have Gale’s

end of the line only told him, in a cold tone, that the old master had gone to rest and recuperate, and that he

who was moments away from fainting, flopped onto his chair with a loud “thud”. Face ashen, he did not say anything. Yet, his expression already

“What? No way!”

Gerry’s expression was wretched.