Life at the Top

Lisa felt both terrified and in despair when she heard this.

“Are you giving up too, Dad?”

Norman shook his head and replied, “I’m not giving up. I’m just stating the reality of the situation.

“When we first met Jasper in Swallow Capital for the first time… T o be honest, did we actually hate him that much?”

Lisa bit her lip and stayed silent.

“But it’s too late for all of this now.”

Norman sighed deeply.

“Gale and Mr. Atticus certainly won’t help us now, so we’ve got to think of a way to help ourselves.”

Lisa looked at Norman and asked, “Do you have a plan, Dad?”

his weak gaze as he replied, “There’s only

Jasper can’t afford to offend in Waterhoof City. We just have to pay a higher price for their

…

following day, news of the dissolution of the Haddock’s Chamber of Commerce’s Waterhoof City Branch had

nothing to the majority of civilians. However, people higher up in the social ranks knew how

branch meant that Haddock’s Chamber of Commerce’s influence had completely

work After all, the two chambers were mortal enemies, and traces of work of businesspeople from Teo could be seen in

what was even weirder was that there were no

of taking this chance to enter Waterhoof

Waterhoof City seemed to have turned into a vacuum where there were no

rumors filled the air, Jasper met Gerry

on the sofa, his expression

air conditioning in the room was set to Jasper’s favored 24 degrees Celsius. Despite this, Gerry’s forehead was beaded

due