Life at the Top

“Hey, there’s no need to be so polite. You two talk first, I’ll go buy groceries downstairs.”

Daphne said while nudging an abnormal Vita. Then, she took her wallet and keys and went downstairs.

After Daphne left, Jasper’s smile vanished as he looked at Vita calmly.

Vita was not an idiot. With the situation progressing to this point, he knew that he could not hide it from Jasper anymore.

Sighing deeply, Vita turned to the other man. “Will you come to the study?”

Jasper got up and followed Vita there.

After closing the door, Vita patted his pockets for a smoke, only to pull out an empty box of cigarettes. Jasper then pulled out a pack of his own and tossed it to Vita.

Vita smiled wryly when he looked at the exquisitely packed 1916. “What a nice brand of cigarettes.”

“Look, Vita. I came here today to do one thing only, to hear the truth from you. If you’ re facing difficulties or you need help,

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it’s not mutual, then I’ll take it as me being over passionate. I don’t have many friends but you are one of them. Still, the basis of friendship comes down to being genuine and sincere. There’s no reason for me to continue to act dumb when you’re evidently setting

showed his hand. The former replied, “I already made my decision when I saw you sitting in

believe me or not, I’ll come clean, Jasper. I’ll tell you everything as it is since I’m older than you and I see you as my friend too. I’ve never done

looked at Vita. He realized that the other’s cheek was slightly bruised and Jasper replied calmly, “Go ahead then. Tell me everything you want

slowly, as if letting go o f all his inhibitions, “Three years ago, I found out that my girlfriend from university

found out that she had a child,

marriage with my wife by then. She’s never told me about this before,

passing, her brother and his wife took custody of

owe it to her, but I can’t lose my

helped her brother’s family set up an account in Waterhoof City and I

hearing the story and