Life at the Top

After hanging up the call with Jasper, Celine sat in the office and pondered for a while. Then, she pressed the phone on the desk and told the secretary outside that no one and nothing should disturb her for the next hour. After doing all this, Celine took out another cell phone and dialed a number.

Soon, the call went through.

“Father…”

Celine was addressing the person on the other end very formally and seriously. It was a bit less casual for a family, and more rigorous and rigid.

“Celine.”

On the other end of the phone, a middle-aged man’s calm and heavy voice could be heard.

“What happened?”

at night on your

actually just lied down and haven’t fallen asleep yet.” The man on the other end of the phone seemed to be used to Celine’ s

I received a call from

I know that you have been in contact with Jasper. At first, I was opposed to it. After all, the status and identity of our family make it inappropriate for us to have too much contact with anyone in Somerland,

calmly, “This is not just

with him?” On the other end of the phone, the man seemed a

I have been away from the family for many years and now and I have my own job. I think I can have my

do you need your family to come forward? Otherwise, do you think he would be so easy to

wouldn’t accept that marriage.

if you forced it on me, as the Maynards gave birth to me and raised me so I should contribute to the family. I’ve paid for the