Life at the Top

“They are going to go all the way to the

end with Jasper without caring about the

consequences. All of the families have

shaken their own foundations while

risking huge losses just to lift Jasper up. I

think those old farts have all gone crazy!”

Sawyer cursed in a low voice full of

resentment.

Kennedy glanced at Sawyer and the

corners of his mouth rose into a slight

curve that was not easy to detect.

He knew why Sawyer was so angry,

It was because Sawyer lost his seat on the

committee during the Harbor City

Business Federation election.

The organization was established decades

ago and dated back to when Harbor City

was still under the jurisdiction of the

United Kingdom.

At that time, Harbor City copied the

United Kingdom’s model. In order to

facilitate the management of the

increasingly prosperous Harbor City

the

organization under

Harbor City government.

been serving

member of

its

be regarded as a recognition of

the

by becoming a member of

could one be

themselves rich and powerful.

election, Sawyer

seat that the Atticus

for the last

was

the more deeply

famous were,

needed this.

all, Harbor City was not as

mainland where there was

rich resources. Harbor

and the economy was

developed. Therefore, the competition

rich was also very high.

you were low-key, you

forgotten.

Atticus family’s

and

being boycotted by

would be very strange if they were still i

seemed t o have noticed Kennedy’s sarcasm. Then, he asked with a smile, “I

He narrowed his eyes and said faintly, “My father is getting older, and he has been recuperating for more than a year and a half. If there’s nothing urgent, we

asset in rich families like theirs might not be wealth or power. Instead, it was the presence of their old

was still around, the family would

their powers even though it felt as if they were slowly distancing themselves from the rest of the

was because Old Master

around.

among all the old