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Life at the Top Chapter 801

Walking out of the president’s office, Celine stared at Jasper who looked very carefree and asked, “Were you not nervous at all?”

“About what?” Jasper asked despite knowing full well what she was talking about.

“About Paulson. He’s not as kind as he looks. The fact that he managed to become Colossal’s president despite starting from a normal project manager means that he’s more ruthless than anyone if need be,” Celine replied.

Jasper smiled and spoke, “His ruthlessness is a testament to how smart he is, and smart men tend to choose options that are the most beneficial to them. He won’t get anything by starting an all-out war with me, so he won’t do it.”

“Bullsh*t.” Celine rolled her eyes at Jasper. “Sure, your companies have unlimited potential and they’ve already grown quite a bit in size, but they’re still nothing more than weaklings to Colossal, okay?”

“The investment bank wants to make money and Paulson wants fame. Getting rid of a weakling like me won’t bring the investment bank money nor will the world suddenly respect Paulson more for it. Plus, on the off chance that they don’t manage to crush me, they’ll have a monstrous force to deal with in the future. Why go through all that trouble?” Jasper replied calmly.

“God knows where you got this confidence from,” Celine spoke calmly.

Still, despite her words, Celine’s eyes shone as she looked at Jasper.

As of that moment, Celine had already lost all ability to ponder and mull over Jasper’s words. She would not think about whether Jasper’s words were realistic or not.

She only had one thought in mind, and that was how handsome and dominant Jasper was. She just wanted to pounce on him!

“Are you free tonight?” Celine suddenly asked.

“I’ll be out celebrating with Jack and the rest. Why?” Jasper asked.

“Celebrate with them another day. Leave your schedule tonight for me,” Celine demanded.

“What do you want to do?” Jasper looked at Celine warily.

“You’re still scared that I’ll take advantage of you?” Celine spoke distastefully.

“Fine.” Jasper believed that it was unbefitting of him, as a man, to back down before Celine, a woman, did.

A look of pride was concealed in Celine’s shining eyes as she pushed the excitement she felt within her away. She walked out of a long-emptied Nasdaq Exchange Center with Jasper.

A short distance away from the center, the two saw a familiar figure being forced into a police car embarrassingly.

It was William.

When Jasper and Celine saw William, he saw them too.

“Fcking btch and bstard! You cheating whres!” William began to shout madly when he saw the duo.

Celine stood in front of Wiliam and curled the corner of her lips into a cold smirk.

“Look at you now. What’s the difference between you and a defeated dog?”

Celine’s words greatly bruised Wiliam’s confidence. Staring at her wretchedly, he roared, “Don’t you dare look so proud! You only got to where you are today because you seduced some barbarian! I’d like to see how much longer you can keep up this proud act!”

Celine looked at William pitifully and spoke, “Say I did seduce men, I’d still never seduce you. Does that anger you?”

Wiliam ground his molars hard. If not for the two burly men holding him in place, he would have rushed over and shown her a piece of his mind.

“You b*tch!” William spat out the words.

The mocking sneer on the corners of Celine’s lips grew, but she showed no signs of anger at all.

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“What a pitiful loser. All the insults you throw at me are nothing more than the rewards of my victory. It sounds better than songs of praise from someone else because the more you insult me, the more tragic you’ve lost. And, the more I’ve won.”

Jasper, who was standing beside, could not help but take another look at Celine when she spoke. In all honesty, women really were superior when they argued. This alone was enough to get rid of a large group of people and their potty mouths.

William’s body trembled in infuriation but Celine was no longer interested in arguing with him.

“Do you even know what a true winner is? No, you don’t. Look at this man beside me that you called a barbarian. Yet has he paid you any attention from the get-go? Your every insult sounds nothing more than the barks of stray dogs to him.

“You can insult us as much as you want, but remember that you’re going to trial soon while we’re going to celebrate. This is the true difference between a winner and a loser. It’s not about who has the loudest voice.”

With that, Celine wrapped an arm around Jasper’s arm and the two turned to leave.

William’s eyes were bloodshot as he glared at the two retreating figures. He was too infuriated to speak.

Playvolume00:00/00:00TruvidfullScreenAfter taking just two steps, Celine seemed to have thought of something and suddenly turned with a smile.

“Oh yeah, I’ve also gotten Paulson’s promise that I’ll be taking over your position.

“I’ll be the president of the Terra regional branch.

“See you, or maybe not. We belong to two different worlds now and there won’t be any reason for us to meet again. You’ve already lost and have nothing left. How tragic.”

Celine and Jasper left, leaving William to roar and shout. Following this was the sound of the car door closing and then, silence.

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Since he had promised Celine, Jasper did not go out to celebrate with Jack and the rest. After all, with a superior like him there, those senior executives might not be able to fully relax.

Jasper may be around their children’s age, but his status was completely different. Not to mention that with Jasper’s growing wealth, his subordinates’ attitude toward him only became more courteous.

Jasper told Jack about it and got into the car Celine had prepared for them. The car made its way deeper into New York City.

Celine brought Jasper to one of New York’s, and even the world’s, most famous tourist attractions—the Empire State Building.

Jasper joked as he took in the tall Empire State Building that seemed to shoot for the sky. “I can almost taste money in the air when I take a deep breath.”

Celine chuckled and spoke, “Come on, I have something special prepared for you.”

Jasper was a little shocked but did not ask any questions, opting instead to follow Celine into the Empire State Building.

Jasper once again realized how broad Celine’s contracts were.

This woman had actually transformed the rooftop area on the Empire State Building into an open bar.

Frankly speaking, a mere general manager of Colossal Investments’ Terra regional branch should not be able to invite Winston Benett for an interview, nor make the rooftop of the Empire State Building into her own private garden and bar.

Jasper was curious about Celine’s family background, but if she did not want to tell him, Jasper would not waste his time asking either.

They were friends, after all, and family background did not matter.

Jasper did not have a great family background, so all he could do was be the background for his future generations. He would not envy others who came from wealthy families, or it would truly be bad for his heart to spend every day by Henry’s side.

“Come and look at the city’s skyline. Stand here. You’re going to own a building even taller than the Empire State Building soon and it’ll only be a matter of time before countless people look up to you like they look up to the Empire State Building!”

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Jasper felt a ripple of emotion in his heart as he looked at Celine who stood by the roof railing of the Empire State Building and listened to her speak.

He walked over to stand beside Celine by the railing.

Feeling the chilly and raging winds 400 meters up in the sky, his surroundings were dimly lit this evening and Jasper felt as if the entire New York City was beneath his feet.

The neon lights in this immense city spread from under his feet and stretched all the way to the horizon beyond what he could see. The city bustled with liveliness.

No one could tell for sure how many separations and reunions the city, populated by millions, went through each day.

Or what went on in the families behind every lit window.

As one of the busiest cities in the world, New York was indeed heaven for the powerful and the rich.

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“One day, I’m sure,” Jasper murmured to himself as he stared at the night sky, now brightened by the city lights.

Beside him, Celine turned to focus her gaze on Jasper’s side profile, completely besotted.

She loved these moments of Jasper.

Unlike how gentle and reserved he normally was, the man’s aura was now tinted with dominance and fame. It was as though Jasper was in his true form at this very moment. He was a man waiting for the right timing to stun the world.

Celine personally believed that men should not be too humble or keep too low a profile. A man was supposed to walk with an aura of dominance to him, and a man who could make her look twice had to be one with the strength to conquer the world.

Jasper fitted her requirements perfectly right now.

“For tonight, you’re the king,” Celine spoke softly.

“What did you say?”

The wind blew loudly on the rooftop and Jasper turned to ask Celine what she had said because he did not hear her.

“Nothing much.” Celine chuckled, turning to walk over to the sofa where the wind was not as strong. Sitting down, she asked, “Is there something you’d like to drink? I can have someone prepare a lot of alcohol for you.”

“White wine. I’m not really used to drinking stronger spirits, and I’m so-so with red wine,” Jasper replied.

Celine pulled out her phone and made a call.

Less than ten minutes later, ten bottles each of white and red wine were brought up.

Following this was a table full of mouth-watering and colorful Somer dishes.

Jasper glanced at the bottles of white wine that had all been aged for at least ten years and bottles of collection-grade red wine that were all from the same oak cellar. “Is the Empire State Building your wine cellar and kitchen?”

Celine took off her shoes and curled up comfortably on the sofa barefoot. Smiling mirthfully, she replied, “It’s not that exaggerated, all I did was borrow the rooftop. Plus, when it comes to alcohol and food, nothing is impossible in New York as long as you’re willing to spend money.”

Jasper’s stomach was starting to feel uncomfortable by the Western food he had been eating these days, so he was undoubtedly elated to be able to enjoy the taste of home again.

Celine seemed to have loosened up as well, no longer complaining about being on a diet as she dug into the scrumptious dishes that filled the table.

Jasper drank the bottles of white wine while Celine drank the red. Under the strong cold winds on the rooftop of the Empire State Building, the two toasted and ate.

After finishing an entire bottle of white wine, Jasper began to feel a little tipsy.

Sitting on the single sofa, Jasper stared past the railing at the skyline, all the way to the horizon until he could not see anything anymore. Then only did he pull his gaze back.

“What are you looking at?” Celine looked at Jasper and asked, her cheeks slightly flushed after drinking one and a half bottles of red wine.

“Looking at whether New York City has an owner,” Jasper spoke.

“It does,” Celine replied with certainty.

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Jasper turned to look at her. Celine chuckled and pulled out a 100 US dollar banknote and waved it. “Look, the city’s owner.”

Stunned for a moment, Jasper then laughed aloud. “You’re right. So very right.”

“I want to own this US banknote of yours,” Jasper suddenly spoke after he finished laughing.

Celine’s smile vanished after he finished speaking and she stared intently at him, to the point where Jasper felt his hair rise out of caution.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Jasper asked.

Celine did not respond, but she stood and walked over to Jasper.

Jasper sat on his single sofa with Celine standing before him.

Playvolume00:00/00:00TruvidfullScreenThe wind continued to howl on the rooftop but it could not dissipate the warming tension between the man and the woman.

Suddenly, Celine put her arm on Jasper’s shoulder so he would not get up and then turned around to plop herself on his lap.

All of a sudden, there was a woman in his arms.

Feeling the gentle softness and shocking suppleness of the woman in his arms, Jasper’s mind sobered substantially.

“What are you doing?” Jasper asked, instinctively moving to push Celine off and stand.

Yet Celine seemed to have anticipated that, for she pressed his shoulder down with one hand and looked up at Jasper. “Are you really willing to push me away? Do you dare to push me away?”

Jasper instantly froze in place, and at the same time, he realized something. ‘How the f*ck is she so strong?’

Just as Jasper made a mental note to spend more time at the gym once he returned, Celine then wrapped herself around him and got closer to him. Her red lips whispered in Jasper’s ear, “But don’t you want to be my owner?”

“You’re married and I have a girlfriend,” Jasper replied, trying his best to keep his mind sober.

“So you’re throwing me away?” Celine asked pitifully.

Jasper was just about to apologize when he saw a sly expression on Celine’s face. He realized then that he had been played.

“Girlfriend? I don’t want to be with you anyway. What’s the point in doing all that? Marriage is a grave,” Celine whispered.

Jasper was just about to speak when a slim and fair finger rested on his lips to quiet him.

“Don’t say anything, and don’t move.

“Let’s keep drinking.”

Celine’s voice was soft and her mesmerizing tone seemed to be laced with magical power. Jasper sat on the sofa and stopped moving as instructed. He did not say anything either as he looked at Celine.

Celine chuckled and commented, “Men. They just can’t hold their ground when you flirt.”

With that, Celine then grabbed a bottle of white wine and took a large swig. Instead of swallowing, she put the bottle back down and turned to wrap her arms around Jasper’s neck…

Jasper’s eyes widened as he felt something soft and damp touch his lips. Following this was the fiery burn of white wine. Those were two very different feelings and the strong alcohol burned as it reached his heart.

Just like that, Celine fed Jasper another two bottles of white wine.

Coupled with the bottle before, Jasper had already drunk three bottles of white wine while Celine drank five bottles of red.

“Let’s go! To the hotel room!”

Celine finally got off Jasper’s legs, which were now numb.

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There was a complicated yet addictive taste in his mouth.

The aroma of pure white wine was mixed with a hint of indescribable fragrance.

Jasper felt his body heat up as the fragrance and the aroma of the wine entered his throat from his mouth.

Jasper felt rather dizzy after drinking two more bottles of white wine in such a new method. All he knew was that the moment Celine got up, his heart felt empty along with the loss of weight on his lap.

He felt an urge to pull her back, to have her sit on his lap obediently and not go anywhere.

Then, Celine said something that caused Jasper’s head to snap up.

“What now, are you scared?”

Playvolume00:00/00:00TruvidfullScreenCeline teased as she looked at Jasper with a shine in her eyes.

With that, Celine slightly leaned down to close the distance between them. Celine’s face was so close to Jasper’s that not even the harsh winds could dissipate the romantic air between them.

“Or perhaps, you want to do it here?”

A pair of fair and soft arms fell on Jasper’s shoulders. Celine half knelt and half squatted before the man, asking her question in such an amorous and attractive posture.

Jasper did not know whether this was caused by the influence of alcohol or if it was something else, but he grabbed one of Celine’s snow-white and flexible arms. He flicked his wrist so that he could hold her hand in his. “It’s exciting on the rooftop of the Empire State Building, no?”

“I don’t want to catch a cold,” Celine spoke and then pulled Jasper to his feet from the sofa. Leaning her chin on his shoulder, Celine spoke by his ear, “My body feels weak. Carry me downstairs, I can’t move.”

Standing up, the harsh breeze cleared a considerable amount of Jasper’s drunkenness.

Celine leaned into Jasper’s ear to speak again, seeing how the man had yet to make a move. “Are you a man or not? I’m going to hold this over your head for the rest of your life if you bail on me now. I already told you I don’t need you to take responsibility.”

“Not everything is up to you once they happen,” Jasper warned.

Celine scoffed and taunted, “Come on, then! As if I’d be afraid of you.”

‘Motherf*cker!’

Mr. Laine was a man and he had never once backed down in such a situation in either of his lives, albeit he had spent his previous life as an apple-polisher.

Throwing all rationale and consideration out the window, Jasper princess carried the woman who was leaning against him. Her soft gasp at the movement stroked Jasper’s ego.

“It’s too late for you to regret now.”

Jasper then kicked the rooftop doors once he was done speaking and made a beeline downstairs.

A moment later, in the Empire State Building’s underground car park, Jasper followed Celine’s instructions and found a car waiting for them. There was a young woman sitting in the driver’s seat. She was most likely the assistant or driver Celine had brought along.

Jasper was too lazy to ask so he threw Celine inside and got in behind her.

“Four Seasons Hotel, I’ve already booked a room,” Celine spoke.

Shock flashed through the other woman’s face when she heard Celine. After all, Celine had never been so intimate or taken such initiative with a man before.

She did not dare ask more, opting to start the engine instead. With its roar, the car came to life and left the underground car park.

The scent of wine filled the car compartment and the temperature rose. Both Celine and Jasper were flushed.

Not even opening all the windows in the car could quell the frustrating heat within them.

Celine leaned against the chair and reached out to put an arm on Jasper’s leg. At the same time, she instructed the other woman, “Drive faster.”

The only difference between a beauty and a wh*re was that the former could spark a desire within a man with the simplest actions and words.

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Jasper felt it at this moment.

The sports car sped up without his awareness and dashed through a rather short distance before it screeched to a halt at the hotel lobby’s entrance.

Jasper immediately alighted and opened the car door. Then, he carried the soft woman in his arms and made his way straight to the hotel’s concierge without looking back.

Jasper tossed both his and Celine’s passport to the check-in counter and said, “The room’s already booked, give me my card.”

While the concierge in Four Seasons Hotel had seen his fair share of things, Four Seasons Hotel was still one of New York’s most prestigious hotels and it was rare to see such a rushed couple.

However, upon reading the information from the system and realizing this Eastern couple had booked a Deluxe Presidential Suite that cost 20,000 US dollars a night, the concierge immediately changed his mind.

Rich people were just different and it showed in the ways they booked a hotel room for salacious activities. They were especially extravagant and carefree. They were much better than broke hypocrites who arrogantly pretended to be gentlemen.

Just as Jasper carried Celine to the hotel lobby and checked in under plenty of the guests’ gazes, an exceptionally handsome and gentlemanly Westerner was also staring at them from the lobby’s lounge.

Precisely speaking, he was staring at Celine.

The young man oozed an air of nobility, and while his expression was calm, anger and humility swirled in his eyes.

Sitting opposite him was a middle-aged man.

“Sir Wharton?”

Wharton snapped back to reality when the middle-aged man called out to him.

Smiling apologetically at the man, Wharton spoke, “My apologies, my mind drifted somewhere else. I’m a little tired today, so I’ll send someone to contact you about what we discussed just now. That’s all.”

At that, Wharton watched as the stranger carried Celine toward the elevator and immediately left the confused middle-aged man alone as he made his way to the concierge.

“I want a room right next to those two,” Wharton demanded the concierge expressionlessly.

“My apologies, sir, but those two booked Four Season Hotel’s Deluxe Presidential Suite. You’ll need to book three days in advance if you want the room next to them…”

Before the concierge could finish his formal reply, Wharton pulled out a low profile black card.

“Your president is a common visitor in my backyard. Could you quickly get to it? I’ll explain it to him for you if it comes to it, but do not waste my time. Understood?” Wharton looked at the concierge calmly and spoke.

The concierge’s eyes widened greatly at the sight of the black card.

This was a top-notch card with no limits from the Swiss Bank. Only extremely formidable and powerful people around the world had one. It was an existence the concierge could never imagine having for himself.

Coupled with Wharton’s words, the man did not dare to hinder him and frantically replied, “I apologize for my disrespect, noble sir. I’ll check you in right now.”

Ignoring the frantic concierge before him, Wharton turned to look at the elevator.

Just then, Jasper was facing the elevator while princess carrying Celine. The woman had her arms around Jasper’s shoulder and her eyes met Wharton’s.

Wharton could clearly see the inexplicable smile that hung on the corners of Celine’s lips.

There was mockery, disdain, and indifference, but no hatred and definitely no love.

With a ding, the elevator doors opened and Jasper carried Celine inside.

The elevator doors closed and cut off the gaze shared by Wharton and Celine.

“Sir Wharton, that was?” The middle-aged man rushed over and quickly asked when he noticed Wharton staring at the young couple who walked into the elevator.

“That woman is my wife, Celine Maynard, the second in line to inherit the Maynard business in the eastern United States.” Wharton had a small smile on his face when he spoke, but his tone could not be more chilling. The middle-aged man sucked in a cold breath at the words.

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The United States was rather special.

Excluding Alaska and Hawaii, which were not connected to the main country, the United States was separated to its eastern and western parts at the Mississippi River.

The political center of the eastern United States was headed by Washington DC.

While the western financial center was headed by New York.

The formidable Maynard family, a group of Somer descents who were second to none, had a special existence in the east.

Despite clearly being of Somer descent, the family had an exceptional status and authority in the east.

The middle-aged man was born and raised in the United States, so he knew quite a bit about this family.

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As to how strong the Maynard family was, it could be seen in their marriage partner.

Wharton was a member of the Welling family.

As a noble family from the era of the British Empire, the Welling family was limitlessly powerful and they had quite an influence over Continental Europe.

‘How could such a thing happen in the marriage union of two formidable characters?

‘How could the second heir to the Maynard family check into a hotel room with another man in front of her own husband?’

The middle-aged man felt immensely regretful. He should have left just now, and he should not have come over to ask. He was screwed now that he had seen such a scandal in Sir Wharton’s family.

In a few seconds of silence, Wharton had already regulated his emotions.

A polite smile reappeared on his face as Wharton apologized to the middle-aged man remorsefully, “My apologies, I have to go up now. If there’s nothing else, please excuse me.”

The middle-aged man looked at Wharton who remained gentlemanly despite being cheated on and felt a chill run up his spine.

‘How deep are this man’s thoughts? He might as well be a sociopath, or how else can he remain so gentlemanly in such a situation?’

Not daring to hold Sir Wharton back, the middle-aged man quickly replied, “Of course, Sir Wharton. We shall continue this conversation on a later date.”

“Then I’ll take my leave. Please excuse me.” Wharton turned and left for the elevator.

Watching Wharton leave, the middle-aged man’s lips twitched slightly. He held a moment of silence for the man who dared touch Wharton’s wife before turning and leaving without looking back at all.

At the same time, on the 36th floor of the Four Seasons Hotel, in the Deluxe Presidential Suite.

Celine stood on the floor on her tiptoes with her arms around Jasper’s neck. Her head was tilted up to meet Jasper who was looking down at her. The tips of their noses touched and they could both feel the searing heat of each other’s exhales mixed with the scent of alcohol.

Celine suddenly let Jasper go and took two steps back. She pulled out a pair of red high heels that Jasper could not be more familiar with. Then, before Jasper’s eyes, she bent down and squatted to change into those heels.

A crude man would believe that a woman looked most beautiful when she took her clothes off, while a man with taste would tell you that a woman looked best when she was putting clothes on.

Yet when it came to a man like Jasper who was with a beauty like Celine, every frown and smile from her was the best view he had set his eyes on.

Despite how she was merely changing into a pair of shoes, her demeanor was elegant and poised. A mischievous lock of hair hung beside her ear when she looked down. Celine lifted her hand to tuck the lock behind her ear, and that act alone was filled with the essence of a woman’s beauty and charm.

“How do I look?” Celine smiled and asked Jasper after she turned around in place upon changing into her pair of heels—almost as if she wanted to show off her figure to him.

“Stunning.”

“Then what are you waiting for?”

Celine’s soft words and gaze were laced slightly with anticipation and chiding, but there was also a flash of well-concealed shyness and determination.

Jasper no longer hesitated, marching forward to grab Celine and throw her aggressively onto the bed.

This was a room that cost 20,000 US dollars a night, more than 100,000 Somer Dollars. This was how much it cost in 2001, and all decorations and furniture in the room were of the highest quality.

Celine’s shapely figure was tossed unceremoniously onto the bed, and her body bounced on the extremely springy Simmons mattress before landing on it again. It seemed more like she had landed in a pool of cotton—soft and comfortable.

Jasper looked down at Celine as he hovered himself above with his arms supporting his weight.

From that angle, the slightly flushed and glossy-eyed woman under him looked naturally coquettish. She was akin to the most valuable treasure in the world.

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“I don’t want you to regret this,” Jasper spoke.

Celine reached out to loop her arms around Jasper’s neck and chuckled. “Do I look like someone who’s going to regret it?”

“Have you two divorced?” Jasper asked in a serious tone.

Celine chuckled. “Why? Isn’t adultery always more exciting to you men?”

After the entire trip over, Jasper had more or less sobered up. He replied, “This is a moral issue. I have no interest in involving myself with other people’s marriage.”

“Don’t worry about it.”

Seeing how serious Jasper looked, Celine pointed at the purse she had thrown by the bed and said, “Open the zipper on the outside and you should see a compartment. Take out what’s inside.”

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Jasper got up and did as Celine told. There was a very thin piece of paper in the compartment and Jasper was shocked when he looked up to find that it was a divorce agreement.

“He and I divorced last month. Do you remember my former secretary who was always at odds with you? She was one of the people he sent over to keep an eye on me. If it weren’t for the divorce, how could he not have rushed over to look for me when I got rid of her?”

Celine sat up on the bed calmly.

“It’s just that both of us come from huge families and for the sake of our family’s interests and his dignity, we can’t publicize our divorce.”

Celine then sneered, “He’s already gotten what he wanted anyway. He’s taken every single cent of capital that I’ve saved up over the past seven years.”

Jasper looked at Celine and asked, “Is it okay to divorce in secret if this is a union between families?”

“What’s wrong with that?” Celine grew calmer as if she was talking about someone else.

“There have never been any feelings between us throughout the entire relationship and we were only husband and wife in name. He married me for my status and had another puppet he could control. I only agreed for the sake of my family. My father left me 15% of the family’s shares before he passed but Wharton took that too. All that’s left is me as a person while he’s already taken all he wanted.”

Just then, someone knocked on the room door.

Despite having controlled his emotions, the rather rushed knocks betrayed his anger and frustration.

Jasper frowned slightly, assuming that it was some foolish hotel staff knocking on the door.

Celine, however, knew exactly who the man was, so just as Jasper got up to open the door, she reached out and pulled Jasper over her.

A man and a woman’s body was built very differently, to the point that they might as well be two different species.

All Jasper felt then was something soft and plump underneath him. An indescribable scent enveloped his body with the shocking touch.

At the same time, Celine opened her mouth and let out a gentle, feminine sigh.

Her sigh passed through the room door and drifted into Wharton’s ears clearly as he stood outside.

Wharton’s hand froze in mid-air as he prepared to knock again.

Slowly, he curled his fingers and balled them into a fist. He did not knock again.

Inside the room, Celine told Jasper directly and frankly, “He’s the one outside.”

“He knows that we’re here?”

Jasper was not completely sober from the residual alcohol-induced haze and he began to ponder how he should deal with this complicated situation.

Thank goodness that Celine was a victim of this marriage and they had already divorced. Jasper no longer had any psychological burdens and all he thought about now was how to support Celine through this.

“Are you scared?” Celine’s gaze burned into Jasper as she suddenly smiled.

Jasper did not answer, opting to raise his hand and pull Celine’s arm away from his neck. Then, he got up and opened the door.

The action had Celine’s heart lurching. While she did intend to take her revenge and give Wharton a shock, she had not expected Jasper to face Wharton right this moment.

She was too well aware of the true wretched character Wharton hid under his gentlemanly facade. Jasper was not yet Wharton’s opponent.

When the door opened, Wharton was met with a calm-looking Jasper and Celine who rushed over.

“Was my wife to your taste?”

Wharton stared at Jasper and asked calmly.

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Jasper was rather impressed when he first saw Wharton.

Be it the man’s appearance or his aura, Wharton was surely an exquisite character among men of his caliber.

People like him had to have generations of nobility before them, for they would not turn out like this otherwise.

“From what I understand, you’re divorced,” Jasper replied.

As he spoke, Jasper intentionally took a step to the side to stand in front of Celine protectively.

It was a detail that both Celine and Wharton caught onto.

Wharton’s expression remained unfazed as his gaze shifted to land on Celine. “So you dare go against me but you don’t dare to admit that you did?”

Celine’s face popped out from behind Jasper as she replied lazily, “Would you stop acting like you’ve caught me having an affair? We aren’t related anymore, Sir Wharton.”

‘Sir?’

Jasper acutely caught on to the information Celine leaked with her words.

This was a modern society, so ordinary people could not possibly be called ‘sir’.

This title had thus exposed Wharton’s identity.

He was from a noble family, one conferred by the royal family.

While this was a modern society and being conferred by the royal family did not suddenly grant someone more power, it was symbolic enough that it showed this man carried the royal bloodline. This was something others could not and would not impersonate.

Wharton glared at Celine and spoke coldly, “We’ve already agreed that while we are divorced, it will not be publicized and you must defend the status of our marriage in public. You were not to taint my name and yet what have you done? Checking into a hotel room with another man?

“You’re provoking me, and in extension, the entire Welling family!”

“Did I make such a promise?” Celine asked curiously. Chuckling, she replied to Wharton, “Never believe a woman’s words, because lying comes naturally to women. Don’t tell me such a plain and easy concept is foreign to you, Sir Wharton.”

Wharton suddenly smiled. “Good, very good. You’ve finally impressed me.”

Celine replied calmly, “I’ve impressed you? It’s a shame that I’ve already seen through you. You want to talk about promises? Sure, then what about you? You won’t even leave my secretary alone and you made her supervise me for you. You truly have inherited the degenerated style of your so-called nobility, Sir Wharton.”

Anger flashed through Wharton’s fair and clean face due to humiliation. He turned to Jasper and spoke coldly, “I don’t care who you are to her nor do I care what has happened between you two. All you need to remember is that from this moment on, you will be an enemy that I have to eliminate.”

“I’ve never lacked enemies before, so what’s one more?” Jasper spoke calmly.

“Very well, then. At least Celine did not disappoint me on this. She didn’t find a completely useless piece of trash.

“But do not forget that you’ve provoked an enemy you cannot afford to provoke. No matter what your family background is, you have no right to show off in front of me. My power is much further beyond your imagination.”

Wharton glared at Celine and Jasper coldly as he spoke in a bone-chilling tone, “Enjoy your days, for there won’t be many left.”

With that, Wharton then turned and left without looking back.

“Wait.”

Jasper suddenly halted Wharton.

Wharton stopped walking. He did not turn, but he did not leave either.

“It’ll only be a matter of time before the things that do not belong to you get taken away.”

“That’s what I should be saying,” Jasper stated calmly.

Wharton finally turned around and scoffed at Jasper as if mocking how ignorant the man was. Then, he turned and left.

Jasper did not speak anymore and watched Wharton vanish at the end of the corridor.

Life at the Top Chapter 810

Jasper returned to the room and grabbed his clothes.

“Are you leaving?” Celine asked.

“Come with me, I’ll get you a room in the hotel I’m staying in,” Jasper spoke.

“Wharton already knows that you’re staying here, so there’s no saying what he’ll do. Just in case, it’s safer if you follow my suggestion,” Jasper stated.

Celine chuckled and said, “He wouldn’t dare do anything to me.”

“That’s a different story.” Jasper shook his head.

Celine got up and grabbed her purse, replying, “Alright. As you say, then.”

The two walked out of the room and immediately left Four Seasons Hotel.

The moment they left, Wharton also received notification in his room on the same floor.

“Leave, go ahead. I’d like to see how far you can run.” Wharton shed his facade in his room, and his expression turned wretched, horrifying, dark, and stormy.

He grabbed an expensive ashtray from the table and threw it harshly at the television. Panting harshly, the man let out an animalistic roar.

“No man will ever allow being cheated on, Celine! You b*tch! Just you wait!”

After venting it all out, Wharton pulled out his phone to make a call.

Wharton’s mood was regulated once the call connected.

“Charlie, I need all the information you have on the man Celine has been in intimate contact with. And have someone bring that b*tch Yvonne over to me. I have questions that need answers.”

…

Returning to DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Jack and the rest had yet to return from their celebration when Jasper booked a room for Celine.

Celine sat on the room’s sofa quietly and obediently as she watched Jasper walk toward the door.

“Get some rest. We’ve had a bit too much to drink today so I’m a little tired. We’ll talk more tomorrow.”

Jasper spoke as he stood at the door.

Celine looked at Jasper intently and said, “We’d be chatting in the bathtub now if not for Wharton, right?”

Jasper chuckled but did not reply. Instead, he wished her goodnight.

The door closed softly and Celine sighed. She settled her chin on her knees that were brought up to her chest, her gaze looking a little lost.

The following morning when Jasper woke up.

All traces of alcohol from last night had disappeared and Jasper’s mind could be any clearer.

It was at that moment he found out Celine had checked out of her room an hour ago.

“I went back to hand over my position. Don’t worry about me, coward.”

Jasper looked at the message and chuckled.

Celine was the same as ever and it seemed like nothing could change her unique, inimitable personality.

Keeping his phone, Jasper opened his door only to knock right into Henry.

“What the f*ck?! You vanished for a day and came back early in the morning to murder me?” Jasper stated distastefully.

Henry had a solemn expression on his face as he shoved a pamphlet in Jasper’s face.

“Take a look. What do you think of this airplane I chose?”