This was the first time Lisa had seen the man with such a fierce look in his eyes.
It was as if Dudley was looking at a slab of rotten meat instead of a desired beauty.
“Enough.”
Dudley threw Lisa’s hand off and said coldly, “You and your father treat me like I’m stupid. Like I’m a tool to get rid of Jasper. Do I look like an idiot to you?”
“You seduce me time and time again, yet you keep holding back from sleeping with me. Now I’m really pissed.”
Dudley ignored Lisa’s tragically pale face and turned to Norman to continue calmly.
“Mr. Gardner, Jasper and my father have already decided to work together. Should the Waterhoof City branch choose not to disband, then the Teo Chamber of Commerce will do everything we can to restrain Haddock’s Chamber of Commerce’s Waterhoof City branch’s powers.”
“As long as you are a member of the Waterhoof City branch or a member of a chamber with property in Waterhoof City, then you will become the common enemy of both JW and the Teo Chamber of Commerce.”
Jasper looked at Norman and the three other terrified council people as he spoke.
“Under such blockade and attacks, I wonder how long the Waterhoof City branch can survive.”
Norman felt like he was going to fall when he heard the man.
He felt lightheaded.
Ashe looked at Jasper’s calm expression, for the first time in his life, Norman felt suffocated.
“No way! Do you not fear Old Master Hurlbutt’s revenge? Or the fury of Haddock businesspeople from all around the country?!”
“I can give you some time to contact Gale if you want.” Jasper had a playful smile on his face.
“Ask him what he thinks.”
Norman shivered.
Jasper’s confidence brought a terrifying possibility to his mind.
He suddenly realized that he himself, and even the entire Waterhoof City branch, might have already become a discarded pawn!
‘But there’s no way!’
‘Haddock’s Chamber of Commerce was huge! Old Master Hurlbutt was extremely powerful!’
‘How could he surrender to Jasper?’
With an expression of absolute disbelief, Norman did not hesitate and immediately contacted Gale.
Considering Norman’s current identity, he did not have Gale’s direct contact and could only call the man’s assistant.
However, the person on the other end of the line only told him, in a cold tone, that the old master had gone to rest and recuperate, and that he would not accept calls from anyone for the time being. Norman felt his entire body grow cold when he heard this.
Norman, who was moments away from fainting, flopped onto his chair with a loud “thud”. Face ashen, he did not say anything. Yet, his expression already told everyone that it was truly over for the Waterhoof City
branch.
“What? No way!”
Gerry’s expression was wretched.
“All because of this little brat?!”
Gerry roared, pointing at Jasper, “He’s just a little sh*t. How powerful can he be? Our Waterhoof City branch has been here for more than a decade. Literally any one of our businesses can crush him! Who is he to disband us?!”
At that moment, Jasper had already pulled out a document and slid it over to Norman over the meeting table.
“Please sign this Voluntary Dissolution Description for Non-Government Organizations, Mr. Gardner,” Jasper said calmly.
“We can’t sign that, Mr. Gardner!” Gerry shouted, feeling frantic.
The other two council people were shocked, but they were more rational than Gerry.
If even Gale had abandoned them, then Norman would not be able to fend off the attacks from both Jasper and the Teo Chamber of Commerce for long.
Most importantly, not many people within the branch were willing to stand alongside Norman and fight against Jasper and the Teo Chamber of Commerce.
At this moment, Norman’s hand trembled as the man seemed to have snapped back to reality. He glared at Jasper and Dudley with bloodshot eyes.
“I just want to know one thing. How did the two of you end up working together?!”
