Now, Norman and his daughter were long go while Jasper, on the other hand, was completely fine. Therefore, despite knowing his son was supposed to treat Ainsley to dinner, he still had his son immediately apologize to Jasper upon offending him.
As for Ainsley, he could go screw himself.
While he was also a Royal, he was nothing much in comparison to the little prince, let alone Jasper.
Having made this smart decision, Gerry did not dare to dwell on the topic anymore, and after glaring at his son’s bloated face, he made a beeline for Jasper and said sincerely.
“I won’t say too much, Mr. Laine, but please forgive my stupid son this once! I’ll take any punishment you have in mind!”
Gerry knew Jasper’s temper, so he made sure not to create any complications at such a time. He had to be sincere and just hope that Jasper would overlook this incident. Otherwise, both he and his son would have to flee Waterhoof City tonight.
It must be said that Gerry had a good understanding of Jasper’s temper.
Jasper glanced at Gerry. He had not planned to torment the man at all.
Still, Gerry was not his friend, per se. The two of them started on bad terms, but Gerry had chosen to join the right side in the end. He had also extended Gerry a few opportunities, of which he had made good use of.
“Alright.”
Jasper stood up.
“Don’t put on this tragic act for me. If your son didn’t know better, then go home and teach him well. I’m sure you’ve seen your fair share of a businesses that had been built for decades only to be destroyed by a lone ignorant descendant.”
Gerry began to sweat when he heard Jasper.
As a councilperson of the ex-Haddock Chamber of Commerce’s Waterhoof of City branch, he knew that both the Hull and Gardner family had met their destruction by Jasper’s hand because of their incompetent children.
“I understand! I’ll definitely teach my son well! ” Gerry said with a forehead full of sweat.
Jasper looked at Ainsley and asked calmly, “I plan to invite the little prince for a meal in two days, should I bring you up in conversation?”
Ainsley’s buttcheeks squeezed tightly and he immediately replied, “No, no need, Mr. Laine. I’m just an insignificant child of the Royal family’s extended family. I’m sure what you and the little prince discuss are all important matters. Someone as insignificant as me has no right to be brought up by someone as dignified as you.”
Jasper smiled but did not say anything, then he walked out the room with hands behind his back while Vita and John trailed after him.
Gerry, Geoffrey, and Ainsley let out a long sigh at the sight of this.
Thank goodness this was over.
By the time their minds processed what was happening, the three of them, including Gerry, felt their backs drenched with sweat.
Jasper walked to the door and glanced at Drogo, who was sitting in a puddle of yellowish pee.
Drogo shuddered. He did not have the headspace to think about how embarrassing he must have looked when he forced an ugly smile and stammered, “Mr… Mr. Laine. The blowfish, I… I’ll send it to you…”
Before Drogo could finish talking, Jasper had already turned his head and left.
Drogo’s complexion immediately paled.
Behind Jasper, Vita sneered at Drogo. He was not as forgiving as Jasper.
“Looks like we’re not fortunate enough to get a taste of the blowfish, Mr. Rice. How about you leave it for yourself!”
Vita then stepped over the pee stain on the floor and left.
John, the last of the trio to leave, looked at the plate of delicious blowfish and shook his head with a smile before sighing, “What a waste of such a good dish. Tell me, why did this blowfish have to be so blind? He just had to get caught, now he loses his life just to be someone’s dish.”
Then John left.
Drogo was about to cry from fear.
He looked at Geoffrey and Gerry palely, then shouted, “Mr. Herons, please, help me put in a word. I only offended Mr. Laine because of you two!”
Gerry glared at Drogo sinisterly and said with a wretched smile, “Don’t worry, Mr. Laine is too important to waste time over being calculative with trash like you.”
Gerry then continued before Drogo could relax, “But none of this would have happened if not for a stupid f*cker like you! I’ll demolish your restaurant tonight!”
Drogo felt his body go limp. He wanted to cry but no tears came out.
He wanted to flatter Geoffrey, but it did not occur to him that Jasper was the truly powerful person in the room.
He had no other choice but to accept his fate now.
