Julian looked up to glare furiously at Hector as he stepped on the bottle of mineral water that bounced onto the side of Jasper’s feet.
All it would take was a word from Jasper and Julian would dash upstairs to beat Hector up.
“What’s this? You brought a dog with you today?”
Hector scoffed at Julian’s fierce glare without a care.
Jasper motioned for Julian to calm down as he walked up the stairs to the second floor. Standing before Hector, he asked while unfazed, “Is that all you’ve got?”
Hector was infuriated by Jasper’s carefree expression and smiled wretchedly. “Who are you faking this strong facade for? You won’t even get the chance to cry later when I’m done with you!”
Jim was shocked when he witnessed how Jasper was a moment away from being drenched in water and he could not help but speak, “Watch your words, Hector. Know your boundaries.”
Hector merely glanced at Jim coldly and sneered, “What are you so impatient for, old man?”
“Relax. The two, no, the three of you are going to die tonight!”
“You’re not the only one who wants me dead, get in line. Not like any of you have ever gotten your wishes fulfilled, though.” Jasper chuckled lightly.
Hector squinted and stared at Jasper with a smirk. “Don’t worry. I’ll make sure you won’t get to see tomorrow’s sunshine.”
“That’s why people say that water runs deep in Swallow Capital. Don’t think so highly of yourself just because you’ve earned a bit of money. Even the toughest and fiercest bow down to me here at Swallow Capital. How many lives do you think you have, to act so pretentiously in front of me?”
Hector smirked when he finished speaking and turned to enter the largest private room.
Jim walked over and whispered to Jasper, “I have a bad feeling about this.”
“It’s okay,” Jasper replied calmly, “I’d like to know what tricks he has up his sleeve.”
With that, Jasper then followed Hector into the private room.
It was a large private room, big enough to host a party of more than a dozen people, but there was only one young man sitting in the middle of the sofa now.
Hector walked over and leaned down to whisper to the man with whom he shared quite a few facial similarities. “He’s here, Jacob.”
Jacob looked up and saw Jasper enter the room with the other two in tow.
He smiled and walked over to stand in front of Jasper and Jim.
Jim’s heart squeezed at the sight of Jacob. Of course, he knew the man. He was Hector’s older brother, and three, no four times more the trouble than his younger sibling.
“Jim Yapp, is it? I’ve heard of your name. You’ve worked quite a while in Swallow Capital, haven’t you?”
Jacob smiled and continued to speak, “The business you do has no reason for you to provoke me, so why are you so impatient to get yourself killed?”
At that, Jacob lifted a leg and kicked Jim’s stomach without warning.
Jim shouted at the pain and curled to wrap his arms over his stomach. Agony was written all over his face.
However, Jacob showed no signs of stopping as he continued to speak coldly, “You could’ve lived healthily just fine, so why the hell did you have to provoke my brother?”
He raised his hand to slap Jim.
The moment he raised his hand, Jasper grabbed his wrist with a death grip.
“You’re going too far!” Jasper stated.
Jacob glared at Jasper coldly and flung his hand off with a sneer. “Who do you think you are? Who are you to interrupt me?”
Jasper ignored him and helped Jim stand. The man sucked in a cold breath at the pain. He asked kindly, “Are you alright, Uncle Yapp?”
