Sally’s expression brightened at Jasper’s reply. “That’s more like it.”
With that, Sally then looked down and continue to play with the child in Greg’s arms. A smile immediately bloomed on her face. “Oh, the more I look at his small face the more I like him. Come on, smile for grandma.”
“Stay for dinner, Greg. Sally and I are going out to get groceries later, and we three men can have a few drinks tonight,” Charlie told Greg.
Greg replied happily, “Sure, sounds good.”
As the older couple entertained the child, Greg walked over to speak to Jasper.
“When they said Wendy… it couldn’t have been the Wendy Schuler, right?! The Queen Bee from high school, the prettiest student in our county’s number one senior high?” Greg asked Jasper impatiently.
“Hehe,” Was all Jasper replied with.
“That’s so cool, dude!” Greg nudged Jasper. “You’ve succeeded in both love and business. Not bad to have succeeded in convincing Wendy to be your girlfriend. Our ex-classmates jaws would drop if they found out about this.”
“We can all get together for a reunion after you arrive in Nauritus, then,” Jasper said gleefully.
“Sure. I don’t know her too well, but she’s left quite a good impression on me.
“I was the only one in the entire school who talked to you back then, but she treated everyone the same. She didn’t look down on you because you were poor and that alone is enough for me to support your relationship,” Greg spoke.
“On the topic of Wendy, I think she’s told me once that she hates people like you the most,” Jasper taunted gleefully when he was reminded of the funny incident.
“Hate me? Why? I didn’t even talk to her throughout the three years in senior high. How can she hate me?” Greg was speechless.
“Probably because you’re handsome and there were tons of girls following you every day. She said playboys like you aren’t serious with anyone.” Jasper laughed out loud.
“She was right about the handsome part, though.” Greg touched his nose. Seeing Jasper laugh out loud, he suddenly joined in.
Having a handsome face paid off when they were young and dumb, but now that everyone had grown up and experienced the ruthlessness and tribulations of society, they understood that a man’s appearance did not matter.
Jasper was relatively handsome, with an introverted and gentlemanly character that gave him a unique charm.
Coupled with his successful career, he walked with the air of confidence and maturity that gorgeous but unsuccessful men could not hold a candle to.
If a woman had to choose between Greg and Jasper, they would most likely opt for the latter.
“There are wonderful girls all over the world. You can always slowly reenter the market once you’ve moved past this experience. Your son will need a motherly figure, and there’s no reason for you to spend the rest of your life alone,” Jasper spoke seriously.
“Maybe another time. I don’t think I can consider dating for the time being.” Having just walked out from Mary’s shadow, Greg did not want anything to do with relationships at that moment.
Charlie and his wife filled the table with food that night. Sally truly loved the child, so she only had a few bites of food before she went off to spend time and take care of him. This left Charlie, Jasper, and Greg to drink and chat about the past. It lasted late until around eleven o’clock.
After sending a tipsy Greg to the lobby of a nearby hotel, Jasper decided that he would return to spend the night with his parents and leave the day after. However, he received a call and was forced to return to Nauritus City overnight.
It was a call from Wendy.
She said that an average-looking man had come to the company for investment because he wanted to create the largest sourcing website in the world.
A website that would allow all the enterprises in the world to source goods directly through the website instead of commissioning salesmen. The website would also allow enterprises to contact their suppliers directly and thus completely change the way people did business.
Wendy first wondered if she was speaking to a madman, but then she realized the potential in the man’s plan. Not to mention, Jasper had once told her to contact him right away if a rather ugly man with such an idea and the surname Marlon ever came knocking at their doors.
That night, Jasper’s wait, both for this phone call and man in question, finally paid off.
