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!
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.
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