Jasper had never planned to kill Norman or Lisa, to begin with.
Jasper was confused as to why all these people think he was truly coming for their lives.
Ever since he had started his business, he had fought with quite a few people. While some lives have been lost, it was always through suicide because his opponents could not accept the fact they lost.
Jasper had never killed anyone before.
Not now, not ever.
So when Jasper saw the ecstatic expression on Norman’s face, he said, “Just go. Leave Waterhoof City and never return.”
Jasper’s words had Norman immediately feeling despondent.
He knew that with Jasper’s words, he would lose the business he had built up with difficulty.
Jasper then glanced at Lisa, her face was pale and her lip bleeding after all the gnawing. He said calmly, “There’s never been any huge feud between us. All the resentment was one-sided from you.”
“Of course, there’s no point in saying all this now.”
“After leaving Waterhoof City with your dad, find him a place where he can retire and rest. Ignoring everything else’s he’s done, he was a good father to you. You’d be a horrible excuse of a human being if you can’t be filial to him.”
“No one will force you to sell your property lower than market value. Sell accordingly and take every Somer Dollar. It should be enough to guarantee a comfortable life from here on.”
“Then… find someone nice and get married. Start over and live peacefully, say goodbye to the past.”
Jasper waved them off afterward and did not say anything more.
Lisa’s complexion was ashen and she looked moments away from fainting.
She still wanted to say more but Norman held her back.
“Let’s go,” Norman said hoarsely.
Lisa did not say more and followed Norman out with her head down.
Jasper’s expression was calm as he watched the two leave.
He did not feel the elation of winning against his enemies, nor the despondence of a loss.
His enemies were still there, after all. Norman and Lisa were just insignificant pawns on the chessboard at most.
It was a blessing for pawns like them to walk out unscathed.
Jasper turned to look at Dominique and asked, “So, what do you want from me?”
Dominique looked at Jasper playfully and asked, “What do you mean?”
“The little prince can’t possibly have handed me the Gardners because he’s afraid of me, right?” Jasper stated calmly.
Dominique laughed out loud and said, “You can take it as an act of kindness from me.”
“As to what I want from you, I don’t know yet. I’ll contact you when I think of something. Take this as a favor you owe me now I guess.”
Jasper looked at Dominique and replied, “Yet you’ve sold out the Gardners who sought your help on a favor, little prince. Aren’t you lacking a bit of credibility to talk about favors with me?”
Dominique stood from the chair and replied lazily, “Favor or not is just a hoax. What matters is still how useful you are.”
“They’ve lost their usefulness, so they can only hope that other people will be merciful to them. If they’re useful, then they don’t need to say anything and people would still seek them out.”
“I’m sure you understand this concept, right, Jasper?” With that being said, Dominique then walked toward the doors.
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