Fabian must’ve been surprised to hear Jasper’s words, for he chuckled after a moment of silence.
“Jasper Laine, hmm?”
Fabian spoke in standard Somerish.
“I’ve been waiting for this call for a very long time. If I’d known doing so would have you act so furiously, I’d have done it long ago.”
Jasper narrowed his eyes and replied, “Agreed, doing so would also get you killed much earlier.”
“Haha, do you know, Jasper? I’ve asked around about you and I got two very extreme descriptions”
“Some say that you’re gentlemanly and kind.”
“But some say you’re heartless, brutal, and cruel.”
Jasper replied indifferently, “The former are my friends, and the latter are my enemies.”
“So, what I’m seeing now is the heartless, brutal, and cruel Jasper?” Fabian chuckled.
He seemed to admire Jasper’s fury a lot.
Jasper’s tone suddenly turned calm and he said, “Fabian, this call today isn’t to vent my anger. Since both of us know how pointless that is.”
“Of course, it’s not to reconcile either. Perhaps there was still a possibility for reconciliation before today, but there is no turning back from this moment onward.
“Between you and I, only one will remain standing.”
Jasper’s claim infuriated Fabian.
“Jasper Laine! Watch your tone, who are you to say something like that?”
“Who am I? And who are you?” Jasper arched his brow, the corner of his eye filled with an rage rarely seen on him.
“Hahaha,” Fabian laughed out loud.
“Good, then. Very good. No one’s ever dared to talk to me like this.”
“I guess someone does now.”
Jasper said icily, “Keep your sense of superiority to yourself. You’ve been targeting me this entire time, be it in secret or openly. Since what happened has already passed, then there’s no more fear on my part.”
“Execute whatever plan you have, Fabian, but you just tried to hurt my significant other. Forget Harbor City, I’d drag you over and skin you alive even if you were on Mars.”
“F*ck your sense of superiority, you think that just because you come from a wealthy family that suddenly you’re better than everyone? How are you different from the other trust-fund children I’ve screwed over before this?”
“Let me tell you, there is no difference. You think that you can be considered a scheming man because you’re hiding in the dark and you can come up with sinister plans? It’s so ridiculous I pity you.”
Fabian’s gaze was extremely icy after hearing the other person speak “Fine, then. Come over, come to Harbor City and let me see how you plan to skin me alive!”
“Just you wait. It won’t be too long until then.”
Beep beep beep…
Fabian clenched his phone sinisterly as his gaze became extremely dark.
Mitch was too terrified to speak when he saw Fabian’s expression.
Everyone knew that when Fabian was on the edge of exploding, any person or thing could become a fuse that ignites him.
Mitch refused to be subjected to Fabian’ s venting.
“Insolent! ”
Fabian suddenly shouted and threw the phone in his hand harshly at the wall across him.
The phone shattered into pieces with a bang.
It was a loud bang which terrified Mitch.
He knew that Fabian was furious, but he did not expect it to be to such a degree.
This was Fabian Atticus.
The openly recognized most scheming youth among Harbor City’s wealthy children. He was also the one with the brightest future.
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