“S-sir, I know my mistake. Please forgive me!”
How would Martin dare to argue with Henry again? At this moment, he only wanted to run away.
Henry scoffed and did not even bother to look at Martin. He was not interested in lowly children of wealthy families anyway.
“Monty…”
Jasper said calmly and walked in front of Martin.
“Do you know why most families aren’t able to stick around for a long time?”
How would Martin dare to answer such a sensitive question? He lowered his head timidly and did not dare to say anything.
“Because there are too many people like you.”
Jasper sounded cold.
“Every founder of a family has great skill and strategy, if not, they would not be able to create a foundation that would be worthy of being called a family. However, there are always good and bad people sprouting up within the descendants. Aside from a surname, what do people like you have that you’re so proud of?”
Jasper’s words caused Martin’s face to burn painfully. However, he did not dare to talk back.
“Yes, you’re right, Mr. Laine. Trash like me is everywhere. One rotten apple spoils the barrel. I deserve to die, and I am trash. I am the rotten apple.”
When Jasper saw Martin’s horrified face, he shook his head and did not want to say anything more.
“What’s with your contract with Penelope?”
Martin shook his head and said, “What contract? I don’t know. There’s nothing like that. Penelope…”
“No, Miss Hunt has a very pleasant collaboration with me, and our contract just ended, so I was just about to extend the contract with her. However, Miss Hunt’s sick so we can only talk about this next time.”
Henry started laughing when he heard Martin’s clever words.
Jasper was smiling as well.
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