It was a blatant conspiracy. Fabian had to agree no matter what.
The helplessness and the humiliation caused Fabian to despise Jasper.
As Fabian looked at Jasper, he said, “So what if you get Henry and the gang out? Of course they have to pay the price after they did something like that.”
“Even if I agree to let them go free, do you think my family and I will forgive them?”
Jasper replied insipidly, “If you touch them, I will take action. If your family wants to touch them, the Laws will seek revenge. This is what’s going to happen.”
“I don’t expect us to completely eradicate our shared hatred with this trade alone. It’s not realistic. There’s no way that we’ll shake hands and be friends.”
“However, a long-term hostility shouldn’t affect our small collaboration this time. Also, this collaboration will be like swapping our chess pieces on a chessboard.”
“You’ll get back some of your losses so the damage won’t be so bad. Meanwhile, I’ll get what I want. It’s a win-win situation, no?”
Fabian looked at Jasper and burst out laughing all of a sudden.
“You abandoned the chance to easily defeat me just because you want to get Henry out of mere sooner.”
“You and I both know that if you expose the information you have in your hand, all of my positions on the Dow Jones Index will be liquidated. I will also become a laughing stock in Harbor City. I’ll also be put under huge pressure by my family.
“It’s such a useful card and you want to use this to get Henry out sooner, is it really worth it?”
“Some thing’s value can’t be measured on paper,” Jasper said calmly.
Henry caused such a huge kerfuffle, and this outcome aside, even if Henry did not come to Harbor City under his instruction, Jasper would still do everything to get Henry out after he was caught up in so much trouble. This was not something he could place a value on.
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