Life at The Top novel Chapter 1888

“Dad, our company has been seized for

review!?”

It was slightly later when Channing heard

the news. He raced over to Weston’s office

and barged in with this question.

Just then, Weston was having an

emergency meeting with several of

Channing’s uncles.

Weston had a gloomy expression on his

face as he said, “It’s been seized. I just got

the news that people from the taxation

department and Department of Food and

Drug Administration have arrived at the

company’s headquarters. Nearly all our

land has been sealed off.”

The muscles on Weston’s face twitched as

he spoke. He had never had something

like this happen during the many years he

had been in charge of the Habers family

business.

“How’s that possible? What about our

friends and contacts in those

departments? What did they say?”

Channing asked frantically.

As the heir, he knew perfectly well that

his privilege and power came from his

family. He would also be in trouble if his

family’s business ran into difficulties.

It concerned every aspect of his life, so of

course he was frantic.

Weston’s face was a pale shade of green as

he said, “It’s no use. No one is of any use

because the order came right from the

province magistrate’s office. No one can d

o anything about it. Who would dare go to

the provincial magistrate and help put in

a good word for us?”

“That doesn’t make sense. We didn’t

offend anyone…”

Channing was in the middle of his

sentence when his gaze met Weston’s. A

name flashed through the father and

son’s minds.

“Jasper Laine!”

Channing yelled out those two words in

astonishment.

“But we just ended’ our phone call a short

while ago. Does he hold that much power!?”

“He needed just half an hour to contact the magistrate and use his power to mess with us!?”

Channing’s dismayed exclamations caused the look on Weston’s face to turn even uglier.

Just then, Weston’s phone rang.

“It’s from a friend who works in Swallow

Capital. I asked him to look into

something a while ago. Let me take this first.”

“So what if I know? The problem lies with

what the higher-ups think!”

“You’ve got a bounty on your head now.

The higher-ups think you’re ignoring the

greater good for personal gain, and Mr.

McNeal is coming over to conduct the

investigation into the Habers family

himself and find out if you have any

offshore capital. Mr. Habers, you have to b

e honest with me. Do you?”

Mr. Haddow’s voice on the other end of

the line turned solemn as he arranged his

features into a serious expression.

He had already decided that if the Habers

family showed even the slightest hint of having offshore capital, he would cut ties with the Habers family immediately.

He did not have the guts to get involved in something that was such a big deal.

Weston immediately said, “Mr. Haddow, I swear on my entire family’s life that the Habers family has zero offshore capital!”

Mr. Haddow felt slightly more at ease when he heard that, and sighed before saying, “That’s good. At least it won’t be a s serious as anticipated. But more trouble i s probably coming your way since there’s a bounty hanging over your head now.’

“Mr. Haddow, you have to help me,” Weston said frantically.

Mr. Haddow laughed bitterly and said, Help you? What means do I have to help you? You have to address the root cause of the problem. Go to whoever caused you to get into this trouble in the first place and ask them for help.

“Listen to me. You must go to Jasper Laine immediately. If he’s willing to not hold it against you, the Habers family might come out the other end unscathed. I f not, you’re on your own.”

Mr. Haddow hung up after saying that.

Weston felt as if he had been wrung inside out as he put his phone down. He glanced a t Channing and said, “Find a way to get in touch with Jasper Laine immediately.”

Channing looked near to tears as he wailed, “But I don’t have his number. I only got in touch with him because I called then little prince.”

“Then call the little…”

Weston did not finish his sentence before changing his mind and saying, “No, go to Waterhoof City immediately! We can’t afford to waste even another second!”