At that, Jacob forced himself to speak, “Mister… Mr. Laine, this is indeed my and my brother’s fault. Please forgive us this one time. I promise that we won’t trouble you again.”
Jasper smiled.
“I believe you.”
Jasper’s words had Jacob and his brother breathing a large sigh of relief.
“That everything you say right now is the truth, but I can’t be certain that one day you won’t think back to the humiliation you felt tonight and come up with a plan to trouble me. I told you, didn’t I? I don’t like trouble.”
Jasper’s tone was getting progressively harsher.
Jacob wiped the blood from his face and begged again, “Please, Mr. Laine. I promise that we won’t trouble you again.”
“If I tell you to leave the media and entertainment industry, will you?” Jasper asked.
Jacob’s expression changed.
The industry was the Combe family’s main source of income. He earned tens of millions of profit annually from the few companies under his name.
This was not a question of whether he was willing to or not since it interfered with his family’s roots. He did not have the right to decide.
“Seems like you won’t.”
Jasper took in Jacob’s expression and stated faintly.
“Since you’re unwilling to leave on your own, I’ll just have to kick you out myself.”
Seeing Jasper’s firm attitude, Hector opened his mouth to protest by the side, “You’re going too far, Jasper!”
Hector did not hold back. ‘So what if Jasper is formidable? He’s still an outsider and I refuse to believe that the Law family will sever ties with us just because of him.’
They would apologize if that was what he wanted, but there was no way the Combe brothers would agree when told to cut a source of their family’s fortune.
“I’m going too far?
Jasper looked at Hector intriguingly and replied in an unaffected tone, “Out of everyone here, you’re the last person who has the right to tell me that I’ve gone too far.”
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