On the other end of the video call, Anna’s background showed that the sun was shining where she was. She was sitting in an office, her delicate fingers fiddling with a pencil as she rebuked him.
Jasper said somewhat embarrassedly, “I’ve been really busy. A lot has happened.”
“My dad told me all about it. Everything’s been taken care of now, right?” Anna asked as she smiled slightly.
As he nodded, Jasper was still thinking about how he should bring up the topic when he heard Anna say, “So tell me, how can I help you?”
“How did you know?” Jasper asked in surprise.
Anna’s flirtatious behavior was evident even though she was thousands of miles away. She stared at Jasper with her beautiful eyes and said, “I know you better than you think I do.”
Seeing how his goal had been exposed, Jasper gave up trying to be secretive and said, “I remember you once told me you had a friend who’s part of the Sentel family?”
Anna nodded and said, “That’s right. She’s the third granddaughter of Sentel Corporation’s current president, Kit Lang. We’re on pretty good terms.”
Jasper hurriedly said, “I was hoping you could introduce us.”
Anna said in surprise, “You want to meet her? That might be a challenge.”
“What’s wrong?” Jasper asked as he frowned.
“She just left for Greece last week and won’t be back for another month.
“But can you tell me what’s going on?” Anna asked.
Jasper did not hide anything from her and told her his objective, “I’m planning to buy the patent for MP3 players from Sentel Corporation.”
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