Life at The Top novel Chapter 77

“Go outside with your mom. I’ll come out in a bit.”

It was just like when Jasper was young. As far as Charlie was concerned, Jasper would always be a little boy who could not solve adult situations like this.

Jasper shook his head. There was no way he would leave.

“Did you bring the money?” Jasper asked Wendy.

When Jasper asked Wendy to come pick him up at the airport, Jasper had also told her to take some money out.

Wendy nodded and pulled out ten bundles of brand new hundred-dollar bills.

While everyone in the house was still stunned by Wendy’s ethereal beauty, they saw her taking the money out.

Everyone’s eyes shone as they looked at Jasper in disbelief.

Jasper’s family was known for being poor, and while Charlie had done everything he could to buy a house in town, doing so had only made their family’s situation worse.

Now there were bundles of hundred-dollar bills. Where did Jasper get the money?

“This is 20,000. I’m paying the 10,000 I owe your family back two-fold!”

Jasper then took two bundles and handed them to the middle-aged woman with a cold tone. “My family doesn’t owe you anything anymore, so stop using that 10,000 as your bargaining chip.”

Turning around, Jasper then handed four bundles to the village chief. “We owe your family 20,000 for the time my dad went to see the doctor. I’ll pay you back now as well. Here, 40,000, doubled with interest!”

The village chief took the money in shock and asked, “Where did you get the money from, Jasper?”

“Didn’t you see how he got it from that pretty lady’s hands? Who knows, maybe he found himself a rich woman in the city and got himself a pretty lady?”

The son of Jasper’s aunt, Bard, had always been the village’s ruffian. People were afraid of him in the village. The man spoke enviously as his gaze was trained on Wendy.

His words kickstarted the reactions of everyone else there.

“That’s right. I heard that Jasper has been doing horribly lately. There’s no way he could have so much money. Bard is right, he must’ve sold himself to someone.”

“Good Lord. What a shame to the Laine family! How could your family give birth to such an embarrassment, Charlie?”