As they were talking, a rather chubby figure rushed into the room.
This person was Baxter, who had sped over from the hotel.
His expression changed drastically when he realized that Jasper was there as well.
Shaun and Mary’s eyes shone when they saw him. They were about to approach Baxter, only for the man to ignore them and make a beeline for Jasper.
Bowing courteously to the point that his head might as well be between his legs, Baxter spoke with a tremble in his voice and cold sweat drenching his brow, “Mr. Laine, please have mercy.”
God only knew what Baxter had experienced.
Baxter was already frantic when he found out that Jasper had come over personally to deal with the issue. However, Mary had threatened him and forced him to stay in Brac County. Thus, Baxter had planned to wrap this up as fast as possible so that he could return to Harbor City, resign, and flee.
Despite this, about ten minutes ago, he received a call from his superior.
His superior, a man who liked to throw people that offended him into the ocean to feed the sharks, only said one thing.
“You cannot afford to offend Jasper, nor do I want to piss him off. If there’s some kind of conspiracy behind this, then you better smooth it out yourself. Don’t even think about coming back if you can’t smoothen it out. Save me the effort, jump into Brac County’s waters and kill yourself.”
Because of this, Baxter knew his superior was irked.
He did not overthink it as Mary’s threat was no longer important. With that, Baxter dashed over just so he could beg for Jasper’s forgiveness as fast as he could.
Baxter had no idea what psychological trauma his actions had caused Mary and her brother.
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