Jasper stood ten feet away, meeting Javier''s gaze with an indifferent look. The row of ck seats


    between them seemed like spiked bushes, just like their rtionship.


    The air in the banquet hall immediately froze. Rory and the hotel manager were gripped by shock and


    fear.


    "Jasper... Why are you here? What''s going on?" Javier formed a guess in mind, but he furiously


    demanded an answer from Jasper.


    "Isn''t it obvious, Mr. Javier?" Dressed in a grey four-piece suit, Jasper stood tall in confrontation with


    Javier. His frostiness and imposing air overwhelmed Javier, who was used to being treated like a king.


    Javier held his breath.


    Javier foresaw himself being outdone by Jasper very soon. Jasper''s authoritative behavior was the


    equal of Javier''s younger self, if not better. At that moment, Javier felt fortunate that there was no one


    else there to witness his humiliation.


    "I have sent the reporters away. Seems like they''d rather get on your wrong side than make themselves


    my enemy," Jasper exined with a smirk.


    "Why? Why did you do so?" Anger rose in Javier, and his ears rang. "Did that Taylor bitch ask you to do


    this? Are you seriously destroying your family''s reputation for her? She''s fooling you!"


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    Jasper''s expression hardened. A storm brewed in his eyes. "Everything I do is of my free will. Lyse has


    nothing to do with you. I won''t let you insult my future wife."


    Javier''s eyes wavered in surprise. Hearing that, Rory and the hotel manager fell silent.


    Jasper added, "Even if she was fooling me, there''s nothing wrong with wanting to keep my lover


    happy."


    "You nutcase! You''re sick in the mind!" As the leader of the Beckett Group, Javier had resorted to


    hurling tasteless insults in retaliation.


    "I''m still better than you. You do not know right from wrong; you''re defending a criminal," snapped


    Jasper, looking unfazed.


    Javier lost his cool. He furiously stomped on the ground and punched in the air. "As the chairman of the


    Beckett Group, everything I do is for the benefit of mypany and my family! You don''t understand


    why I''m doing this because you''re a selfish and hopeless lovefool!"


    Jasper wore an icy look. He''d rather have never been born before than find out that his poor mother


    had entrusted her happiness to such a heartless and sanctimonious jerk.


    "See you at 9:00 am tomorrow in court," Jasper hissed and marched past Javier. "You and Simon


    Lynch should put your best move ahead. No matter what you do, the oue will not change. You will


    witness Sophia Kirkman receiving the harshest sentence."


    In the parking garage, Alyssa once again hacked into the hotel''s surveince system and watched the


    confrontation unfold between Jasper and Javier. She appreciated Jasper for defending her without


    hesitation when Javier insulted her, but she worried that the worsening father-son rtionship might


    threaten Jasper''s power in the Beckett Group.


    Newton doted on Jasper very much, but he didn''t have much say in thepany''s affairs at his age.


    Jasper repeatedly assured her that he couldn''t care less about giving up on his influence and status,


    but she couldn''t possibly watch as he lost everything just to be with her. She would be very guilty if that


    happened.


    She heard a tap on the window. Her eyes widened as she hurriedly shut herptop before turning


    around.


    She found Jasper standing out there with two cups of coffee in his hand and a doting look in his eyes.


    She quickly opened the door for him. He joined her in the car and handed her a cup of hot coffee.