Life at The Top
Chapter 2191

"Thanks for understanding!"

Jasper got up immediately and answered the phone by the window.

"Hello, Wendy. It's so late; what's going on?"

"Huh? Is it? Isn't it 9 PM?" Wendy asked.

"Don't you know there is a 5-hour time difference between Qari and our place?"

Jasper pretended to be tired and yawned. Wendy immediately apologized.

"What? A 5-hour time difference? I'm sorry. I forgot about this. You should rest now. I just miss you..."

"Okay, I'll call you tomorrow."

After hanging up, the weight on Jasper's chest was lifted. He thought Wendy found out about his plan or someone had seen him somewhere. Now, it seemed that he was just overthinking.

The fewer people who knew about his plan, the better. Hence, Jasper did not immediately tell Wendy about his identity swap plan.

"Mr. Laine, we should end here. I should go back to rest now."

After Lorelai said that, Jasper nodded with a smile.

"No problem. I'll get someone to send you back to the hotel. However, I have something I need your help with, Miss Bigelow..."

"I know... I must keep your identity and what happened tonight a secret, right? I got it," Lorelai smiled profoundly before turning to leave.

Jasper immediately asked Henry to send Lorelai back. However, the latter was busy mumbling to himself.

"Why did she say that before she left? Is she hinting at something?"

Jasper shook his head in the end. He should stop thinking about it if he could not figure it out.

Anyway, Wendy's call tonight reminded him to always be vigilant whenever he wanted to do something important.

After Henry sent Lorelai away, Jasper said to Henry the moment he came back, "Get me a hotel for tonight. A motel is fine too."

"What's wrong, Jasper? Is the current hotel not up to standard?"

"No... Wendy called me just now and reminded me of a lot of things. I have to video call her from Qari tomorrow."

Henry understood. "Qari? Let me get you a hotel with an Eastern Central Region theme. I will find you an appropriate place so long as something like this exists in Harbor City."

"I will have to go overseas if something like this doesn't exist in Harbor City. I can't be careless about this."

After Henry got back, he contacted his connections to start planning this.

***

Right now, Julian and the others in Qari had enjoyed a few days of peace. They did not go out these few days and only stayed in the hotel.

"Why are we not going out these days? Is my job here in Qari finished?"

On one side, Fidel seemed to want this to continue. As Jasper's stand-in, he would be getting what Jasper got. He never experiences something like this, so he still wanted to enjoy this treatment more.

"No. We're waiting for updates now. We can wrap up and go back after we get news from the higher-ups," Julian found an excuse and said.

Julian was keeping contact with the mercenary team he hired in private. As long as one had money, one could do anything here. Therefore, after being passive for so many days, Julian was finally taking the initiative at this moment. Julian found Woody's hotel first because Woody's only contact, Gustav, was someone popular and important here, unlike Julian and the gang.

People might know them back in Somerland, but no one would recognize them once they were mixed in a crowd in a foreign country.

Julian had been keeping an eye on Woody this whole time. He knew that guy would not want peace. In addition, Woody seemed to be waiting for a bigger storm to arrive these few days.