Chapter 43.
Jasper’s POV.
I bit down hard on my jaw, my eyes burning with fury as I glared fiercely at Julia. She still had a smug smirk plastered across her face and it drove me to the ends of my wits to imagine that she had some sort of leverage over me that I had no idea about.
“What nonsense are you going on?” I asked, my voice cold and unfriendly.
“Oh. But you won’t you like to guess?” Julia teased, her face a mask of satisfaction. I pursed my lips tightly without giving her the courtesy of a rude remark. She shrugged her shoulders when a response from me wasn’t forthcoming. “Very well then.. I have friends in high places and in the low places as well. What you must know is I’m a woman with connections, dear Jasper..”
“And none of them could help you with your debts so you resort
