Chapter 137

"What are you doing, Jasper?" Vanessa stepped over and gently pried his fingers out of his hair, frowning. "No one wanted this to happen, but it did. Right now, we have to focus on fixing it. Once it's handled, it's over. Don't beat yourself up over it." "This is all on me. I should've double-checked everything. I only focused on the craftsmanship, didn't even think the problem could be in the material. But that supplier-I mean, we've worked with him before, no issues at all. I really didn't expect this." Vanessa placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder, her expression serious. "Sometimes it's the people we think we know that turn out to be the most problematic. You told me this supplier was a close friend of your father's, right? But where was he when your family fell apart after your dad passed? If he was really trustworthy, he wouldn't have disappeared back then. So we can't rule out the possibility that this was intentional." That supplier had once worked closely with Jasper's fath