River went on, "I can't sacrifice Yantail. I just can't. Does that mean the only option

is for Yantail to be absorbed by Lafond Group? Become one of their subsidiaries?"

If he didn't change industries, the only way to avoid rivalry would be to merge.

But River didn't want that. Lafond wanted to acquire Yantail-but that wasn't what he wanted.

Zachary answered, "Weren't you already working on transforming Yantail? The

company isn't stuck in just one industry anymore. As long as you move away from

competing directly with Lafond, it'll be fine."

"There are hundreds of industries out there. And in every field, there are

opportunities for top talent. You could pivot and still thrive."

He paused. "But River, this is your life. I can't make that decision for you. If you're

not ready to make sacrifices, then stick with the status quo and see how things

go. Maybe in a few years, things will change."

be in your thirties. Grandma's

now. Who knows how long she'll be around?

seeing her grandsons get married. We were all hoping

settle down soon. Give her

nudging Alex and

was just a year younger than River, and he was pushing thirty.

marry if

it," Zachary said, "This is a lifelong commitment. You've

gently, "But I truly believe Grandma will live to

had a deep bond with their grandmother. Watching

health

didn't even want to imagine

long as she was there,

gone-even though their parents would still be around-it would never feel the

still remembered how painful it had been when their grandfather passed. It took

Grandma, it would

had been with her even longer now. Their connection with

through. Just don't

enough to lead Yantail through a transformation. I think that's the best

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255