Never Late, Never Away

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 1543

“Larry, what do we do?” Panic consumed every inch of Joan as she felt she was at her wits’ end.

“It’s okay. If this is the case, let’s get out of the car and see what they want.”

Seeing that the assassin did not immediately take their lives in the car, Larry’s nerves began to calm down. Might as well make the best of the situation!

Larry helped Joan out of the car as he took in their surroundings. Ruins of what used to be buildings surround them, allowing Larry to soon realize they were in a demolition area. The buildings around them seemed to be under reconstruction. With no one in sight, Larry easily deduced that they were brought there to be away from prying eyes.

The assassin that disguised himself as the driver joined a few other men after he got out of the car. The men stood in a line, staring intensely at Larry and Joan opposite them.

Larry examined all of them in a calm manner. There were five men in total, all of them masked, showing only their eyes.

“So, why did you bring us here?” Unable to tell who they were behind the masks, Larry had no choice but to ask.

“As expected of the president of Norton Corporation, bold words for a man face to face with danger. Hats off to you for maintaining your confidence even in times like this,” responded one of the assassins coolly.

me, what do you plan to do with us? Surely you

raised an eyebrow, confident in his deduction. If the assassins wanted them dead, they would have done so long ago instead of wasting their time for

shrewd

reply came from the same person as before. It wasn’t hard

Mr. Norton, that we only carry out the tasks we were paid to do, helping whichever party that hired us, no hard feelings. Now, let’s not make things more difficult than

out of fear. Knowing what the assassins had planned did not

panic, Larry patted her hand gently, attempting

just about money—and you said so yourself, no hard feelings—then

you’ve received, I’ll offer you twice the amount for you to give me the name of your employer, and everyone

that she might be harmed, Larry hoped to resolve the situation

you know people like us carry out our missions seriously once we’ve received a task from the employer.

said, the leader was the first to unsheathe his dagger and lunged

“Get them!”

rushed forward with their weapons, chaos ensued. It was

once they defeated Larry, going after Joan would be a piece of cake, so right that