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.

you plan to do with us? Surely you

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

shrewd indeed, Mr.

person as before. It wasn’t hard to guess that he was

sure you know, 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

Larry’s sleeves out of fear. Knowing what the assassins had planned did not ease her mind. Contrarily, her heart pounded faster in

patted her hand gently, attempting to

no hard feelings—then there should be

received, I’ll offer you twice the amount for you to give me the name of your employer, and everyone will leave here unscathed.

she might be harmed, Larry hoped to resolve the situation

Norton, I’m sure you know people like us carry out our missions seriously once we’ve received a task from the employer. We won’t stop

leader was the first to unsheathe his dagger and

“Get them!”

weapons, chaos ensued. It was impossible to know who had

after Joan would be a piece of cake, so right that