Never Late, Never Away

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 1698

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 1698

Perhaps the gods were jealous of his good life too, so they had to make certain arrangements to disrupt his hard-earned peace. The phone vibrated nonstop on his bedside table. Larry reached for it and peeked at the caller ID. Next thing he knew, his weariness disappeared without a trace. He sat up abruptly, removed the covers, and rushed out of the room.

What’s wrong? Larry’s sudden rise from the bed woke Joan up. She rubbed her eyes, still drowsy. Did Leslie wet the bed again? When Larry re-entered the room, he did not look so good. His wife noticed that his face was wet. Instincts told her something was awry. Joan sat up, pulled the blanket over Leslie, and cautiously climbed out of bed.

She was getting increasingly distraught with each passing day as surprises kept popping up. The familiar and overwhelming anxiety was eating her.

A while later she heard Larry speak. He said, as calmly as he could, “Alpire Group has acquired the fifth branch.”

Group”, “acquisition”, “branch”… These terms got thrown about frequently these days. She was becoming sensitive to each of

put on his suit. He stood in front of the mirror fixing his tie. He only needed to get the knot right. He seemed to have

a board meeting. We have to come up with

main seat, dressed in formal work attire. His face appeared gloomy, as though a large raincloud was hanging over his head. On both sides of the long council table, there were ashen-faced junior executives, calculative shareholders with grayish beards who kept their heads low, as well as assistants

all have picked up on the news lately. The ones about Alpire Group acquiring our branches. As we all know, Alpire Group is a company which has never collaborated with us before. So, for it to suddenly be capable of

just yesterday? How did it get to

to whisper

tabletop. Silence fell on the room

senior director voiced out his disdain, “Are you doubting our loyalty, Mr. Norton?” He had been working for Norton Corporation throughout

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