The Cherished Wife

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

Peter Lennon squinted, picking up on the nervous tone in Ronald’s voice, and asked, “What’s up? Did Charles throw another curveball your way?”

Ronald let out a forced chuckle. “Isn’t your assistant some kind of computer whiz?”

“Just call him yourself.” Peter’s voice was curt, and the line went dead. Ronald stewed in silence, thinking about how Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Lennon must be cut from the same cloth. Both of them were cold businessmen with no patience or sympathy. Shaking it off, Ronald dialed up Lareal, Peter’s assistant. “You’ve got thirty minutes to dig up info on a lady. someone Mr. Hoffman’s looking for.”

Exactly thirty minutes later, Ronald had the scoop on Winter. He was practically gushing with gratitude. “Man, you’re a lifesaver!”

On the other end, Lareal gave a cool snort. “Does Mr. Hoffman have his eye on this chick?” Winter did not seem like much, but she played a tough game. Lareal could not see how she would be Charles‘ type, so he pried a little.

We’ll catch up later. Time to

lot. They had made her job. obsolete. Since coming back, she noticed that many of her old colleagues had bailed. Now it was just fresh faces, and someone else was keeping

things by accident. They had

lowdown on the projects from the last six months. You’ve been out of the loop for a while, so you might need a refresher on how things run around here,” said Larisse Yorell, the woman who had been

Larisse probably thought she would always be the one calling the shots as director, but

it was no wonder she was steamed. To top it off, Larisse was probably all caught up on the office

her foot in the door and her cushy director gig at

seemed to grind Larisse’s gears was the

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