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.

gotta go. We’ll catch

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

not naive. Frotconn did not do things by accident. They had been planning

a while, so you might need a refresher on how things run around here,” said Larisse Yorell, the woman who

eyebrow quirked up a notch. She could practically feel the chill in Larisse’s voice. Larisse probably thought she would always be the one calling the shots as director, but Noelle’s return had clearly thrown her

swooping in to reclaim her throne, it was

and her cushy director

seemed to grind Larisse’s gears was the idea that Noelle had betrayed

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