Never Late, Never Away Chapter 1079


    Never Late, Never Away Chapter 1079


    “Oh! I understand now, I’ll get them right away.”


    The assistant lowered his head and mumbled to himself. Mr. Jackson, you are such a joker. Instead of


    insisting it was a gift, you should’ve just called it “stolen rose tea” from Mr. Norton. I knew Mr. Norton


    never gifted you anything.


    This assistant had been close with Xavier since their university days. When Xavier inherited Jackson


    Group, he invited the assistant to work by his side, so the two were also friends in private.


    “Oh, dear. Myx staff management is starting to encourage negligence in my employees. How could


    he forget all about the gift to the point where I have to remind him myself.” Xavier coughed lightly as he


    embarrassingly exined his odd exchange with his assistant earlier.


    “It’s okay,” Hannah said as she shook her head. She didn’t want to cause the assistant any


    unnecessary punishment. As an employee herself, she hated unfair treatment. Several of her team


    members had been sacked due to customerints, so she could empathize with him.


    Hannah took the assistant’s side and defended, “Actually, employees go through the worst. Take us,


    journalists, for instance; thepany requires us to forage for juicy content, but this can easily upset


    the interviewees and lead toints against us. Plus, the more serious cases can lead towsuits.


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    However, if we fail to write anything interesting, we’ll get punished by our superiors. Perhaps your


    assistant is too overwhelmed with arranging your daily schedule, so he forgot about the tea


    unintentionally. It’s not entirely his fault for forgetting”.


    Xavier almost snorted at this. He thought to himself, Him? Arranging my daily schedule? How’s that


    possible? This bugger has been indulging in feasts and drinking to his heart’s content alongside me


    these past few days. He’s had too much of a merry time to be bothered by any work.


    For obvious reasons, Xavier couldn’t outright say these thoughts. So he pretended to brood at her


    words, then nodded solemnly and said, “You’re right, Ms. Young. Life has not been easy on these


    employees.”


    Immediately after, he shed a sly grin and asked, “It sounds like your superiors are exceedingly strict


    with employees. I wonder if you were forced to interview me today, Ms. Young?”


    Hannah really wanted to retort and say, “Oh, you couldn’t tell?”


    But she wasn’t sure whether the senior editor would allow her to continue interviewing Xavier if she did


    blurt out those words. Moreover, saying those words meant revealing to Xavier that it wasn’t her


    intention to interview him at all. I’d be too embarrassed to conduct any more future interviews with him.


    “No, the senior editor didn’t force me,” Hannah lied through her lips.


    Oh, Mr. Dijon. Look at the extreme lengths I have gone for thepany. At this point, I’m more than


    deserving of the ’employee of the month’ award. Or at least a gold star or some kind of recognition.


    Xavier interjected before Hannah could borate. He hummed suspiciously at her answer. The smile


    on his face widened, revealing a neat row of pearly-white teeth. Then. he chuckled and affirmed his


    own assumption, “So you came to interview me on your own ord, Ms. Young? I must say I’m


    ttered.”


    What? Hannah was taken aback by what he said. Can you be any more narcissistic than you already


    are? She wanted to correct him, but her lips thinned into a line as she didn’t know how to go about it.


    How do I exin it to him? What do I tell him next?


    As luck would have it, Xavier’s assistant appeared with an borate gift bag looped in his hand and


    saved Hannah from her bbergasted state. He announced as he gasped for air, “Mr. Jackson, I’ve


    brought the tea.”


    Xavier’s sharp gaze snapped at his assistant. How convenient! Of all the times for you to show up, you


    chose to appear while I’m in the middle of picking up this woman. I’m starting to wonder if you did this


    on purpose.


    Yet, Xavier only red at his assistant without saying a word. What a blo*dy timing! He reached for the


    bag in his assistant’s hand and passed it over to Hannah. “Ms. Young, my apologies for making you


    wait. This is the rose tea from my friend, that I was telling you about. Here, sample it and let me know if


    it’s to your liking. If it is, I can ask my friend for more right away.”


    Hannah’s hands twitched ufortably as she took the bag of tea from Xavier. She felt odd at the


    unexpected gift as she was only doing her job to interview him.


    “Thank you for your kind gift, Mr. Jackson.”


    “Come on, Ms. Young. I predict that there’ll be more future interviews to help increase ourpany’s


    exposure and whatnot. Given how professional and efficient you are, I may turn to you for assistance


    frequently, so please ept this token of my appreciation in advance. Besides, it’s a great honor to be


    friends with such a fine woman like you.”