Never Late, Never Away Chapter 1726


    Never Late, Never Away Chapter 1726


    Her long curlyshes fluttered, and her eyes slowly opened, still sleepy. She realized she was being


    carried into the house by Larry, so she struggled to be let down. However, Larry would have none of


    that but tightened his embrace instead.


    “Why are you awake? You were sleeping so soundly at the door,” he teased.


    It was amazing he still had the mood to joke, but that did not cheer Joan up. “I woke up when you


    sighed. Why are you sighing? Did the discussion not go well today?”


    Larry hadid her down on the bed and was pulling a nket over her. He paused when Joan posed


    the question. She held his right hand and looked him in the eyes, full of concern. “Please don’t hide


    anything from me.”


    Larry sat by her side and held her hand tightly. “I… the meeting today was with Dustin.”


    Joan sat up straight immediately and eximed in disbelief, “How is that possible? Dustin? Was it a


    chance meeting? I thought… I thought you said you were going to meet the chairman of Alpire Group.


    How did you end up meeting Dustin instead?”


    Joan bombarded him with a load of questions as she could not believe it was Dustin. Thest she met


    him was when she went to ask him about Larry. He had not contacted her since then too. Why did he


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    approach Larry this time around?


    “It was him. He is now the financial controller of Alpire Group. He said their chairman sent him. At the


    meeting today, his message was clear. Alpire’s target was Norton Corporation. They wanted to take


    over everything.”


    “What? Dustin has be the financial controller of Alpire Group? And they want to take over Norton


    Corporation? This is unbelievable!” Joan’s eyes widened with surprise. To her, the chance of Dustin


    doing that seems so unlikely, like that of seeing aet fall on earth.


    Larry held back his rebuttal. They had ovee much hardship and misunderstanding before finally


    settling down to a blissful life. He would rather maintain that bliss than try to win an argument.


    Financial controller? Joan was baffled. Isn’t Dustin a medical doctor? He was in charge of her


    treatment when she was in A Nation. He went on to be a lecturer at the medicine faculty of


    Nirhaven College. That switch was logical given his expertise and training. On the contrary, histest


    move to that of a financial controller was puzzling. Wherever he went, they seemed to meet time and


    again. There were valid reasons for them to meet in his first two jobs, but Joan could not associate his


    position at Alpire Group with herself.


    “I feel he may have some ulterior motives…” Larry tried to suppress his emotions and spoke as calmly


    as he possibly could. It was tough, as the thought of Dustin made him boil. How he wished Dustin


    would vanish in the air instantly.


    “I think that is unlikely. He was a helpful and nice doctor and didn’t look like a scheming person,” Joan


    tried to defend.


    His wife defending a man he detested made Larry cringed, but he did not rebuke Joan. He would have


    picked a fight with her previously. After they went through all the earlier misunderstandings, Larry had


    matured and learned to keep his emotions in check.


    Joan was defensive of Dustin as he had been nice to her. People like Dustin only have eyes for those


    they love and would do anything to get their hands on what they wanted. He was more toxic than Joan


    could ever imagine. She would always remember the good in people and forgot the fact that everyone


    had an opposing dark side.