Never Late, Never Away (Vivian and Finnick)
Chapter 2653

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 2653

Gossip

"Joan, hello?" Abigail shook her arm forcefully as she tried to bring Joan back to her senses.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Finally, Joan snapped back to reality.

"Are you alright?" Abigail's gaze shone with concern.

"Oh, I'm fine. Time to get to work," said Joan as she marched into the building.

A few employees had seen the earlier scene and were gossiping about Joan and Jake.

"Hey, what do you think of them? I thought Jake loved Faye. Why did he suddenly change his target to Joan?" "Men are heartless."

The employees began gossiping nonstop in the pantry, causing Abigail to simmer in displeasure.

She went to Joan's office at once and greeted her, "Joan."

"What is it?" Joan answered.

"Oh, I just want to know about your relationship with Jake," Abigail lowered her gaze and probed carefully.

She knew she shouldn't be asking about her superior's private life, but some things had to be said.

"There's nothing between us," came Joan's terse reply.

"Nothing? We saw you hugging Jake today!" Abigail revealed. "Joan, Jake is Faye's boyfriend. She's no longer alive, but you can't..." she trailed off hesitantly. Joan met her gaze. "Abigail," she spoke sternly.

Joan instinctively backed away at Joan's intimidating aura. She could no longer bring herself to meet Joan's gaze.

"There's nothing between me and Jake. Faye's a friend of mine, so I won't betray her," Joan gave her word.

It was nothing but a show orchestrated by Jake. Joan sighed as sorrow flashed across her gaze.

"Alright. I'll go back to work, then."

In the meantime, Larry was interrogating the kidnappers. "Who paid you to do this?" he demanded.

"No one," the leader answered.

What a joke. Who gave them the courage to kidnap Della? Besides, money wasn't the only thing they were after.

"You'd better tell the truth. Otherwise, I won't show any mercy. I, Larry Norton, am a man of my word!" Larry announced with a terrorizing glare.

"Boss, we should tell him the truth. I'm still young and I don't want to die. I can't leave my mom and my grandma alone," the other kidnapper protested. The leader immediately interjected, "Shut up!"

"If he doesn't want to say anything, you can do it in his stead," Larry told the young man.

"Mr. Norton, I have no idea!" the young man immediately burst out wailing. "It was our boss who contacted the person who hired us. We haven't met him in person!"

"Good. Release them," announced Larry as he gestured his bodyguard to untie the other two.

"I'm not that unreasonable. Since you have no knowledge of the culprit, you can leave. Remember, don't repeat your mistake again," Larry declared.

The two other kidnappers hurriedly thanked Larry and stumbled out of the room.

With them gone, Larry and the leader were the only ones left in the room. An awkward silence hung in the air. Larry knew the leader wouldn't reveal the truth easily as he seemed really experienced. Without warning, Larry smirked and lit up a cigarette. He strolled to the window and squinted his eyes at the view outside.

"The weather's nice today," he puffed and remarked coolly.

The leader, who was on his knees, ignored Larry's comment.

"You have one hour to consider my offer. If you still hadn't changed your mind by then, just wait and see what I have in store for you." Larry turned and left him alone instantly.