A Touch of Sweetness (Finnick Norton and Vivian William) novel Chapter 2676

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 2676

A Naive Woman

“But what about Faye?”

Jake broke into a smile. It was now clear that Della knew more about him than he had expected.

“Did you really think I like Faye? I was only with her so I could get close to Joan.”

His reasoning was so simple and yet so perfect that Della immediately believed him.

She might be an accomplished entrepreneur, but Jake was surprised at how silly she could be when it came to relationships.

I didn’t even have to try that hard, and I’ve already gotten her where I want her to be. What a naive woman! Jake took a sip of his coffee as he tried to hide his smirk, happy with how well his plan was going.

“Is there anything you need me to do?” Della asked warily.

“Not at all. Just sit back and wait for my good news,” Jake replied with confidence.

Even though Della couldn’t shake all her doubts away, her desire for Larry was so great that she decided to go along with Jake’s plan.

She had thought that Jake’s only goal was to get Joan, but she didn’t know the extent of his deviousness. He was the reason the business partners had all decided to end their dealings with Norton Corporation. Not only did he want Joan, but he also wanted to destroy Larry.

Back at Norton Corporation, Larry was still cooped up in his office, unaware of the deal that Jake and Della had just made. “Larry, why don’t you take a break?” Caspian said as he handed him a glass of water.

Larry hummed in response and rubbed his eyes before finally putting his pen down.

“Have you been in contact with Joan recently?”

“No.” It was such a brief answer that it worried Caspian even more.

“Jessica said she misses Joan,” Caspian added while observing for any changes in Larry’s expression.

“Okay.”

The awkward silence that followed made Caspian a lot more uncomfortable than he expected.

After a while, Caspian decided to break the silence and changed the subject. “Larry, why hasn’t Ms. Duff come to visit you recently?”

“No idea,” Larry replied flatly. And I wish she’d never come back to visit me.

For some inexplicable reason, Caspian once again felt uneasy by Larry’s response.