“What’s the matter? Is there something on my face?”
Larry’s voice startled her out of her thoughts, and when she looked up, their eyes met.
“No. I was just thinking of something,” Joan replied with a smile. “Are you done with work? If you’re not, you can continue. I have nothing to do, so I’m fine with just sitting here.”
She knew Larry was busy with his work, so she was understanding. Joan never insisted on Larry to spend more time on her, nor did she interrupt him while he was working.
Staring at him, Joan thought, is more than enough for me.
“I’m done. I was dealing with the Wards’ matter earlier,” Larry calmly said.
However, his gaze was fixed on Joan, as if he could not get enough of seeing her.
“The Wards? What is it?” Joan queried.
She knew about Gabriella’s incident. Although Gabriella now had a terrible life, Joan could not find it in herself to feel pity for her.
What goes around comes around.
For her not to hate Gabriella nor make her life difficult was already an act too kind from Joan. After all, what the former had done to Larry and her was almost unforgivable.
“Landon Ward called last night, asking for our forgiveness,” Larry continued. “He said this is all Gabriella’s fault and that he had lost his mind back then because of her words. Now, he knows that he’s in the wrong, and he’s hoping that we can forgive him. Also, he said he’ll be compensating for our loss.”
“I see,” Joan muttered with a nod. “If this was all Gabriella’s fault, should we forgive the Ward family then? They’re already having a hard enough time.”
Joan knew what the Norton Corporation was doing to the Ward family.
Nevertheless, she did not think that there was anything wrong with what the Norton Corporation was doing. Since the other party was the one to provoke them, Joan thought it was normal for them to punish them in return.
Now that the Wards were offering their apologies, Joan’s kind heart revealed itself; she immediately began putting in a good word for them.
After all, Gabriella was already disowned by the Wards, and the Wards had paid a large price for their mistake.
“Yes, I think so too. The Wards weren’t really the ones who made the mistake, and I don’t plan to drive them to the edge of the cliff. I’m actually quite satisfied with how the Wards had dealt with the matter. Well, then. Let’s let the Wards off the hook now,” Larry stated with a nod.
Promptly, he called to tell his subordinates to stop targeting the Ward Group and let them do as they pleased from then on.
“What? What do you mean by someone is here to discuss a business deal with us? Who’s that brave individual? Didn’t the Norton family get rid of all our business partners?” Landon whispered in disbelief as he sat in his office.
“Mr. Ward, it’s true. It isn’t just one; several companies are contacting our company, hoping to collaborate with us,” the general manager of Ward Group assured Landon.
“Why? What happened?”
Landon would never believe that the companies would look for theirs without a good reason. Something must have happened.
However, no matter how hard Landon mulled over it, he came up with no answers.
“Norton Corporation has accepted our apology and stopped targeting us. That’s why various companies are hoping to collaborate with us again,” the general manager explained.
“That’s great news! God is really still on our side!”
Landon threw his head back to laugh boisterously. The Ward Group had been stuck on the verge of death for what seemed like eons, and Landon had done everything to save the Ward family. In fact, he even used his savings to salvage the family and the company.
Right as despair was about to overwhelm him, good news arrived.
The Wards were finally going to get better.
But the daughter I love…
Landon sighed. Guilt surged in his chest whenever he thought about his daughter.
