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Chapter 417 Reshuffling
"Do you have a plan?" Katherine pursed her lips.
Joaquin chuckled. His sour mood was finally lifted. "Don't look down on me. I'm not as weak as you
think."
There was a hint of teasing in his voice, and Katherine blushed. She lowered her voice a little while
saying, "I didn't say you were weak."
Joaquin thought she was being coy. He cocked his eyebrow and felt delighted. "Just trust me on this. I
can handle things on this side." He then asked, "What about Noah?"
"She just fell asleep." Katherine pursed her lips and tensed up, then she told him about Emmanuel
taking Corey away.
Joaquin frowned. "Emmanuel's men went toe-to-toe with the Vermillion Alliance? Impossible."
Katherine's eyes glinted. "I thought it was weird. Even if he wanted Corey, he wouldn't have spent so
much money to hire those men."
"So…" Joaquin was silent for a moment. "You suspect it was his benefactor?"
"Yes. Emmanuel had no need to take Corey away. The only explanation is that his benefactor lent his
power to him."
"Then, his benefactor is not to be underestimated."
Katherine smirked. "Of course. Not everyone can save Gray Corporation. Even the other aristocratic
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtfamilies tried to avoid them. The fact that his benefactor stepped in meant he wanted to use Emmanuel
to get something. He even lent him some of their men. Obviously, their goal is important." But I still
can't figure out what they're trying to get.
Joaquin was worried. "Want me to send in some of my men? If Carmine and her team…"
Katherine declined. She didn't take these enemies seriously. "No. Emmanuel's taken Corey away. He
can't take anything more from me. He knows I've given my grandpa's stuff away, so he won't come
after me. Even if he does, he won't win that easily against the Vermillion Alliance. A battle's outcome is
always uncertain." Unbeknownst to her, Emmanuel's team was just a fraction of the traps Jayden had
laid out for her.
Joaquin mused over it and heaved a sigh. "I see. I can't leave for now, but I'll go back once I settle
things here."
"Sure," said Katherine softly.
They talked for a bit more before hanging up the call.
Just then, someone knocked on the door. Joaquin placed his phone on the table and sat down before
saying, "Come in."
Soon, Jeremy walked in, announcing, "He's here, Mr. Levisay."
Calmly, Joaquin said, "Let him in."
"Yes, sir." Jeremy went back out and led a man in a suit in.
The man was obviously an elite of society, but he humbled himself before Joaquin. "You're looking for
me, Master Joaquin?"
Joaquin grunted and pointed to the seat opposite from him. "Sit, Mr. North."
The man who just walked in was Arlo North. After saying thanks, he strode to the opposite side of the
table to sit down.
Joaquin poured a cup of tea for him and cut to the chase, "Did you bring what I told you to, Mr. North?"
Arlo nodded and handed a file to him before taking a sip of tea.
Joaquin took over the file, skimmed through it, and a sneer curled his lips. "I see we have a lot of
parasites."
Arlo put his cup down and heaved a sigh. "Yeah. To think Alexander had raised the company up to the
top of this city's hierarchy, but now it's so corrupt in such a short span of time. It's lost its old glory."
Arlo was a student of Alexander, and Alexander was the one who saw his talent. Back when he was
still a newbie in the business world, he learned a lot from Alexander and saw a lot of stuff. Slowly but
surely, he made his way to the crux of the administrative section. Alexander noticed his talent and
raised him to the pinnacle of the business world, and Arlo worshipped him. In the end, he managed to
become Alexander's most trusted ally.
Before Alexander passed on, he told Arlo to keep a close eye on the company but to never interfere
unless he absolutely had to. Alexander knew his son too well. John was not a man who would tolerate
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmthe existence of anyone better than him in the company, so Alexander left Arlo with a task. No matter
what happened, Arlo must take Joaquin's side and help him out. Thanks to that, Arlo became Joaquin's
spy.
"Alexander loved you. If he knew you were set up and had your power taken away, he would be
devastated." Arlo sighed.
Joaquin put the file down. "I don't care much for this company. They can take my power away for all I
care."
Arlo paused for a moment and quickly said, "But this company is Alexander's life's work. I know you
might not care about it, but you can't leave it for dead."
Joaquin fell silent for a moment and said, "Calm down, Mr. North. What I'm saying is if John and Robert
can run this company, I can always leave things in their hands, but things are different now." He paused
and narrowed his eyes. "Sometimes, just because you want to stay away from things doesn't mean
trouble won't come knocking. He's running the company to the ground. Hence, I must act." He wouldn't
leave his grandfather's life's work in an incompetent buffoon's hands.
Arlo calmed down and nodded. "If you were to take over the company, I'm sure we can rise back to the
top."
Joaquin shook his head. "I can interfere, but I won't be coming back right away. Nevertheless, a
reshuffling is in order, and we can substitute some people out for our men."
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