Chapter 9

After a moment of hesitation, Nanette answered the phone. "Yes, Mrs. Hanson?"

"Meet me at the Starry Café," Ivanka's commanding voice sounded. She left no chance for Nanette to ask questions.

As she looked at the call that had already ended, Nanette smiled wryly. Sterling must have signed the papers, and she was being asked to pick them up.

After all, she had embarrassed him last night. How could he endure being slapped by a woman?

If he did not have a rule against hitting women, she doubted he would have let her off so easily.

Half an hour later, Nanette arrived at the café and immediately spotted Ivanka and Isla chatting and laughing together. Nanette had never seen such a warm side of Ivanka. It was obvious who she liked and who she disliked.

Even when she and Sterling first married, Ivanka had already disapproved of her. She had never shown warmth toward Nanette.

Had she not witnessed Ivanka's attitude toward Isla, Nanette would have thought she was always a person with shal