After finishing her last sentence, Rosie looked up at Xander. She seemed mentally prepared for his answer. Xander’s eyes flickered with some emotions. To be honest, he had no idea. He only listened to Ivanka’s instructions. However, he could not reveal anything. He looked at Rosie with a smile, then he made it sound like he was just talking about the weather. “It depends on if your body still lacks the essential nutrients. If not, then you naturally don’t have to take the injection anymore. But if your body is lacking the nutrients, you need to take the shot.” Rosie sighed in resignation. She analyzed his words and said, “In other words, I’ll need to take a few more shots if my body is still lacking the essential nutrients.” Xander said nothing more. His silence meant consent. Meanwhile, Ivanka said with a grin, “Grandma, that’s why you need to take care of your health. You need to stay optimistic and watch your temper. If not, you’ll need to take another shot.” “Why do I n
“Alright. There’s nothing more on my side. Quick, go and watch the movie now. You don’t need to keep me company. Xander, you can go back and do your work, or take a rest at home. You can all leave now.” As Rosie said this, she looked exceptionally happy. Xander looked a bit stunned and wondered. “Watch a movie together?” He wondered what had happened before he came. Ivanka fell speechless. Meanwhile, Michael said calmly, “No hurry.” “Nonsense! You can always ask them to show the movie earlier. You can go now.” Ivanka did not know what else to say. Xander touched the tip of his nose. He finally figured it out that his presence would only affect their relationship. That was why Rosie had asked him to leave. Michael looked resigned. Rosie instantly said, “Go now! Samuel will come back in a while, and I still have a lot of things to chat with him about. Don’t stay around as a third wheel over here.” Xander could not help but smile. His eyes were filled with amusement. “Ok
“I beg you. Let go of me! Please!” The girl’s voice sounded a little clearer than the other two voices. “Are you begging us to let you go? Do you think begging will help you now?” When he said this, the man suddenly laughed obscenely. “If you want, you can ask us for other things later. We might go gentle on you.” After that, the man laughed obscenely again. He sounded extremely sickening over the phone. Xander’s expression was colder as he growled, “Turn on hands-free.” The girl panicked. Only Xander could save her. She had no choice but to do what Xander asked her to. She quickly turned on the hands-free speaker function. “I’ve turned it on.” She only said these few words softly and nothing else. Just as the two men were about to come over, she raised her phone in fright and exclaimed, “The person on the phone wants to talk to you!” The men’s expressions instantly sank. “How dare you call for help, you b*tch?!” After the men said that, they rushed up and wanted to
Drake was already in a state of panic. The person next to him did not even finish his sentence and purposely left him hanging. Drake grew even more panicked. He immediately looked at the person next to him and asked urgently, “Who is he?” The girl’s face was still pale, but her heart relaxed the tiniest bit at the sudden realization that both men were afraid. She was gripping tightly onto her phone, as she was terrified that she would accidentally drop it. If she were to hang up accidentally, these two would do as they pleased with her. What would she do then? She was so absolutely nervous at that moment. The thug next to Drake took a deep breath and said in a panic, “It sounds like Mr. Quinn…” “Mr. Quinn!” Drake called out extremely loudly in panic. When the girl realized that they addressed Xander properly, she was overjoyed! Calling Xander for help had worked after all! Drake took a deep breath amid his panic to try and control his emotions as much as possible. Th
“Run?” The thug’s mind was filled with a single thought. He was entirely in a state of panic. “If we stay and Mr. Quinn sees us both here when he comes over, won’t we be an eyesore to him and make him even angrier?” Drake instantly felt that he had a point and immediately whispered, “Go talk to him!” The thug was Drake’s lackey. Even if he was not happy about this, he did not dare to say it out loud. He could only suck in a breath and take a step toward the girl. It was as if this would show how sincere he was. However, the girl screamed in fright, “Don’t come over!” As she said that, she took three steps backward. It just added two feet to the distance between them. The thug was terrified. He quickly stretched his hands out and waved them about. “No, no, no. I don’t mean to harm you. I just want to say a few things to Mr. Quinn…” “You can say what you want from where you stand!” The girl looked at the two men in front of her warily. They were both terrified. The thug
The girl’s eyes were bright, and the tear tracks on her face had dried up, but Xander could still see her red, swollen eyes.“You’re finally here…” she said pitifully.Xander’s eyes narrowed slightly as he glanced at her. Then, he looked at Drake and the thug.With an indifferent yet intimidating gaze, he made the two people kneel from fear at the same time. Even the aggrieved girl was a little surprised at this moment. How did these two people change their attitudes so fast?She remained silent. Although Xander was looking in the thugs’ direction, his words were directed at the girl.“Did they touch you?”Drake and the thug immediately shook their heads in panic. The thug’s reaction was pretty quick. He immediately said, “We didn’t! It was just a joke. She called just in time. So, we didn’t do anything!”“They grabbed my hair and pulled my sleeve.”Xander glanced at her and realized that her hair was indeed disheveled. There were also some black stains on her white sleeves.
The girl looked at him as if he were an angel descending from heaven. Her eyes were filled with adoration. With him there, she felt truly at ease.Xander did not look at her. Instead, he coldly stared at the two men in front of him. “You know Salsa’s rules. Start turning yourselves in today. Don’t make me use force.”The faces of the two men instantly turned pale. Although Xander had forgiven them for their previous mistakes, they had exhausted his grace. What were they going to do?“Mr. Quinn, we...”Xander glanced at the girl. “Let’s go.”Color had returned to the girl’s pale face. She did not say a word and immediately followed Xander. The two men, who were still kneeling on the ground, continued to plead. However, it was futile.In their minds, Xander and their boss were as close as brothers. They even thought their boss took orders from Xander. Xander’s command had left them completely out of options.They had no power to resist and no other options! They could only choose
Ivanka looked at him, puzzled. “What does that mean?”Michael did not stop the car but kept driving. He did not respond to Ivanka’s question the entire drive. Ivanka frowned and asked, “What are you trying to do?”Just as she finished speaking, Michael parked in front of a movie theater.Ivanka turned her head and saw a large vertical sign that read “Cinema City” in big letters.Ivanka’s frown deepened. “You’re really taking me to the movies?”Had he lost his mind?Just telling Rosie they went would have sufficed. There was no need to actually follow through.However, Michael looked at her and said, “If we don’t make it convincing, do you think Grandma will believe us? She’s so happy today. If she finds out we didn’t actually go to the movies and there’s no buzz about it online, don’t you think she’ll be disappointed?”Ivanka was momentarily speechless.Michael had thought it all through.“Get out,” Michael said as he opened the driver’s door. Someone was already waiting to t
Ivanka frowned deeply. Michael was in a horrible state. He had been poisoned and suffered gunshots. He had a strong tolerance to medicine and pain. But it was his mental condition that caused him to fall into this state. Not being fully recovered also added to the burden. Ivanka gave him a white pill which she had formulated by herself. After that, she had the security guard carry Michael into her car. Then, she sent him to the hospital. They arrived at the emergency department. Xavier had finished attending to his patients. When he walked out of his office, he saw Michael being carried into the hospital. He then saw Ivanka beside Michael. Xavier frowned. His expression became tense, and he asked solemnly, “What’s happened to him?” “He’s weak and had previously been poisoned. Since you’re around, you can look after him.” Ivanka summarized Michael’s condition. After hearing Ivanka’s brief explanation, Xavier gave Michael a checklist and put him on a drip. After that,
Since Jonah had come to this and Ivanka was not an ungrateful person, she nodded and gave her word. “Jonah, I’ll give this my all. Don’t worry. As long as it’s within my ability, I’ll help you.” Jonah had to be bound to the wheelchair at the moment. Since Ivanka had shared a similar experience when she took over Lane’s Group back then, she naturally figured out how wolfish and greedy his adversaries would be. Jonah was injured because of her. She swore to give her all to save him from whatever crisis he was facing. Jonah took advantage of this and asked, “What time are you coming tomorrow? I’ll have my assistant get ready.” Ivanka thought for a moment. “Tomorrow afternoon.” She needed to manage her company affairs during the first half of the day. Jonah was content upon hearing her answer. “Good. I’ll wait for you tomorrow.” “Okay.” Ivanka nodded before hanging up. When she returned to her office, she did not expect to see Michael sitting on the couch. She nearly jum
There was only one possibility. Ivanka was calling somebody else. Michael wondered who could strike up such a long conversation with her. Sandy and Ivan had returned to the country. Ivanka’s besties were around her. Even if Ivanka deliberately approached Chiara, she could not possibly have so much to chat with Chiara. If Ivanka’s phone call was business related, there was no need to chat this long. Michael eliminated the possible reasons one by one. In the end, he thought of Jonah. Michael’s expression instantly turned as dark as thunderclouds. His gaze was dull and cold. Evan noticed it. He also saw the call record on Michael’s phone. Evan quickly persuaded Michael, “Mr. Barkworth, Ms. Lane could be tied up with her work, so she couldn’t answer your call. We could go to her workplace now.” Michael said nothing. He gave a cold glance at Evan. Evan got a shock. The next second, Michael turned around and left his office. Looking at Michael’s fading silhouette, Evan wi
It was why Ivanka still came for Jonah in spite of her unpleasant experience with Margaret in the hospital last time. Jonah had been injured because of Ivanka. She came for him only. The other people did not matter to her. Jonah’s heart sank upon hearing her words. His expression tensed up. He could imagine the indifferent look on Ivanka’s face right at that moment. She had that expression on her face simply because he was never really important to her. Jonah was upset precisely because of her indifference to him. He wanted to say something to her but did not know how to begin. He was also not in the position to say that. It did not take long before Ivanka’s gentle but rather indifferent voice rang in his ears, “Jonah, don’t worry. I’ll treat your legs until they recover. Don’t run into any conflicts with your mom because of me.” Her words pulled Jonah’s wandering mind back into the present moment. He felt a heavy weight on his heart. “Iv, I trust you. You don’t need to
Margaret became frustrated and grabbed Ivanka. She could not understand why Ivanka was fine while Jonah ended up in such a bad situation after the accident.Then, Jonah defended Ivanka. There was also all the talk about Ivanka’s treatment. Margaret was curious to see what kind of miracle medicine Ivanka could develop.In the end, Ivanka’s treatment did not work. Moreover, her relationship with Jonah, which had finally started to improve, was once again ruined because of Ivanka.Jonah scoffed. “Mom, I’m not an eight-year-old anymore. You’re saying all this because you want me to go along with your plans for an arranged date, right?”Margaret had not expected Jonah to guess her thoughts. She was about to insist on her point when Jonah spoke first. With a mocking smile, he said sarcastically, “Do you think anyone would date someone like me?”He had a point. But Laura might be one such person.However, Margaret did not like her. She would do anything to keep Laura from becoming her d
“That’s because you want him to fall in love with you!” Margaret snapped.Ivanka chuckled softly. Her tone was edged with sarcasm. “Love? Does it really matter that much?”Margaret felt humiliated and furious. She pointed a finger at Ivanka’s face with a hostile expression. “If it doesn’t matter, why are you doing all this? Stop pretending, Ivanka!”Ivanka let out a bitter laugh. “Pretending? What am I pretending for? Is being divorced a crime? Margaret, you’re a woman too. How would you feel if someone accused you like this?”She hoped Margaret would take a moment to reflect. After all, she was Jonah’s mother, and Ivanka did not want their conflict to escalate.But Margaret was unmoved. Her glare turned colder, sharper, and filled with hatred.“You think I’ll just let this go?” Margaret said sharply. “If it weren’t for you, Jonah wouldn’t be in this mess! I meant every word I said, and nothing will change that.”To her, Ivanka was nothing more than someone scheming to use Jonah
“Ivanka,” Margaret took a deep breath while trying to compose herself. When she looked at Ivanka again, her expression was calm. She said, “I don’t know how deep Jonah’s feelings for you run. What I fear most is that once he becomes fixated on you, that’s it. When he falls for someone, his heart won’t make room for anyone else. In that way, he’s just like his father.”Ivanka’s gaze wavered. She bit her lip and was unsure of what to say.“I beg you, don’t hurt Jonah anymore!” Margaret’s voice carried a note of desperation.Ivanka’s expression turned extremely complicated.There was a time when Jonah came to her only to use her. Back then, they were both using each other. It made things simple.But later, Jonah unexpectedly started talking about marriage. Perhaps it was to provoke Michael, or perhaps he simply wanted to keep her close because she was useful to him.At some point, though, it seemed Jonah had become serious about her. She could not pinpoint when it happened. Perhaps
Jonah frowned in clear disagreement, but he stayed silent. Ivanka’s confident smile reassured him and made him trust her.Eventually, he let go of her wrist.Ivanka noticed Margaret putting on her shoes. She quickly followed, stepping outside just as Margaret was about to get into her car“Margaret,” she called out.Margaret frowned slightly and stood still.Since Jonah had not come out with Ivanka, she decided she could spare a moment to speak with her.She turned and looked at Ivanka coldly.Ivanka softened her tone. “Let’s take a walk.”Margaret did not respond, but her silence was enough of an agreement.They walked slowly around the edge of the mansion. The surrounding area was all part of the Sadler family estate.Margaret suppressed her anger and glanced at Ivanka before speaking in a composed tone, “Alright. What do you want to say?”Ivanka met her gaze briefly before looking ahead and said, “Do you know what will happen if Jonah’s coughing continues?”Margaret’s he
Margaret glared at Ivanka and scoffed, “If there’s an issue, I’ll get another doctor to handle it. It’ll be anyone but you, Ivanka. Haven’t I made myself clear enough? I’ve told you this before.”She hated how Ivanka ignored her warnings and kept coming back to visit Jonah time and again. What if Jonah got too close to her and ended up ruining his reputation? If Jonah had not been here, Margaret would have been even harsher.Ivanka frowned as she met Margaret’s sharp gaze. “I’ve never tried to get close to Jonah like that. We’re just friends. I know I’m not good enough for him, so I’ve never even thought about it.”“You might not have, but he has!” Margaret snapped, raising her voice.“Mom!” Jonah’s expression darkened.Jonah was usually calm and polite. This was the first time Ivanka saw him looking so upset and was about to lose his temper.Ivanka’s eyes flickered with hesitation. She was unsure of what to say.Explaining Jonah’s coughing would do no good. Margaret would not