“But…”Before she finished, Ivanka interrupted her with a smile. “Don’t worry. I’ll be fine.”Rebecca opened her mouth but failed to form words. In the end, she sighed resignedly. “Alright then… You should watch out.”“Okay.”…Ivanka stayed and waited until it was time to meet up with Mr. Parker.She packed up and headed to their rendezvous. When she arrived, to her small surprise, Mr. Parker was already there.Mr. Park’s eyes immediately lit up with excitement at the sight of Ivanka. Not even her formal attire could hide the curves of her perfect figure. He quickly got up and stared at Ivanka with a grin. “Here you are, Ms. Lane. Thanks for asking me out for dinner. I’m so honored.”Ivanka smiled. “Drop the formalities, Mr. Parker. I’m grateful that you agreed to meet.”Mr. Parker’s grin broadened instantly. “Come over here and take a seat. What do you want to eat?”He extended a hand and signaled her to sit down at the dining table.At that moment, Mr. Parker still appe
Xander and Michael both glanced at Ivan’s phone.Ivan saw the incoming call and grinned. “Look, my favorite girl is calling me. I really like this girl. Do you want me to bring her over and introduce her to you guys?”“No need,” Xander and Michael replied in unison.They clearly were not interested in wasting time meeting a woman who would not be in Ivan’s future.Ivan’s expression darkened slightly. “Screw you guys!”He stood up and headed out. “I’ll take this call outside. I’ll be back in a bit.”Xander and Michael remained silent as he strode out.While pacing back and forth in the corridor during the call, he noticed a group of waiters carrying food pass by. He touched his stomach and realized he was hungry.The door of a private room opened, and Ivan instinctively glanced over.His expression changed when he spotted two familiar figures.He hurriedly told the person on the other end of the line, “Babe, something important just came up. I’ll call you back later.”He made
Ivan knew for sure that Michael had not gotten over his ex-wife, yet he feigned indifference.Ivan would like to see how Michael reacted if he found out what she was dealing with.Crossing his legs, Ivan looked forward to seeing what happened next. There was a smirk on his lips.Xander looked at Michael and tried to talk some sense into him. “William Parker is capable of getting anything he wants. He is gutsy. Besides, you have already divorced Ivanka. She no longer poses any threat to him.”Ivan laughed. His legs remained crossed as he said languidly, “That isn’t true. Isn’t Jonah quite fond of Ivanka now? With him around, Mr. Parker probably wouldn’t dare do anything to her. I saw them sitting at the same table just now, and he has been behaving himself. He might just give in and sign the agreement this time.”Michael was speechless.Noting his inaction and darkened expression, Ivan let out a hearty laugh. “Alright, I was just gossiping with y’all. Let’s mind our own business a
Mr. Parker was not in a rush to say anything. Instead, he stared at Ivanka in seemingly deep thought.Ivanka remained composed as usual. Her calm expression gave nearly nothing away.He had indeed spiked the food with something.But with only the two of them in this room, Ivanka was not afraid.Mr. Parker smiled. “You’re right, Ms. Lane. It’s just that… You ought to know there’s no such thing as a free lunch. You have been in business for a while and got to where you are today, so I suppose you know how things work in this industry, yes?”As he spoke, he raised his hand.As his hand was about to touch Ivanka’s, she evaded his touch with composure and ignored his hand, which was frozen stiff awkwardly.The smile on Mr. Parker’s lips was a little tense. But he soon recovered from his embarrassment. Staring at Ivanka, he said smilingly, “Ms. Lane, it is how it is in our industry these days. You ought to know what I want from you and what you should give in return. I heard that you
“Ms. Lane, since you have so much confidence in your plan, show me then. I’ll take a look and decide for myself,” Mr. Parker said.With a smile, Ivanka produced her business proposal in a swift, smooth motion.Mr. Parker had never let anyone wrap him around their finger at the negotiation table, especially if the other party was a woman.Now, all thanks to Ivanka, he was indeed put in a passive position. However, if what she claimed was true, he would not mind being manipulated like that.Mr. Parker took the business proposal from Ivanka. At this point, he was no longer eager to take advantage of her. Rather, he started reading the plan attentively.The more he read, the more shocked he was. But he was an experienced businessman, so his expression betrayed nothing.After he read the entire document, Mr. Parker put down the proposal.However…Before Ivanka asked to meet with him, she had done her homework.If Mr. Parker was not interested, he would never finish reading the docu
At any level of prestige or situation, humans always find something to gripe with.Moreover, Ivanka was a gorgeous woman. William had moved heaven and earth researching her. He was unwilling to let Ivanka leave without incident.Ivanka stopped and looked at William, “Mr. Parker, do you have any advice?”He smiled at her. “Ms. Ivanka, I’m sure we can discuss this over a meal. I’m satisfied with this proposal. I’ll cooperate with the Lane’s Group if we have this meal.”Ivanka frowned, but he continued, “Ms. Ivanka, if you don’t show me some respect... we can forget about the collaboration, then.”She stared at him intently. “Mr. Parker, did you spike these foods and drinks?”William was momentarily speechless. “Ms. Ivanka, are you insisting on disrespecting me?”Ivanka remained silent.The next moment, someone barged into their room. Visibly unhappy, William turned to look. Who was it?! Did they not realize he was dealing with something important right now?However, upon s
Ivan smiled, “Ms. Ivanka, fret not.”He started eating the food.William and Ivanka’s expressions changed.Ivanka wanted to stop him, but it was already too late.Just as she was about to speak, he said, “Mr. Parker, let me say this again, ask her to leave. Otherwise, we might have some complications in the future.”Only William knew if he spiked the food. When he saw Ivan eating them, he did not dare to keep Ivanka around to avoid trouble later. He hurriedly looked at Ivanka. “You should go first. We’ll discuss our collaboration later.”Ivan immediately frowned, “Collaboration? What collaboration? You should just collaborate with the York family in the future.”After speaking, he continued eating.He was genuinely hungry.But he did not drink the wine. Usually, people would spike the drink.Ivanka narrowed her eyes and then left silently.Ivan was here for a reason, maybe to rescue her from William.However, she was not close to him.After leaving the room, she picked up
William’s eyes twitched as his expression drastically changed. He hurriedly shook his head. “No, no! Mr. Quinn, this is a misunderstanding!”He was now on the verge of tears.Everyone knew that Ivan, Xander, and Michael were really close.But now, Ivan has eaten the spiked food!Ivan’s expression darkened. “You spiked the food too?! What’s your problem?!”William shook his head hastily. “No... it’s not... I...”Michael’s expression darkened.“Damn it! I was really drugged. Where’s the antidote?” Ivan started feeling restless.Now that everyone has found out what happened, there is no way he could defend himself.Xander did a tap test to check Ivan’s condition and made a call.Michael slowly walked over, pulled out a chair, and sat down.He did not utter a word, but his serious expression displayed his bad mood that teetered over the edge of an outburst. Parker Corporation might turn into ruins at any moment.Xander sensed that something was about to happen. He hung up the p