As Michael had a video conference scheduled next, Ivanka returned to her room with the venue design proposal.Through WhatsApp, Evan briefed her on the morning’s developments.Throughout the afternoon, Ivanka immersed herself in studying the proposal. She was figuring out how to communicate specific details effectively with the design team.That evening, Michael and Ivanka had dinner together as usual.Ivanka found Michael’s mood swings strange, but she proceeded to eat her meal as usual.Michael’s phone suddenly rang again.It was Chiara calling.In contrast to Michael’s frown, Ivanka smiled. “Isn’t she your lifesaver and girlfriend? Ignoring her calls doesn’t seem proper, does it?”Michael’s sharp gaze instantly fell on Ivanka’s face. Seeing her mocking expression, he snorted. “Who said I’m not answering it?”Ivanka’s grin seemed to grow wider. “I was afraid you wouldn’t answer it.”That sounded like a provocation.Michael gave her a disdainful look and answered the phone.
“Mic?”Chiara was truly on the verge of losing it this time.She did not get it!Michael clearly did not like Ivanka and found her extremely hypocritical. Why would he keep getting involved with Ivanka like this? They even… They even slept together!Chiara sounded like she was crying. A faint sob came from the other end of the line.Michael frowned slightly and glared coldly at Ivanka. “Ivanka, that’s enough!”He thought. “Has this woman finally revealed her true colors?” Ivanka chuckled. “Enough? How can it be enough? Look at how upset Chiara is now. Aren’t you going to treat her the way you treated me yesterday? You were so gentle to me.”After all, the high and mighty Mr. Barkworth carefully applied ointment to her foot yesterday. She almost felt grateful for it.Michael stared sternly at Ivanka.Ivanka, however, could not help but chuckle. The last thing Michael cared to do was to explain himself, so he would not take the initiative to tell Chiara that they were not in b
“B*tch! That b*tch!”Chiara was infuriated.She never expected Michael to have dinner with Ivanka, nor did she expect the b*tch to have no regard for what Michael thought of her and speak without restraint.Was she not afraid of making Michael hate her even more after saying those things?Or had she resorted to scorched earth tactics to bring down her enemy?After what Ivanka said, Chiara could not admit herself into the hospital again. Doing so might make Michael suspicious!Besides, when Ivanka said those things just now, Chiara did not sense much resistance from Michael. Chiara thought. “How did things turn out like this? Why did it become like this?”Chiara, in a fit of rage, shouted, “Ivanka!”That b*tch!Chiara’s chest heaved as she gripped her phone tightly. Her face became paler.She was panicking.No! She absolutely could not let Ivanka go on like this!...After finishing her meal, Ivanka cleaned up the table and went back to her room to take a shower.As her p
“And?”Evan paused briefly before speaking softly, “I need to dig deeper for the details. We can’t prematurely conclude that this is related to Ms. Ivanka.”Michael’s stern face revealed little emotion. His expression was inscrutable.“I got it.”After saying that, Michael hung up.The room fell into silence once again.Michael held his phone with a cold, thoughtful gaze.... For the next two days, Ivanka finished her work as usual. She pretty much had to spend time with Michael during the day and had meals with him.However, apart from work-related discussions, there was no other communication between them.The seven days of the business trip finally ended.They would spend the night at their current location, and tomorrow they would head back.Ivanka was puzzled about why they did not leave tonight, but without any specific instructions from Michael, she refrained from questioning.The next day, they departed together.Ivanka and Michael were still seated together in t
There was a loud boom.It sounded as if something exploded.Michael immediately grabbed Ivanka’s hand and headed for the exit.Ivanka was trembling slightly, and she let him drag her away.Soon enough, they reached the flight captain. At this point, the captain had lost his composure.With the hubbub outside, he still attempted to calm everyone down.It was a shame that this time, his assurances no longer worked.Bangs sounded. Some passengers saw what was going on outside the plane through the windows.“Someone’s out there! A plane is attacking us! They fired at us!”“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”People could not stop screaming.Everyone was already panicking.Some flight attendants were about to burst into tears. They could not help saying, “What do we do? Why is this happening? Are we going to survive this?”One of them was sobbing. “I’m terrified… Ahhh!”The flight attendant who just spoke suddenly let out a scream. It was broadcast to the passenger cabin.The passengers were e
Ivanka felt like she was in a dream.She looked at Michael in surprise. After all, Michael always appeared indifferent and kept a distance from people around him. But today, the usually cold Michael suddenly stepped up to maintain order and calm everybody down.At that moment, she had a bizarre thought: Michael seemed to be a kind-hearted guy.Michael turned off the microphone. The flight captain immediately looked at him with gratitude in his eyes. “Thank you so much for doing this, sir!”However, even though the situation was stabilized at the moment, they were not truly safe. The captain added anxiously, “The plane is still flying, but it is unstable. I am afraid that the pilot can’t take it anymore.”It was his fifteenth year working on a plane. Regardless of how experienced he was, he had not been through a crisis like this one.Michael immediately said, “I’ll pilot the plane, and I need a flight conductor.”With immense disbelief in their eyes, the captain and the flight a
If he made a mistake, he would become a killer who failed hundreds of passengers…While he deserved to die for his mistake, he could not let the others die with him…He was surprised when the flight captain came into the cockpit.The captain said, “Well done, Owen. Let Mr. Barkworth and Ms. Lane take care of the rest. Switch places with Mr. Barkworth. Stabilize the plane before getting up.”Owen was flabbergasted. “Is… Is this alright?”Seeing that someone wanted to take over, he was surprised and incredibly relieved.The captain nodded solemnly again. “Yes, quickly.”Owen responded with an affirmative and did as he was told. He looked at Michael. “Here you go, Mr. Barkworth.”As he called out to Michael, he was still in deep shock. Even though he had seen Michael and Ivanka on the television screen, the astonishment he felt was still indescribable.Who would have thought that Mr. Barkworth could fly a plane!Michael took the pilot’s seat and started controlling the plane. He
She could view his side profile. The contours of his facial features were handsome and sharp like they had always been, yet they made her feel oddly safe and secure today.Without him, the people on this plane would have died.At present, no one knew what exactly had happened or why the three green helicopters had shown up. They had already reported this incident to the authorities.At such a critical time, Michael had remained composed and saved a plane full of people. He also calmed them all down and made them return to their seats.It was the first time Ivanka realized that Michael was capable of compassion.If he just wanted to save himself, he did not have to put in so much effort.He did what he had done just so he could save all the passengers.At that point, Ivanka no longer needed to give directions.She slowly got up from her seat, but she was not in a hurry to leave the cockpit.After all, there would be passengers waiting outside and hoping to see who had saved the
In the face of Laura’s meltdown, Ivanka’s words seemed a bit smug.She was doing it on purpose.“You! Ivanka, how can you be so shameless as to say such things? Are you still a woman?” Laura’s hand, which was pointing at her angrily, trembled uncontrollably.Laura’s tears fell like a snapped pearl necklace. Ivanka laughed in a low voice. “Of course I am, otherwise how did I become the one Jonah wakes up to every day? Laura, since things have come to this, you’d better hurry home and stop embarrassing yourself here.”“What’s the point of chasing after someone who doesn’t like you like this?”She acknowledged Laura’s persistence toward Jonah. But insisting too much would turn into clinginess. Jonah’s dislike and disdain for Laura was clear. He never once gave Laura a chance. Even so, Laura refused to give up.Sometimes she did not think thoroughly before doing things. “Whether there’s a point to it is not for you to say!”Laura was still persistent.But the next second, Iva
It would not have been nice for Ivanka to be present during Jonah’s conversation with his mother. The Sadler family’s house was large. She went directly to the grass field outside.Margaret had a Golden Retriever. When Ivanka saw the maid bring it out to play, she immediately squatted in front of the Golden Retriever. The Golden Retriever was very gentle and did not bite. Margaret saw the Golden Retriever wagging its tail at Ivanka. The gesture was clearly a sign of fondness and affection for Ivanka.Even the dog liked Ivanka, and she still did not like her. Could she really be the problem?Margaret began to contemplate and reflect on herself. As she was trying to approach Ivanka, someone had already walked up to Ivanka first.This person was no other than Laura, who she had once hated.When Laura saw the cozy scene of a person and a dog. She instantly rushed to Ivanka. “Ivanka, you’re so despicable. You won’t even spare a dog. Are you planning to drug it too?!”Ivanka kept
However, Jonah seemed to have heard some hilarious joke. “Do you really mean well? Do you mean well by trampling on my feelings?“You said everything started because of Ivanka. Why don’t you say it all started because of you?”Jonah let out another rhetorical question.He was extremely emotional.Margaret could not bear to watch him like this. She roared, “Enough, don’t think that I’ll compromise and stop interfering with you guys if you are like this!”Jonah laughed slowly. “Then what you said before was nonsense. Since I can’t get what I want, what else is left if I cure these legs?“You really don’t get it. You think that I’m driving you to your grave when it’s the opposite. Then what kind of mother-son bond is there between us to speak of?”At the end of Jonah’s speech, the mockery at the corner of his was extraordinarily obvious. His eyes even seemed determined.Margaret sensed it.“Are you going to cut ties with me for Ivanka?” Margaret found it incredulous. When she ask
She said to Ivanka in dissatisfaction, “Ms. Ivanka, please go out. I have something to say to Jonah alone right now.”Ivanka did not respond. However, the way she moved out already said everything.Jonah did not make a statement but silently agreed.He also did not want Ivanka to be present to see his embarrassment.“You’re being an ingrate. You never raised me like that! Since you’ve already spoken such, why are you still holding it against Iv? Is being a divorcee her sin?” Jonah’s expression was as dark as the storm clouds. Those eyes were locked on his mother. He felt that Ivanka had been deeply wronged.However, Margaret replied blandly, “Have you seen anyone wealthy choosing to marry divorcees? Are there really no other women out there?”“You are a woman too.” Jonah frowned.However, Margaret brought up a very realistic question. “I am indeed a woman. But no parent in the world would ever settle for anything less than the best option.”Those words infuriated Jonah.“Mom,
At Margaret’s rebuke, Ivanka was annoyed. “If you say so.”Whatever Margaret wanted to think was her own business. She would not interfere.Margaret immediately choked out in response, “You!”“You don’t have to target me. You know very well that I won’t get together with your son. I’m only here to administer treatment for your son.”Ivanka gave Margaret a bland look. Even her tone was bland.Margaret burst out laughing coldly. “It’s what you should do!”“I didn’t say that I shouldn’t,” Ivanka shot back indifferently. She no longer bantered with Margaret. She kept looking at her cell phone.In Margaret’s eyes, Ivanka was playing with her cell phone, and was playing intently too!There was a parasol over her head as she was leaning on a rattan chair. Most importantly, there were also refreshments on the round table to Ivanka’s left.Sheesh!“Ivanka, are you here to treat Jonah’s leg, or are you here to enjoy yourself?” Margaret chided Ivanka in dissatisfaction.When someone di
Jonah was concerned about Ivanka. But before he could finish speaking, he automatically lowered his voice.He was not the same as before.Call for him. With his weak legs, what could he do for her?Ivanka heard his tone but did not expose or console him. She only followed suit and said, “Rest well. I know my place.”“Alright.”Jonah answered half-heartedly. Ivanka turned around and left her back to him.On the terrace, there was a parasol and a rattan chair.She had only laid down on top of the rattan chairs for a few minutes when she heard footsteps from behind her. As the footsteps drew closer step by step, she subconsciously turned around.She only saw the servant who had just helped her carry a tray of food and walked towards her slowly.“Ms. Ivanka, the young master asked me to prepare some refreshments for you.”Ivanka nodded wordlessly.She was here to treat Jonah’s legs, not to enjoy the sunshine and eat. She did not eat anything. Her gaze was on the phone screen.S
As he said that, Jonah turned his wheelchair and moved closer to Ivanka.The delight on his face was hard to hide. Margaret did not see it. She was still in the hospital. It would have been better if she did not see her, but Ivanka also understood very clearly what Margaret meant by this. If she really wanted to have a long-lasting relationship with Jonah, they would have become a couple already. Why wait until that moment? As long as she agreed, it was not impossible, and that was what Jonah thought: he thought she would say yes.Ivanka gently laughed and shook her head. “Jonah, why are you still lying to yourself and others?”Even she understood it, so how could Jonah not know about it?However, Jonah was not willing to dwell on the matter. In the next second, he changed the topic. “It’s better to go to my room. The second floor has plenty of fresh air.”Ivanka saw that he was not willing to talk about it, so she did not say anything more. She nodded. Then a servant came
“If it’s my fault, you can always vent out your anger on me.” Michael made himself clear. It was not his fault, so he refused to accept being treated unfairly. Ivanka sneered, “It seems like you’ve forgotten that you were the cause of everything. If not for the fact that you refused to give up on me, I wouldn’t have invited Jonah for a roleplay. I don’t want to get into the details with you.” In the face of Ivanka’s mockery, for a moment, Michael felt as if something had stuck in his throat, and he did not know what else to say. Ivanka was utterly furious. It was pointless to speak any further to her. But he refused to become a punching bag on Jonah’s behalf for free. “You need to calm down. No one can get in the way of your choices. But I’ll never give up,” said Michael in a low voice. “I see. Since you refuse to give up, are you planning to steal the bride at her wedding as well?” Ivanka raised one of eyebrows. She felt amused. Michael blurted out a single word with
“Michael, I just didn’t want to upset Grandma. If you want to keep her posted on our progress, you might as well find someone else and get married so that there’s no more possibility between us. She will also stop thinking about me and you.” Ivanka had blurted it out without hesitation. Her tone was serious. She really meant it. Michael did not expect Ivanka to say this to him. Rosie had told Michael that Ivanka agreed to let him be her bodyguard because of her. At that time, Michael was over the moon thinking that Rosie had caused another miracle. But based on the situation, it looked like Ivanka did not plan to take other people’s concerns into account anymore. Michael’s mood turned foul. He could not say anything about Ivanka’s decision. “Iv, I refuse to accept this.” After a moment of silence, Michael said that to Ivanka. At that moment, he looked serious. Even though Ivanka could not see his expression, she could imagine his demeanor through his tone. “I know y