Hanson’s voice was sorrowful.“Iv, are you going to say yes to him?”Ivanka was puzzled.“Hanson, are you drunk?”Hanson sounded quite different from his usual gentle and elegant self.“Iv, answer me. Do you… like Jonah?”Ivanka was startled. She neither liked Jonah nor planned to say yes to him.However…Seeing Hanson like this, Ivanka thought that she might have to lie.After a pause, she said hesitantly, “Yes.”Hanson’s heart throbbed with pain.When Hanson learned that Jonah was openly wooing Ivanka, he was rather upset. But he assumed that she was recently divorced and was still recovering from a broken heart. There was no way she would say yes to Jonah, so Hansan let it slide.But now, he watched Ivanka and Jonah interact and appear together before him again and again. He kept seeing them trending on Twitter, and everyone said that they were a match made in heaven. As Hanson witnessed all these, he started panicking.Presently, Ivanka had even agreed to work with Jon
The man stared at her with a small grin. His starry eyes were dazzling in the dark of the night.Ivanka’s eyes flew open.But she could not be bothered with him at the moment, because a gasp sounded from her phone speaker.“Iv… You always know how to upset me. How could you shatter my heart?”Ivanka looked guilty. She inhaled deeply and said in a rush, “I have something else to attend to, so I’ll have to hang up. Don’t drink too much. Head home early and get some rest.”With that, she hung up.The other man’s grin only grew wider.“Iv, I heard everything.”Ivanka went pale a little. “Please don’t get the wrong idea. I-I just used you as an excuse to turn him down.”Jonah’s starry eyes looked gleeful. He took a step closer to Ivanka. “Oh, is that right?”Terrified, Ivanka quickly backed away and changed the topic. “Why are you here? Are you here for business?”Jonah chuckled and stared at Ivanka gently. “I knew someone liked me, so I rushed here to hear it myself.”Ivanka se
Chiara blinked in disbelief. They had not eaten much during dinnertime. Now he was going to send her home?But it made sense. Had she not waited at the junction and suddenly intercepted him, they would have parted ways already. He would not even drive her home. She should not ask for too much.Chiara could only nod obediently. “Alright, but I have something to tell you. It’s about the company’s business.”Michael turned to her. She had not moved a step. He said flatly, “Are we going to talk here?”Chiara’s expression changed slightly. She snapped out of her reverie and sheepishly said, “Let’s… talk in the car.”Michael wordlessly walked on.Confused, Ivanka looked at Jonah. “Is this the show you are referring to?” But the two of them were already approaching the car. Ivanka and Jonah would not be able to see anything.Jonah smiled faintly. He spoke softly. “They are getting into Chiara’s car.”Ivanka blinked in astonishment. Jonah would not be able to install any bugs in Michae
Michael had not heard it, but it did not mean that he was oblivious.As he read through the entire proposal, he could tell that it was Ivanka’s style. She had written it herself.At that moment, he was shocked and filled with disbelief.After Chiara told him everything, she finally sighed in relief.She looked at Michael carefully and said in a low voice, “I… I have no other way. The company executives think that Iv is inexperienced and unable to handle this project. But Mr. Sadler… Perhaps he likes her too much and intends to pursue her through their partnership. There is no way our company will let Iv ruin her reputation or get embroiled in scandals, so… considering the current situation, I want to ask you…”Chiara could not continue.Why would her father make her approach Michael with this matter?Why would he give her the proposal?When she was heading out, she had planned to leave for good. But her father’s assistant came to her and handed over this proposal along with his
“So… everyone just left her be and let her handle the work herself. I didn’t expect her to be so impressive. She managed to make these plans work.”In spite of Chiara’s reluctance, she had no choice but to say it aloud at this point.Besides, it was an open secret. Michael would surely find out.Michael remained silent.Panicked, Chiara continued, “You can tell from the requirements on the contract that the executives were meant to put Ivanka at a disadvantage. They demanded Sadler’s Group to be the sole source of funding, and it wasn’t a small number either. Everyone thought it was impossible, but who would have thought that…”She could not continue.But she had said all these things on purpose, and it was all she could do.Now, she would see if Michael would accept this proposal and put someone more experienced in charge.Michael narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Chiara. “So, you want me to take over the project and remove Ivanka. Then replace her with someone more exp
“It’s up to you from now on, Iv. Both of us want you, but who will you choose?” The smile on Jonah’s lips was bewitching. There was even a hint of delight in his eyes, which she had not seen before. Ivanka had a faint smile on her face. “You already know the answer, Mr. Sadler.”Jonah laughed. “But I still want to hear more words of approval from you. Just like…”As he spoke, he suddenly leaned toward her and said in a gentle voice, “When you were on the phone with someone else just now.”Ivanka’s expression changed slightly, and she immediately backed away.She turned around. The lights in Chiara’s car had gone off. Michael had already driven off. Ivanka quickly said, “They left. I should be going too.”“I’ll drive you.”When Chiara’s car disappeared from view, Ivanka immediately opened the car door and said flatly, “That won’t be necessary. My car is right here.”With that, she got out of the car. Jonah did not stop her. As he watched her stride away quickly, he said in a so
“What did you say to him? Why did you provoke him?”Ivanka opened her mouth to speak. But at that moment, surprisingly, she found herself tongue-tied.Sandy sensed something was wrong. She stepped forward and pulled Anna away. “Anna, calm down. What happened?”Ivanka closed her eyes regretfully. “It’s my fault.”Sandy was confused. “Iv?”Ignoring her, Ivanka anxiously turned to Hanson’s other friends and asked, “How’s he now?”One man sighed. “We were just drinking together and discussing our crushes. We noticed Hanson sipping alone in silence and being odd, so we dropped that topic. Out of the blue, he stood up and said he had to make a call.”Ivanka clenched her fists as she paled.Sandy’s gaze changed. Evidently, she guessed that Ivanka must have rejected Hanson. Otherwise, he would not be so devastated. He then went out all drunk and distraught... and got into an accident.“We figured he probably called you. After quite a while, he didn’t come back. When we went out lookin
Everyone froze. Ivanka spoke first. “Doctor, how’s he doing?”“He suffered severe head trauma in the car accident. It’s bad. We managed to save his life, but how soon he wakes up depends on his own willpower. If he can fight through fate, he’ll gradually recover. But... if he doesn’t wake up within a month, he’ll...”The doctor sighed helplessly and shook his head. Ivanka’s heart sank; she knew what the doctor was about to say.Sandy was puzzled. She asked anxiously, “What happens if he doesn’t wake up within a month?”The doctor sighed again and said faintly, “He’ll be in a vegetative state...”With that said, he left the scene.Soon, another doctor came out and gave a series of instructions to the crowd.Anna cried even harder. She looked angrily at Ivanka. “Hanson is an excellent man. He loves you with all his heart and doesn’t even mind you being a divorcee. Why didn’t you give him a chance? Why break the poor guy’s heart like that?!”Ivanka closed her eyes and said, “I’m s