Ivanka thought. “Could Theodore and his family no longer hold back, so they decided to make their move?” Ivanka was deep in her thoughts. “Sigh. No matter what, you need to be careful in the future. How about you bring along a bodyguard with you? I’ll have Mic find two for you. With that, I’ll be more at ease. Someone has already set their sights on you. It could be your enemies. It’s unsafe for you to be alone.” Ivanka said with a smile, “Grandma, I’ll be fine.” Ivanka naturally had to find out who the culprit was. Rosie was worried about her, so she kept persuading Ivanka. Out of resignation, Ivanka gave in to Rosie and promised to find someone to protect her. Under Rosie’s pressure, Michael promised to find two bodyguards for Ivanka. It was only then that Rosie felt at ease. It was late. Ivanka did not stay around. The Barkworth family’s driver sent Ivanka back to the area where she parked her car. The driver drove her car and personally sent her back to her doorst
Michael did that all because he did not want Hanson to gain first-hand information and contact Ivanka. “Sigh. By the time Hanson learns about it, it’s too late. I’m already late myself. He’ll feel very guilty by the time he’s informed because he wasn’t there to protect you right after the incident. He’ll think that he failed as a boyfriend.” After Sandy finished speaking, another person joined their video call group. Sandy was the one who initiated the video call among the trio’s WhatsApp group. Anna asked loudly, “What are you two talking about?” “You’ll find out from Twitter,” said Sandy calmly. Anna chuckled. “What’s the matter? Did Iv go on some weird hot search again?” As she was saying, she already browsed Twitter. After reading the latest post, her expression instantly changed. “What happened?” Anna immediately clicked on the post and saw everyone commenting about the photo and its content. Ivanka made it sound like a simple issue as she told her everything.
Ivanka answered. Before she said anything, the person on the other line asked, “How are you?” “I’m good. Everything is fine.” Jonah frowned. “I’ve had someone learn about the situation and gained an understanding about your side.” “You don’t need to spend so much energy on it.” Ivanka sounded calm. Jonah sighed in resignation. “You keep thinking that I’m making use of you and that I always have ulterior motives.” Ivanka pursed her lips. She originally did not want to say anything. But she thought it would be rude to keep quiet. Hence, she sighed and said, “You’ve overthought.” Jonah naturally knew what she was thinking, thus he stopped bringing up the topic. Instead, he stated, “Michael caused me trouble. If not, I would have instantly come to you.” Ivanka was a little surprised. But she knew he did not lie to her. If Jonah wanted to use her, he would have immediately found her. However, he did not show up today. Something must have happened. Ivanka was surpr
“I need her to find me two reliable people to monitor Chiara.” Naila looked stunned. “Didn’t Chiara keep herself in check recently?” Ivanka chuckled and said nothing. Naila was not the type of person who liked to poke her nose into other people’s affairs. Hence, she replied to Ivanka, “Okay. I’ll call her and ask her to find two reliable people to keep an eye on Chiara.” “Okay. It’s possible that they might not notice anything even if they pay attention to her. But it’s better than not keeping an eye on her at all. Thank you.” “Don’t mention it. Besides, you’re doing me a favor too.” Ivanka grinned. “Alright.” “It’s unsafe for you to live alone. You need to be careful.” “Got it. It’s late now. You need to rest early.” “Okay. Good night.” After that, they hung up. Ivanka did not tell anyone about Chiara’s call records with a stranger. Ivanka sensed that they were dangerous people, and she did not want to put her group at risk. So long as Ivanka’s group discovered
Everyone was seated again. The judge and others were also looking solemn and respectful. In the audience seats, Anna and Sandy had arrived too. Sandy would never pass up the opportunity to learn, especially from her awesome best friend. Anna had nothing to do today and came out to take a break. When Sandy saw that the opposing party’s lawyer was actually Ivan, her expression darkened. “Holy sh*t! What’s he doing here?” She had just been talking to Anna. The two of them had not looked up. They both felt that Ivanka would surely win today. In fact, they had also thought that no lawyer would dare to take this case. However, they saw this b*stard the second they looked up! Anna was also a bit surprised. “Ivan probably knew that Iv had taken up this case beforehand.” “Hasn’t he suffered enough losses? He already lost the last time, but he still wants to come here?” “That’s what makes a powerful person. The only way to have a chance to win is to face off against someone
Just as Naila and Anna guessed, he just wanted to train himself. He could only get proper training and practice with a capable person. Otherwise, he had little hope to grow his skills. Under the crowd’s anticipation and gaze, Ivanka slowly spoke. “First, Ms. Kirk is not so busy that she doesn’t have time to spend with her child. She spends every day watching her child grow and provides everything a child needs. Even more so, she takes care of everything herself. “Secondly, Ms. Kirk has also made it clear to me that she will not remarry in this life. She only wants this one son. Also, she doesn’t have any scandals at all. I would like to ask the plaintiff to produce evidence. “Third, while Ms. Kirk is raising her son, she should also raise a successful child instead of spoiling him. A doting mother spoils the child. I’m sure you have heard of this phrase, Mr. Riley. The child doesn’t understand much now, so he’ll inevitably complain to his father. Is this the way you want to p
“I-I didn’t! Do not believe in her lies!” Walter’s expression was awful. He could only refute. The frustration in his heart was piling up too. Ivan’s expression was exceptionally awful. But the judge had already played the video and audio recording. As the audio and video played, everyone’s expression soured. Walter’s words in the audio recording were hard to listen to. The scenes in the video were not easy to watch. Everyone was dumbfounded. Their perception of Walter had warped even more so…! Even his family and friends were super embarrassed at this moment. They all want to leave immediately!Naila’s expression turned ugly when she saw the evidence. It was a blatant way of telling everyone that she had been cheated on. And how pathetic she looked while being cheated on. Hah. She had turned into the butt of everyone’s jokes. But she did not mind. She was willing to endure all the pain for the sake of her son. Besides, it was all stale old news. If
He was simply powerless to plead his case. This matter had yet to be confirmed. It was impossible to drive home the point. When faced with such a situation, Ivan’s expression was just absolutely horrible. On his way out, he made sure to sneer at him. “I won’t touch a single one of your cases from now on.” Walter’s face changed drastically as he panicked. “Mr. Ivan, don’t do this. I know I made a mistake. I really do. You have to help me.”But Ivan did not even look back and stepped away. After a couple of steps, he saw Ivanka and a few others were standing and talking together. When Sandy saw Ivan, she immediately let out a cold snort. “You have almost never lost a case, even after fighting so many lawsuits. Don’t you feel small this time?” Every time she saw Ivan, Sandy could not help but sneer and mock him. He was always out to take what was hers, after all. Ivan’s expression seemed to darken even more. He coldly swept a glance at Sandy. But just as he was about t
“Okay, you can come over, but not too close. Also, get rid of the earphones from your ears.”“No!” Michael said almost immediately.Ivanka frowned. It was obvious that the other party had misunderstood. He thought that she was talking to the police.She could not help but explain, “Don’t worry, this is just a call with my friend, not the police.”She did not know if the mention of the police had irritated him. The jumper, who was originally still emotionally stable, suddenly started throwing a tantrum. His eyes were full of madness.“I don’t care! All I know is that if you want to come over, throw away your earphones, or I’m going to jump!”Ivanka noticed that the man seemed to be wearing a wireless headset as well. Presumably, someone on the other end of the phone was guiding him.As the man spoke, he stood up like he would fall if the wind blew.The people downstairs were once again abuzz.“What’s going on here? The talks broke down, didn’t they?”“Oh my god, I can’t stand
The nearest civilian police officer was also about ten meters away. He had ordered them not to approach.He was probably also afraid of dying, which was why he was sitting on the railing.In that position, as long as he did not let go, he generally could not die. That was why the police were also utilizing the blind spot in his vision to approach slowly.Before she came, the police had already told her. She had only come to attract the man’s attention. However, she also could not let him get too emotional. Otherwise, he might slip and fall off the building or commit suicide from being too emotional.Originally, the jumper’s emotions were still quite stable as well.But as soon as he saw Ivanka, he started to get agitated.“Don’t you f*cking move! It’s all because of you! My whole family can’t get the money. My wife is dead! You talk like you’re all that on TV, but in reality, you’re just pretending! You’ve got a good reputation, but what about us? Aren’t we human beings? Don’t
Jimothy did not speak for a long time as if he had suddenly thought of something.An eerie silence spread between the two.When Candice saw that Jimothy did not answer her, she assumed that he had agreed to it silently and did not continue with the topic. She had no idea how to continue the topic either.Jimothy seemed rather heavy-hearted. In the past, after persuading her but to no avail, he would probably do something to ease Candice’s frustration.But at present, he just felt… that perhaps doing nothing was the best.On the other side, Ivanka entered the elevator and watched the elevator’s floors slowly rise in a bit of a daze.In the elevator, she and Michael also thought about the matter of an inside man.Normally when entering the Lane’s Group, even if Michael were to come personally, he would have to have an appointment, let alone an unfamiliar face.In such a situation, there would also be migrant workers appearing on the top floor of Lane’s Group. It was hard to bel
But at that moment, Michael’s words pulled Ivanka back when she was absolutely bonkers from her anger.Yes, she could not play into their hands. If not, was she just going to go along with their goal? Ivanka croaked an “okay”. Michael finally felt relieved. After passing through the scene, Ivanka came downstairs.She tilted her head to look up. A migrant worker stood on the roof of the building. Most of his body was already outside the guardrail.He held a long banner in his hand, which read: Unpaid pay, forcing the migrant workers to die!There was a speaker in his other hand as he screeched. “Stop faking it, Ivanka. No matter how grand your speeches are on TV, it still doesn’t change how venomous your heart is. I have a question. Everyone on the internet, how did all of them believe a poisonous woman like you?! Don’t they all say that the eyes of the masses are sharp? Now that everyone has been deceived by your appearances, I’m going to reveal your true colors for everyone
Ivanka agreed with a deep grunt. The gas pedal under her feet unconsciously roared.As she drove to the company building, lots of people had gathered around.There were onlookers watching the commotion. The media, the fire department as well as the police had just arrived.Most importantly, there was also a group of migrant workers. They were all wearing blue work clothes and yellow hats.No matter what their status was, everyone tilted their heads and looked at the roof of the building.Ivanka got out of the car. Under the escort of the security guards, she passed through the middle of the crowd.During this time, for some reason, someone deliberately or unintentionally stirred up everyone’s emotions by shouting.Anyway, someone shouted Ivanka’s name.“Isn’t this Ivanka, the chairman of Lane’s Group?”All of a sudden everyone leaned over towards this side.Some media outlets wanted to find out what was going on. After the last time, Ivanka clarified things live online, she h
Ever since she ended the call with Candice, Ivanka was troubled. She always felt like another incident was just around the corner, especially over the last two days; that feeling had gotten stronger. Ivanka had told only Michael about this feeling. After Michael heard her through, he said that he had the same thoughts and feelings as Ivanka. One thing was certain: the large batch of media reporters appearing at the company’s entrance at the same time was obviously organized and premeditated. So, it was definitely not an accident. That person obviously had some power, and to be able to make so many media companies respond to them meant that they must also have some power financially.What was more, the person behind this was very mysterious. Both Ivanka and Michael could not find out who that person really was, no matter what strings they pulled.There was not even a single clue leading to the person.Michael looked at Ivanka, who seemed a bit worried, and comforted her by
After walking out of the room, Ivanka received Candice’s call. Candice called to report her good news. Ever since the live broadcast, things had clearly improved for the company. The company’s stock had rebounded when it was once on the verge of falling. It was undoubtedly a good sign. Candice informed Ivanka all of this happily while Ivanka was still caught in a daze. “The company is back on track, all thanks to your move in saving the day! The other companies are regretting their decisions now. Iv, you’re awesome!” Ivanka smiled. “I’m glad to hear that the company is operating as usual. I hope nothing else will go wrong again. But I somehow find it odd when things get resolved a bit too smoothly.” Candice, on the other hand, dismissed that thought. She believed Ivanka had been too vigilant. What mattered most was the company’s reputation had been salvaged. Other than that, she could not think of any other problems. Ivanka parted her lips, but no word came out of her
Ivan said this not just because he trusted Ivanka’s medical skills, but mostly because he believed in Sandy. Although a paralyzed person could neither move nor talk, they could hear sounds. Ivan believed Sandy heard Ivanka’s calls. It would help her regain her consciousness. Ivanka felt extremely grateful for their trust in her. She swore to herself that she would not disappoint them. Since Sandy’s family members agreed with this, the physician had no reason to stop Ivanka. When the physician watched Sandy being carried up to the ambulance and sent to Ivanka’s home, he shook his head and sighed. The physician believed Sandy’s family members’ blind obedience and foolishness would only get Sandy killed. Nonetheless, it was out of his hands. The physician could only pray for Sandy. Ivanka did not know what the physician was thinking, nor did she even care. She accompanied Sandy’s mother and talked to her. They had a heart-to-heart talk. After that, she had someone se
Sandy laid quietly on the bed without any signs of life. Ivanka found it strange. After so long, Sandy still did not show any signs of improvement. Ivanka had questioned the attending physician. But the physician gave her a very vague answer. “Even to this day, we don’t knaow the exact time she would regain her consciousness. There’s no way for me to give you an accurate answer. What I could say is, fate will decide. Perhaps she will regain her consciousness by tomorrow, or perhaps she will never regain her consciousness for the rest of her life. In the meantime, her family and friends can stay around and chat with the patient as this can stimulate her will to live on to a certain extent.” Ivanka thought the physician might as well have said nothing at all. Did that mean she could not do anything to help Sandy and could only let fate decide? Ivanka was an atheist. She never trusted in any gods or fate. Judging from the current situation, it looked like the physician was unr