“It’s true,” said Rachel without hesitation. A hint of I-think-I-know-it-all showed up in her eyes. “Since the quarrel took place in the Barkworth family’s mansion, there must be a lot of misunderstandings between Michael and Ivanka.” Tanya pursed her lips. For a moment, she was at a loss for words. Rachel hugged Tanya. “Stop overthinking. If you can get together with him, go ahead. Otherwise, give up on him. You’re not the kind who will keep pestering a man. I also don’t wish to see you keep going downhill.” Tanya’s lips trembled. She sensed that Rachel wanted her to give up on Michael. But Tanya could not do that. Michael was an excellent man. Her mind was filled with the image of his good looks, decisiveness, and his sense of regality. She could not delete him from her mind. She felt grief. She paused for a moment before asking, “Mom, what do you think about them?” Rachel frowned. “I’m not sure. Perhaps Mdm. Barkworth wants Michael to remarry Ivanka. When Michael p
Chiara instantly turned to her phone. When she saw the virtual caller, she picked up the call without a second thought. The person on the other end of the line said before she did, “Get ready for the second thing tomorrow.” It was a familiarly cute voice. Chiara immediately asked, “What are you up to?” There was a hint of eagerness in her tone which she did not even notice herself. The person on the other end of the line chuckled. “You sound like you’re ready to collaborate with me, don’t you?” Lyla frowned deeply and shook her head before Chiara to signal her not to act recklessly. However, Chiara could not care less about all this. She held her phone tightly and said, “As long as you can make her pay a heavy price and won’t affect my personal interest, I’ll collaborate with you!” The opposite party grinned. “Since it’s a collaboration, I naturally have to protect my partner’s interest. Don’t worry. I never want Ivanka to live a good life.” Despite speaking in a cute t
Chiara frowned. “Got it.” She did not trust that person. But she did not want to keep waiting. Lyla was relieved to see that Chiara still had some sense of rationality. Lyla nodded. “We’ll wait for the updates. Once it’s resolved, we’ll be discharged from the hospital immediately.” “Okay.” … The day passed swiftly. Many people had a hard time sleeping through the night. Ivanka did not sleep soundly that night either. Her sleep quality was abysmal. If it had not been for the alarm clock ringing, Ivanka would have been late for work. Sandy walked out of her room and saw Ivanka leaving the shower room. Sandy smiled and waved at her. “Good morning, Babe!” Ivanka’s lips twitched. “Good morning. Go wash up. I’ll prepare breakfast.” “No need. I already ordered breakfast. It’ll be delivered to the doorstep soon,” said Sandy as she waved her phone. Ivanka nodded. “Okay. Go wash up first.” Sandy felt helpless when she noticed Ivanka was in good condition. Ivanka always lo
Tsk, then let him be. She had nothing to hide. It was all fine with her. Half an hour passed soon enough. Everyone headed for the conference room, one after another. By the time Ivanka arrived, more than half of the people in the office had already arrived. They all greeted Ivanka when they saw her. Ivanka was at a loss for words, but what could she do? After waiting for a while longer, everyone arrived. Michael and Evan were the last to arrive. The two of them walked in one after the other. Aside from Ivanka, everyone looked toward Michael. With his black suit covering his broad shoulders and narrow waist, he seemed even more aloof. His handsome face was lined with a stern coldness. His deep eyes were also icy cold. His tightly pursed lips were especially chilling. Many lovestruck women did not dare to look at him. They all kept their heads down. The first thing Michael saw when he walked in was Ivanka, who sat on the right-hand side of the main seat. She was
Michael gazed at Ivanka. He said nothing, but Ivanka spotted the obvious mockery in his eyes. She ignored him. Instead, she looked at the Planning Department’s supervisor. “Why was there a reshuffling of staff?”The supervisor said eagerly, “Everyone has different strengths. Since the plan changed, it’s different from before. That’s why we chose to work in the positions suitable for us.”Michael peered sharply at the supervisor and asked coldly, “And what happened?”The supervisor immediately sensed that something was wrong. Not daring to look at Michael, he looked toward Ivanka. When he saw that her expression had turned dark, his heart trembled. Oh no…No way…He thought that by reshuffling the staff, he could bring about even better results and even get Ivanka and Michael’s praises, but he just ended up being a smart-aleck and thought too highly of himself, didn’t he?!He was done for!At that moment, the supervisor’s knees trembled. Ivanka remained silent in her seat.
The supervisor felt relieved, but he still said, “No, this is my oversight. How can I possibly ask you to pay them? I—”But before he could finish talking, he felt a sharp gaze set upon him. Michael was the only one who could deliver such a sharp, intimidating glare. The supervisor was close to tears. It was not as if he had said anything wrong!But Ivanka no longer looked at the supervisor. She said, “Next person.”The next supervisor quickly gave his report. The work situation at his department was pretty good, so Ivanka’s expression became somewhat pleasant. However, Michael’s expression remained stormy.After everyone finished reporting on their work statuses, everyone fell silent. Evan had been the one who notified them about the meeting, and none of them were sure about what their next specific step was supposed to be. All of them waited for Michael and Ivanka to give their orders. As for Ivanka, she showed no intention to talk; she was also waiting for Michael to spe
But Ivanka still felt gloomy about this. After all, Waterbridge Street was far away. While it was in Bostone, the fact that Bostone itself was a city-county meant that they were basically traveling from one urban area to another. Hence, if they went over in the afternoon, they would only reach by night, and they could not inspect the site at all. They might even need to stay over. This fact made Ivanka really irritated. However, this was an order, and it was a work matter. She could not decline just because she could not keep her private life and work life separate. Otherwise, people would think that she was throwing a tantrum over something so small, and she could not afford to have people accuse her of such a flaw, not when she wanted to reclaim Lane’s Group. The collaboration with Michael was really important to her. Everyone in the conference room fell silent. Some of the women began envying Ivanka. How could she be so lucky? She got married to Michael in the past, and Mi
In the next moment, Ivanka said coolly, “I’ll sit in the front passenger’s seat.”Michael’s expression turned cold. That was all Ivanka said. She made to go to the front passenger’s seat, but before she could reach it, Evan said, “Young Master Ivan is sitting in the front passenger’s seat.”Speechless, Ivanka could only return to Evan’s side and get into the car. Why was Ivan going to Waterbridge Street?She had wanted to go to the front passenger’s seat because she did not want to sit together with Michael, but things did not turn out the way she wanted. After she got in, Ivan turned around to flash Ivanka a grin. “Afternoon, Ms. Ivanka.”He was calling her that in a joking fashion. After all, everyone referred to her that way at present and were treating it in the same vein as “Mrs. Barkworth”.Ivanka scowled and did not want to even acknowledge him. Ivan cackled. “Come now, we’re acquaintances, aren’t we? If you ignore me, you’re going to put me in a really awkward spot