After saying this, Ivan Warren gazed at lody Sumrs with absolute confidence, a look of certain victory on his face.
He was certain lody Sumrs would agree. After all, in this ti of disaster, an ordinary person could never refuse such food.
His colleague was even keeping a recently graduated, innocent student for the price of five sweet potatoes a week.
Ivan Warren felt that by offering lody Sumrs so much, he was already being an incredibly generous patron!
lody Sumrs, however, stared at Ivan Warren as if he were a complete idiot. In a tone laced with shock, she asked, "Ivan Warren, are you insane?!"
’I should just crack open his skull and see what’s inside,’ lody Sumrs thought. ’How else could he spout such inconceivable nonsense?’
Ivan Warren, however, assud lody didn’t believe him and hastily said, "lody, do you think I’m joking? I’m serious! If you’re with , I can really give you this food every single week!"
lody Sumrs couldn’t listen to any more of this. She rolled her eyes at Ivan Warren and turned to leave. ’Saying another word to him would be a waste of my ti!’
When Ivan Warren saw lody Sumrs about to leave, he quickly took two steps forward to block her path. "Wait, wait, don’t go yet! I’m not making this up. Let be honest with you—I’m working at Rhodes Enterprises now!"
lody Sumrs froze. ’Rhodes Enterprises?’
’Rhodes Enterprises... Why do they always hire such pieces of trash? One Simon Lancaster wasn’t enough, and now there’s an Ivan Warren.’
lody Sumrs discreetly hit the record button on her phone, then looked up at Ivan Warren and asked, "So what?"
Seeing lody Sumrs’s indifferent expression, Ivan Warren grew anxious. "You can’t have never heard of Rhodes Enterprises, can you? It’s Rhodes, the leading company in indoor agriculture! The most sought-after company right now!"
After the disaster, Rhodes Enterprises partnered with the governnt and now controls most of the food supply in the city.
To give you an idea of how influential they are, if you go on the dating scene and say you work at Rhodes, you’re imdiately the hottest commodity! Droves of single n and won will throw themselves at you!
lody Sumrs played along, nodding. "I’ve heard of it. It’s a big company. And?"
Relieved that lody knew of Rhodes, Ivan Warren continued, "I’m a permanent employee at Rhodes. I get my benefits from the company every week. lody, if you agree to be with , I promise I can give you at least two different types of food every week!"
In truth, Ivan Warren was just a low-level grunt who ran errands and did nial tasks. His weekly benefits weren’t much, just enough for him and Maisie Lynch to supplent their als a little.
The fact that he was willing to give half of his share to lody Sumrs was, in his mind, incredibly generous!
lody Sumrs didn’t say yes, but she didn’t say no either.
She watched Ivan Warren with a calm, unhurried air and asked softly, "You want to be with you? But isn’t your wife Maisie Lynch?"
Hearing this, Ivan Warren assud lody Sumrs was tempted. He quickly said, "Don’t worry about Maisie Lynch. She’s just a woman with a high school education; she’s nothing compared to you! As long as you’re with , I guarantee she won’t dare to say a word!"
lody Sumrs nearly burst out laughing from pure rage at his words.
’Maisie Lynch was a student at a top-tier university, and the only reason she ended up with just a high school diploma was because of this bastard, Ivan Warren!’
’And now he has the gall to look down on her for it? It’s completely absurd!’
lody Sumrs ntally cursed Ivan Warren’s entire family tree, but her expression remained neutral. She continued, "Oh? So you’re planning on cheating on her? And you expect and Maisie Lynch to just get along?"
Ivan Warren scratched his head. He knew lody Sumrs ca from a respectable family and would most likely never accept such an arrangent.
So, he softened his tone, trying to coax her. "lody, I don’t want this either, but I can’t break up with Maisie Lynch right now. Just give one year. I promise, in one year, I’ll make Maisie Lynch leave, and you’ll be the one by my side."
It wasn’t that Ivan Warren was so in love with Maisie Lynch, but he worked for Rhodes, and Rhodes was extrely strict about its employees’ personal conduct.
He knew a male employee had been fired on the spot after soone reported him to HR for getting involved in another person’s marriage.
Ivan Warren was in the middle of building his work record for a promotion; he didn’t want any drama at ho right now. If Maisie Lynch caused a scene at the company, the consequences would far outweigh any benefits.
’Besides,’ Ivan thought, ’Maisie Lynch is gentle and considerate. She keeps the house in perfect order and takes very good care of . Even though I look down on her, I can’t deny her skills as a caretaker.’
’But one look at lody Sumrs told him she wasn’t the type to wait on anyone...’
’He was a little reluctant to just dump Maisie Lynch.’
’So, for now, Ivan Warren hoped to have his cake and eat it too.’
’As for what would happen in a year, that would depend on how Maisie Lynch and lody Sumrs behaved.’
’If lody Sumrs gave him a son before Maisie Lynch did, he wouldn’t mind making her the official one...’
Listening to Ivan Warren’s tirade, lody Sumrs, despite being ntally prepared, was still stunned by the sheer depth of his shalessness.
As Ivan Warren bead confidently, lody Sumrs smiled right back at him.
Then, lody Sumrs suddenly raised her fist and smashed it right into Ivan Warren’s face!
The punch carried imnse force, instantly sending the unprepared Ivan Warren sprawling to the ground!
Ivan Warren had not seen that coming at all. He pushed himself up awkwardly from the ground, turning to stare at lody Sumrs in utter disbelief. "You... You... How could you hit ?!"
Then, he tasted blood. He touched the corner of his mouth and saw a sar of fresh blood on his hand.
lody Sumrs looked down at Ivan Warren on the ground, her eyes icy. "That’s my answer," she said, her voice devoid of rcy. "Ivan Warren, I’m warning you. Don’t you ever co near and disgust again."
Hearing her words, Ivan Warren scrambled to his feet, his embarrassnt turning to fury.
He spat a mouthful of bloody saliva onto the ground, then turned and pointed a finger in lody Sumrs’s face. "lody Sumrs! You ungrateful bitch! Let tell you, plenty of won would kill to be my mistress. You don’t know what’s good for you today, but in the future, you could beg to sleep with you and I wouldn’t give you the ti of day!"
’After all,’ Ivan Warren thought, ’I’m a graduate from a Top-2 university. As long as things go smoothly, I’ll get promoted within Rhodes soon enough based on my credentials. When that ti cos, she could beg to be her mistress, and I still wouldn’t agree!’
lody Sumrs didn’t waste any more words on Ivan Warren. She strode forward, raised her leg, and viciously kicked him in the stomach.
Ivan Warren let out a choked grunt. His body lurched backward several steps as if he’d been struck by a sledgehamr.
He clutched his stomach with both hands, doubling over. A pained expression twisted his features as he snarled at lody Sumrs, "Enough! lody Sumrs, don’t think I won’t hit a woman!"
lody Sumrs snorted. Just as she was about to step forward and land a few more kicks, a figure suddenly darted out of the stairwell.
The figure lunged forward, throwing itself over Ivan Warren.
lody Sumrs looked closely and saw, to her surprise, that it was Maisie Lynch.
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