Chapter 1701


    Chapter 1701 Wait Out the Storm


    Ian returned the phone to Aurora, seemingly calm as he said, “It’s fine; this whole thing will fizzle out on


    its own. Besides, I know how to deal with them.” He rose from bed and rolled his shoulders to ease his


    joints before he added, “You have to understand that they’re only shooting themselves in the foot. The


    old man is already peeved, what with Leah and her children’s antics during his hospitalization and all,


    but now that they have taken one step further to aggravate him, there’s a high chance that he would


    write them out of his will entirely.”


    Cindy wasn’t aware of such details. She was only concerned about the bacsh that he would


    potentially face following Simon’s false allegations and despite Ian’s attempt to downy the incident,


    she still felt gloomy.


    Aurora, on the other hand, took to the new topic instantly as she frowned and asked, “What, is the old


    man on your side now?”


    As he pursed his lips, Ian slowly replied, “I guess you could say that. He’s done putting up with Leah,


    Simon and Sally, although I should rify that he’s not fully supportive of me either.”


    His words had clearly cated Aurora and she felt a bit of resentment leaving her. She would rather


    Ian be the one in Bryce’s favor, however slight that would be, even if it meant she couldn’t gloat in front


    of the old man.


    Then, Ian checked the time and muttered in surprise, “I didn’t think I’d nap past dinner time.”


    Cindy snapped out of her thoughts and quickly responded, “You must be hungry. I’ll immediately get


    started on supper.”


    He turned to say something, but before he could verbalize his words, his phone on the nightstand rang,


    which startled him. After that, he crossed the room to grab the phone.


    Upon seeing this, she stopped just as she was reaching the doorway.


    It was a call from Sean and Ian answered it without any hesitation.


    As it turned out, he had just seen the news circting on the Inte and after reading all the


    nonsense that Simon fed to the media, he was understandably seething with rage. “I just saw the news.


    I’ve already warned Leah and her spawn to keep their mouths zipped instead of taking this chance to


    stir up more trouble, but apparently, they have decided to ignore me.”


    Ian hummed in response. “I figured this would happen sooner orter.” Yulia had previously warned


    him that there would be more false narratives of him being leaked to the entertainment reporters and


    back then, he already had a vague idea of what to expect.


    Now that Simon had resorted to feeding lies to the media, Ian couldn’t say that he never saw iting,


    so he waspletely unfazed by it.


    On the contrary, he thought he would rather see how the entire situation yed out. He had always


    been a patient man who liked knowing that he could strike once his opponents had dealt all their cards.


    “It’s fine,” an unaffected Ian insisted. “I’d like to see how creative they can be, so let’s just be patient.”


    If Ian was unfazed, then Sean shouldn’t be panicking. He was unrattled as he suggested, “In that case,


    you should dy your next visit to the hospital. I have already asked someone to snap pictures of you


    swinging by to visit the old man today. Maybe you could use the pictures the next time you want to give


    the media a field day.”


    Even as he said this, Sean knew that his men weren’t the only ones with pictures of Ian’s visit. Leah


    had nted her spies in the hospital, which meant she would also likely have photographic evidence of


    the said pictures.


    Sean assumed that she initially had her guard up against him, but she probably never expected Ian to


    show up at the hospital to visit Bryce earlier today.


    Going on that basis, she could have been so riled up by Ian’s unannounced visit that she made the


    good-for-nothing Simon feed nonsense to the media.


    Leah was hellbent on bringing Ian down that she forgot that ruining his reputation would equate to


    tarnishing Bryce as well. It was obvious that shecked a strategic mind and the patience to formte


    a foolproof n; she ought to have known better than to try and one-up Bryce while he was still alive


    and breathing.


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    However, Sean kept his thoughts private and all he told Ian over the phone was, “All is well as long as


    you’re not affected by this. Let’s just wait it out and see what happens by then.” With that, he hung up.


    Meanwhile, Cindy watched Ian with a worried gleam in her eyes as she asked, “Do you think you could


    turn things around in your favor this time?”


    He kept the phone aside and replied confidently, “Of course.”


    She eyed him for a second longer before nodding, somewhat relieved by the certainty in his voice.


    Then, she turned to leave the room so that she could get started on dinner. Aurora was still gazing


    thoughtfully at the doorway when she whispered to Ian, “She’s really worried about you, isn’t she?”


    Ian had noticed this as well, for Cindy had looked unsettled ever since she read the news.