Chapter 44


    Eva’s eyes suddenly got red as she walked over to the oing person. “Son…”


    “Ivy stole the pipe away from you, brother! That’s Grandpa’s personal favorite. If he can’t find it, he’ll


    certainly create a scene!” Piper spoke with haste.


    Wyatt Reed walked into the room, towering and dashing. His body was half-hidden in the darkness


    as he red coldly at the people in the room.


    “Stop talking! How dare you rob Grandpa?”


    He reprimanded Piper, who trembled in dread and huddled behind her mother, not daring to look up.


    Behind Wyatt stood the person in charge of this event, who was trembling. “Are the formalities


    completed?” inquired the organizer, casting a sidelong nce at the employees.


    “Everything is in order,” the employees responded warily.


    Ivy was unafraid of anything now that everything had beenpleted. After all, it was her prized


    family relic in her hands; therefore, she had the final say.


    Ivy turned to face Xian, who was standing next to her. “All right, let’s go. We shouldn’t interfere with


    their family problem.”


    She didn’t even bother greeting them before turning on her feet to depart.


    “Ivy, you can’t take it away,” Wyatt said coldly.


    “Yeah, we can’t let her take it away!” Eva hurriedly said.


    Eva was no longer terrified and stopped her drama in front of Ivy now that her son was around.


    Ivy giggled and raised the document in her palm, raising her brows. “Look, you have no say in this.


    The emerald pipe is now mine.”


    She flicked a nce at Wyatt’s sad expression and found herself in a strangely happy mood!


    “Mrs. Reed, save your energy and think about how you’re going to exin this to Don Reed. I’m


    sure he’s eager to see how his family relic fared at a charity auction. I’m curious what he’d do if he


    found out that this emerald pipe no longer belonged to him,” Ivy asserted.


    Eva had a paleplexion. She regretted she hadn’t kept this from her father-inw. She was


    terrified and frustrated as she imagined the elderly man’s furious rage. She may possibly be booted


    out of the Reed household!


    “Wyatt…”


    Wyatt’s eyes were dark, and the air surrounding him was icy. “How much do you want to put this


    behind, Ivy?”


    Ivy gave a softugh. Does he think I want money? Do I appear to be cash-strapped? She


    pondered.


    Her gaze traveled across the man’s frigid face. “Leave this behind?” she asked, raising her emerald


    pipe, “dream on!” She then growled and walked out of the room. Xian hurriedly followed her.


    Eva nervously yanked on Wyatt’s arm. “How can you let her leave in such a way? We must reim


    it from her.”


    “Yes. We must, Brother! Otherwise, Grandpa is going to murder us!” Piper gave him a frightened


    nce.


    Wyatt arched his brows slightly and sighed. “I’ll find a way to get it back, but you really should think


    about how to defend this to Grandpa,” he remarked coldly to the two women in front of him.


    He fixed his suit cuffs and turned to leave.


    Perhaps the old man was already aware that his treasured pipe had gone missing at this point. As a


    result, Wyatt had no intention of concealing this information from his grandfather. Eva and Piper


    must learn to live with the effects of their deeds.


    “W-Wait—what?” Eva’s eyes rolled back as she passed out. Piper rushed up to her mother and


    shouted out to her multiple times, but Wyatt did not return. Only one member of staff approached


    them and asked if they needed assistance.


    On the other hand, the organizer gently asked Ivy if she wanted a security escort because the item


    was so valuable, but she respectfully refused. She merely wanted to annoy Eva and Piper and was


    uninterested in the pipe itself.


    Ivy went in after seeing the elevator door open and hearing Xian’s warning from the side. “Does that


    look like Mr. Reed?”


    Wyatt was there, approaching them.


    Ivy crept a smirk on her lips. Does he still refuse to give up? She pondered.


    Ivy didn’t want to share an elevator with that man, so she pushed the button firmly to close the door.


    She looked at the man outside the elevator as if he were a stranger. As the elevator door closed,


    the man vanished from her sight.


    When they were in Xian’s beautiful sports car, Xian finally asked the question that had been


    bothering him. “Is this item worth a lot of money? Why do the Reeds want this so badly?”


    Ivy chuckled and gazed at the box in her palm. “This object is a thousand years old. I’d heard it


    came from a royal pce and had been a Reed family relic for eight hundred years,” she arched


    her brow, “do you believe it’s worth a lot?”


    Xian’s driving speed definitely slowed as he was surprised. That item is simply priceless! Why did


    they auction off such a valuable item? It’s no surprise that Wyatt Reed requested Ivy’s for a price.


    If Ivy asks for nine figures, maybe Wyatt isn’t going to hesitate!


    Ivy’s phone rang unexpectedly. She looked at it and saw that it was Cooper, so she dly took up


    the phone. “Brother, I bought a little toy.”


    Cooper hesitated on the other end of the phone and let out a muffledugh. “I overheard... It’s so


    cheap to annoy the Reeds, isn’t it?”


    Ivy couldn’t help but giggle as she thought of Eva and Piper’s imminent tragedy. “Anyway, it’s mine,


    so I’m not going to let go of it easily.”


    Cooper was well aware of his sister’s temperament. She must have been so dissatisfied with the


    Reeds that she feltpelled to dump on them whenever she had the opportunity. It was, indeed, a


    once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.


    THE FOLLOWING morning was bright and sunny. Ivy headed into the office to handle some


    business. Anna Gomez had been staring at Ivy as if she had nned to kill her, but she didn’t dare


    to act impulsively because Ivy had something on her.


    Greg knocked on the door to hand over some documents. “Miss Ivy, the firm has initiated an


    investigation into Anna Gomez collecting kickbacks in numerous projects.”


    Ivy raised her head when she heard Greg’sments. “Is my brother ready to act?”


    “Yes. Jess Croft, who is supporting Anna Gomez, has already begun to make his move, and


    President Morgan has stated that he will no longer allow it.”


    To remove Jess Croft, they must first observe Anna Gomez. Anna was definitely aware of it by now,


    and she was powerless to stop it. It’s no surprise she didn’t bother Ivy about being a part of the ABC


    Corporation development team.


    Ivy slipped her hair behind her ear. “Then hand over anything we have to add fuel to the mes.”


    Ivy was pertaining it was a recording of what Anna said during the meal with Ivy and Zayne Dy.


    “Yes, ma’am,” Greg replied. He pressed his lips before he spoke again. “There’s one more thing. Mr.


    Wyatt Reed’s secretary called and said that Mr. Reed would like to schedule an appointment with


    you for lunch.”


    Ivy scowled and leaned back in her chair; her arms wrapped. Her stare was stern and precise.


    “Inform him that I’m busy and shove it. Simply postpone any future meetings with him. You don’t


    need to ask me anymore,” Ivy said.


    “Yes, ma’am.”


    Ivy was about to leave for lunch when she heard a knock on the door. Greg stood at the door,


    clutching a bouquet of flowers. “Miss Ivy...”


    Ivy arched an eyebrow and scowled. “I thought I instructed you just to toss it away?”


    “How could you do that to me, Ivy? I chose these with care for you. You didn’t even act astonished,


    and even wanted to toss it out?!” Simon Albert burst out from behind Greg, stormed into Ivy’s office,


    and confronted her.


    Ivy halted and looked at Greg, who bent his head and remained silent.


    Ivy was feeling a little bad, so she couldn’t me Simon for being wounded.


    “You can leave us,” Ivy told Greg.


    Greg sighed and exited with a breath of relief.


    Ivy wiped her brow and smiled at Simon. “Albert, why did youe over today?”


    “I came up to ask you out. And I wasn’t expecting such a great surprise from you!” Simon gritted his


    teeth as he gazed at her.


    Ivy apologized with a smile. “You know how much everybody will talk about if I keep on getting


    bouquets.”


    “I sent you flowers only to let anyone know you have a boyfriend!” Simon asserted. So, he thought


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    Feeling a little powerless, Ivy replied, “Simon, don’t bother wasting your time on me.”


    “I want to. It’s up to me whether to stop or not.”


    Simon wasn’t furious at her. “Since you’re at me, you’ve got to buy me lunch!” he remarked


    devilishly.


    Ivy lifted her brows, took her bag, and went out of her office. “Fine. You choose the location.”


    When they got to the restaurant, they ran into the folks they didn’t want to see.


    Duke Elrod snorted. “Ivy, didn’t you mention you have a big project? So, you threw Wyatt aside for a


    date with Albert?” he scoffed, “Cooper Morgan, Xian, Simon Albert—you certainly change men as


    you change clothes! I suppose you have a lot in your closet, huh?”