Female Novel
Chapter 1406
John stared at Sophia for a while with a serious expression before finally deciding to ditch the topic.Whatever... She wouldn’t understand anyway. I guess the rumor that pregnancy affects the mother’scognitive abilities is true after all.
He spent some more time playing with the baby before taking him downstairs. Seeing that Sophiawanted to take a nap, he hugged her until she fell asleep. Lying in bed, John mulled over the situationbefore getting up and leaving the room to give Ian another call in the corridor.
Ian picked up fairly quickly while speaking in an annoyed tone. “Why are you calling again?”
John had a similar attitude. “Why don’t you make a freaking guess? Even if you aren’t worried about it,I don’t like the fact that Sophia’s identity is being uncovered.”
After a moment’s pause, Ian told him, “Don’t worry. I will make sure that she doesn’t get involved. I willsettle things my way.”
However, John didn’t really trust him. “You’d better make sure that you resolve this without a hitch. Ian,you know me. While I would tolerate any other blunder, this isn’t one of them.”
On the other hand, Ian wasn’t about to submit to John. “You know me too. I would never put her inharm’s way even if it means I have to go against the world.”
What Ian said bordered on being a confession, which was something that irked John greatly. What theheck? Why would he even say that? He’s just another man who’s now unrelated to my wife in any way!John hung up without a word due to how frustrated he was.
Meanwhile, Ian was wearing a morose look while still holding onto his phone. After taking some time tocalm down, he returned to the office. Hannah and Cindy were sitting in there, and the latter was stillspacing out a little, yet to recover from the shock she received from what Hannah told her.
Ian sat back down on his chair while looking at Cindy. “If you help me out, you will be entitled to makeany request.”
With a frown on her face, Cindy was still at a loss as to what he meant. “Can I literally ask foranything?”
Before Ian could say anything, Hannah nodded. “Yeah. You can make any request, such as a salaryraise or some other form of compensation. I hope you will be able to cooperate with us on this. Youhave been working alongside Ian for some time, so I suppose you want him to thrive in the industry aswell, right?”
Cindy shifted her focus to look at Hannah. “I wonder if we will be able to pull this off though. It's not thatI don't want to help, but as you can see, I am not really an outstanding person. Things will get evenmore complicated if anybody exposes us because of me messing up.”
Heaving a sigh, Hannah replied, “Yeah. Of course I know that, which is why we have to make sure toexecute the plan as flawlessly as possible. Cindy, I trust you, which is a major reason why we asked foryour help. I wouldn't be asking this of anybody but you.”
Meonwhile, Ion wos weoring o morose look while still holding onto his phone. After toking some time tocolm down, he returned to the office. Honnoh ond Cindy were sitting in there, ond the lotter wos stillspocing out o little, yet to recover from the shock she received from whot Honnoh told her.
Ion sot bock down on his choir while looking ot Cindy. “If you help me out, you will be entitled to mokeony request.”
With o frown on her foce, Cindy wos still ot o loss os to whot he meont. “Con I literolly osk foronything?”
Before Ion could soy onything, Honnoh nodded. “Yeoh. You con moke ony request, such os o soloryroise or some other form of compensotion. I hope you will be oble to cooperote with us on this. Youhove been working olongside Ion for some time, so I suppose you wont him to thrive in the industry oswell, right?”
Cindy shifted her focus to look ot Honnoh. “I wonder if we will be oble to pull this off though. It's not thotI don't wont to help, but os you con see, I om not reolly on outstonding person. Things will get evenmore complicoted if onybody exposes us becouse of me messing up.”
Heoving o sigh, Honnoh replied, “Yeoh. Of course I know thot, which is why we hove to moke sure toexecute the plon os flowlessly os possible. Cindy, I trust you, which is o mojor reoson why we osked foryour help. I wouldn't be osking this of onybody but you.”
Such an outrageous responsibility was a little overwhelming to Cindy. She glanced at Ian while saying,“I don’t know what to do, so I am afraid I might become a burden to you.”
Ian said, “We don’t need you to do anything. All you have to do is follow me around as usual, and I willtake care of the rest.”
Almost immediately, Hannah agreed with him. “Yeah. You don’t have to do anything differently. You’restill his assistant, while the agency will take care of the explanation. Just make sure you ignore thenovelbin
critics that you might receive so that you aren’t affected.”
Cindy wasn’t the least bit convinced. After some thought, Hannah pressed on. “I suppose we don’t lookvery sincere since we have yet to show you what we are willing to offer. Well, I know it’s not veryimaginative of me, but I am willing to offer you some financial compensation. What do you think?”Then, she gestured to Cindy to indicate the amount. “Will this suffice?”
Meanwhile, Cindy was still staring at Ian, whereas the latter was wearing a frown, visibly disgruntled.Cindy never even looked at the amount that Hannah had indicated. After a prolonged silence, sheeventually nodded. “I will do my best, but I hope you won’t blame me if things go awry.”
Hannah was immediately all smiles. “Of course we won’t! We’re glad enough that you agreed to help!You can take it easy and leave the rest to us!”