Female Novel
Chapter 1564
Ian hesitated for a moment before answering the phone. In reality, he knew very well what Yulia wasgoing to say, especially after what had happened today. With the tide of popular opinion turning againsther, she was probably calling him to figure out how to salvage her reputation.
After Ian answered the phone, Yulia first asked, “Did I wake you up?”
Ian deliberately lowered his voice. “It’s okay. I’ve left the room. She’s still asleep.”
Yulia fell silent for a moment before saying, “I really shouldn’t have bothered you at such a late hour,but there’s something I’d like to discuss with you.”
Ian replied, “Sure. Go ahead.”
Yulia exhaled before saying in a relaxed tone, “I didn’t expect the incident to have such hugerepercussions online. I wanted to issue my statement earlier, but the magazine publisher wasconcerned about the possible consequences. They kept revising the statement, fearing that anyinappropriate remark would be seized upon and made an issue out of, yet things have now gotten intosuch a state. With someone fanning the flames online, the tide of popular opinion is already getting outof control. Even though it doesn’t have much impact on me, the magazine publisher has a lot toconsider. So I’m wondering if you could hold a press conference for Cindy and me to step forward andexplain the matter this time.” After a moment’s pause, she added, “It’ll be better if Mrs. Morgan can bepresent too.”
In reality, Ian didn’t think it was necessary to go to such lengths. “The place where we previously metshould have CCTV installed, so the matter this time can be explained away once the surveillancefootage is found and released. We have nothing to do with each other. We just need to let the factsspeak for themselves.”
Yulia fell silent on the other end of the line. She couldn’t make it clear that her purpose wasn’t to clarifythe matter but to salvage her reputation.
Truth be told, the matter could be clarified pretty easily. If Aurora could step forward, it would prove thatYulia and Ian weren’t meeting alone. Moreover, judging from the netizens’ stance, no one believedthere really was something shady between her and Ian. Instead, now they were saying that she was upto no good and that she had evil designs right from the start.
However, Ian pretended that he didn’t understand what Yulia was implicitly suggesting. He replied, “Myagency has sent someone to the cafe where we met. The surveillance footage will probably bereleased soon, and it will explain this matter away by then.” In convincing fashion, he advised, “It’llmake us look guilty if we make too big a fuss about it, so we just have to show the evidence.”
Yulia was too proud to tell Ian what she was thinking about. After a long silence, she responded, “Well,what you said does make sense. In that case, let’s wait and see what will happen next.”
Ian chuckled softly. “Okay. We’ll think about what to do next if the public’s reaction still isn’t in ourfavor.”
It was late, so Ian hung up after talking to Yulia. He wasn’t sleepy at all as he sat on the bed with hiscell phone in his hand.
It wasn’t that he was unwilling to help Yulia. However, once a press conference was held, not onlywould Cindy get involved, but even Aurora might be dragged into this. He didn’t wish to see thingsunfold in this manner. novelbin
Ian was grateful that Yulia had thought of him when she had job resources, but these job resourcesweren’t enough reason for him to put those around him at risk for Yulia’s sake. He didn’t care whetherYulia would be angry with him. It would be great if he could get his hands on the job resources Yuliahad wanted to provide him with, but he didn’t mind if he couldn’t.
He sat on the bed for a while. As he still wasn’t sleepy at all, he got up and left the room. It wasmidnight, and the living room was dark. He looked out the window and noticed that the buildings acrossfrom his house already had their lights switched off.
Ian lit his way to the fridge using his cell phone’s flashlight. Then, he took out a bottle of beer and drankstraight from the bottle without using a glass, finishing half of the bottle in one gulp.