Chapter 771: Chapter 469: Ecstasy Turns to Sorrow
"A bet? What’s the bet?" Ivy Miller crossed her arms, she was indeed a competitive young woman.
"The bet is whether you’ll stir up trouble after I leave.
If you can go a month without causing any trouble, then you win.
But if you cause trouble within that month, then I win."
"What happens if I win, and what if I lose?"
"If you win, I’ll try not to control you anymore.
But if you lose, then you have to listen to me."
Ivy Miller rolled her eyes, feeling like the bet was about risking her freedom for the rest of her life.
She thought it didn’t seem too difficult: "So, what counts as causing trouble?"
"If you stir public anger or upset others, it counts."
"No way, I don’t believe you’ve never upset anyone."
"Except my comrades and my own people, I don’t quarrel with others."
"Last time I visited you, you lost your temper with me."
Henry Sullivan frowned, this girl really held grudges: "You’re my wife, you’re considered my own."
Ivy Miller was speechless; whatever he said was the way it was.
Which made this bet rather pointless: "I feel like this bet is unfair to me."
"Don’t worry, if you actually cause trouble, we’ll define it together."
"Alright," Ivy Miller raised her eyebrows with a smile, "Old man, I’ve got orders to fill, so I’m not chatting with you."
"Filling those precious orders of yours?"
"Yeah, what else would I be doing?"
"Can’t you use the evening to study something?"
"Study what? Learn from Lei Feng’s good example?"
"Can’t talk without being cheeky, huh?" Henry Sullivan shook his head: "Alright, alright, do your thing, I’m not talking to you. I need to write reports."
After closing the video call, Ivy Miller felt much relieved, lying on the bed and covering her mouth to sneak a laugh. In one month, the life of their couple being reunited would begin.
So happy.
But then there’s that saying, joy brings sorrow.
The night before she was quite excited, but the next day she entered the company, everything changed.
As soon as she walked into the office, she heard a wave of discussion inside.
When they saw her enter the room, the discussion immediately halted.
Ivy Miller’s expression showed a bit of confusion, as she leisurely walked to her desk and sat down.
The way everyone looked at her seemed a bit sharp.
She pondered whether she hadn’t done anything wrong the previous day, turned her head towards Jack Jude and whispered, "Bro Jude, did something happen in the office?"
Jack Jude looked up, giving her a cold glance but didn’t say anything.
Thinking about him unhappily hanging up on her last night, she frowned, oh dear, such a temperamental man really exists.
It’s truly refreshing several views.
Ivy Miller pouted her lips, really feeling extremely annoyed.
Team Leader Liu sat at his seat and said, "Ivy Miller, come over and take your work for today."
Ivy Miller stood up and walked over, Team Leader Liu casually tossed the documents onto her table.
She truly felt, today the most normal one was still Team Leader Liu who continued to dislike her.
She returned to her seat and worked for over two hours, before getting up to pick up her teacup and head to the break room.
Originally planning to fetch water, but instead she heard gossiping voices inside.
"Still pretending to be an unmarried girl, I said she wasn’t that innocent, but you didn’t believe me."
"Nowadays young girls are into getting married right after graduation, Ivy Miller counts as following the trend this time."
"Who would say otherwise."
"However, this woman not revealing she’s married must be for attracting men."
"Exactly, I think so too."
Ivy Miller bit her lip, lightly gripping the teacup in her hand, realizing that those chattering women were talking about her.
She had vaguely sensed this morning that it was her they were discussing because everyone stopped talking when she entered the office.
But how would everyone know about this, could it be... Jack Jude?
He’s the only one who knew about it.
And it was only last night that she told him.
Is he pursuing revenge after failing to woo her?
She truly underestimated men’s petty nature these days.
Last night he was so attentive making soup for her, the next day he spread rumors across the whole company.
Impressive indeed.
But it doesn’t matter, after all her marriage is a fact, others can talk about her however they want.
She doesn’t care, not at all.
She stepped into the break room, seeing her arrive, the few people who were previously gossiping with their backs turned to her immediately started to walk out.
Ivy Miller walked over to the water dispenser and said, "I’m married, but I never hid my marriage.
It’s just because none of you asked. So I didn’t say anything.
No need to discuss me behind my back anymore, you can say it right to my face, it won’t bother me."
The three halted, turned back to look at Ivy Miller, her water was just done, she turned around, smiled at them, and said, "You don’t have to leave, I’ll go, you continue your discussion."
Ivy Miller felt that she wasn’t afraid of being exposed since she didn’t do anything wrong.
The fact that she hadn’t told everyone she was married was just her overthinking.
She had thought she was a likable person and once she started working, she would surely get along with everyone.
If she told others she was married, they might start digging into her husband’s details.
She disliked lying, fearing that saying too much might backfire.
Her thoughts were simply this straightforward.
Moreover... she truly never misled anyone, the reason everyone didn’t know she was married was simply because no one took interest or bothered to ask.
How could anyone say she was hiding it, truly puzzling.
When Ivy Miller returned to the office, her eyes coldly landed on Jack Jude.
Serves him right for not having a girlfriend, living so gloomily, even if he had one, he would only harm her.
Noticing her gaze, Jack Jude looked up at her, immediately cast a cold glance, and moved his sight away.
Ivy Miller placed the teacup on the desk with a thud and stood up.
"I know that everyone is talking about my marriage.
Yes, Ivy Miller is married, just eight months ago.
But my marriage has nothing to do with any of you.
This is a company, a place for work, I hope everyone reduces this idle chatter during work hours about me in the future.
If you want to gossip, arrange a group discussion after work."
Team Leader Liu snorted coldly: "You could have told us without us asking.
Don’t act like everyone in the office is bullying you.
Is there any sense in doing this?"
Ivy Miller laughed: "According to what Team Leader Liu says, everyone is curious about your matters too.
We never asked, so why don’t you start sharing, we’re all ears."
"Ivy Miller, you..." Team Leader Liu was immediately provoked, glaring at her.
Ivy Miller raised her chin with a smile, she decided, if Team Leader Liu dared say one more word, she’d retaliate fiercely.