A Graduation Gift novel Chapter 391

Lionel's sober mind told him that he didn't need to have any kind of patience with Ivy anymore. Anyway, she had received the break-up fee she had demanded. From now on, he didn't have any liability toward her.

But upon seeing the mysterious expression on her face and thinking about what she had said, he couldn't help but engage in bewilderment.

"Ivy, what on earth do you know? Don't keep me guessing, okay?"

He felt puzzled and curious, wondering what were the secrets she knew.

The pendentive light shone on her like a spotlight. She smiled happily and freely. Her grinning face made others think that Lionel, who sat opposite to her, was amusing her.

'What do I know? What I know is enough to shock the Tang family, ' she thought to herself satisfyingly.

A few days ago, a distinguished guest had come to Amanda's studio: A handsome man with peach blossoming eyes. Amanda's assistant had tried to stop him, but he strode straight to Amanda's office. As the door shut behind him, Ivy heard Amanda speaking to him in a completely frightened tone.

Ivy had never heard Amanda like that before. She even caught a glimpse of her face. Her eyes were wide and full of fear.

Ivy was intrigued by Amanda's unusual behaviour. She returned to her desk, listening intently to the muffled voices.

The voices were unclear but urgent, as if a quarrel was taking place between the two. Amanda was shrieking but the man's voice was too low to be heard.

Even so, Ivy concluded the man had the ability to frighten Amanda.

'Who was he? What was his identity? What did he have to do with her? Amanda has always appeared as a calm, confident individual. It is shocking to see her flapping like this in the presence of that man, ' she wondered.

When the door finally opened, Ivy pretended to walk past it with a pile of documents in her hands, and bumped into him unintentionally, scattering all the documents over the floor.

The man apologised politely to her, helping her pick up all the documents.

Looking at his gentle and elegant smile, Ivy didn't feel scared at all. How could Amanda be scared of someone like him?

"Thank you, sir. Are you... a friend of Miss Ke?"

Ivy spoke to him boldly with a curious expression on her face.

Clark flashed a smile at her, scanning her face intently.

'Isn't this Lionel's ex-girlfriend? I've observed her before. She is very cunning. Anyone who didn't know her would be easily fooled by her innocent face. Even now, she is pretending to be innocent. Does she really think I'd be deceived by her appearance? She seems to be way more interested than what I've imagined, ' he thought.

"Yes. I haven't seen her for a long time, so I thought I'll come and say hello."

He continued to smile at her. His eyes seemed to be capable of charming all living beings.

"Are you an employee here? Miss Ke is going to be a promising educator in the future. If you continue to follow her, your future is sure to be bright."

Clark was so smart that he saw through Ivy's curiosity. 'Curiosity indeed kills the cat. You wanted to dig through me, huh? Watch me, and I will use you to get something I want, ' he thought to himself.

"Of course! Miss Ke has helped me a lot in my career."

Ivy tried to feign an earnest expression in order to fool Clark.

The corner of his mouth turned into a smile as he reached for a pen in his pocket. He wrote his mobile number on one of her notebooks.

"Please contact me if there is anything I can do for you."

With that, he turned and walked away. Ivy was delighted to have gotten his number.

'He is handsome, well-dressed and a friend of Miss Ke! That is enough proof of his wealth!' she guessed.

She understood one thing for sure that he wasn't a simple man. She was surprised he had given her his number.

'Oh yes! Now that I'm rid of that idiot Lionel, I can find a richer guy, ' she wondered.

Her imagination started to run wild. She couldn't help tearing off the page with his number and kissing it desperately.

Naturally, she couldn't control herself from calling him the very same day. She fiddled around some unnecessary questions, simply trying to get along with him.

Talking to him, she found out he was the owner of the largest hotel in G City. The news made her so excited that her heart started to jump.

She started to compare him with Lionel, thinking of his reliability and capability. But that only meant he would be more challenging to trap, and she prepared to put all her energy into achieving the purpose.

She spared no efforts to try to show her feminine charm. Strangely, he didn't ignore her flirtations. At the same time, he didn't try to get intimate with her.

Soon, they started to go on dates. In those meetings, even if she pretended to stumble and fall upon him, he simply supported her gently and helped her stand steadily instead of taking any advantage of her.