Teddy responded, "It's nothing. I just need to talk to Ivan about the business of opening a store. Since I have some time tonight, we'll chat and see if it works out or not."
"Alright, if it's nothing urgent, then I won't disturb you," Madison said and hung up the phone directly.
Ivan looked at Madison hanging up the phone and then spoke up, "Can I go out now?"
Madison looked at Ivan and her tone softened a bit compared to before. "Ivan, your mom only wants the best for you. You and Yanis are not from the same world. She is different from you..."
"I'm just friends with her, as ordinary as friends can be. If I really had something with Yanis, do you think Zane would let it go easily?" Ivan interrupted Madison, his voice low.
"I've told you many times already, there are no other feelings between Yanis and me, nothing at all. We're just friends. You can't keep limiting even my ability to make friends," Ivan said, his voice serious.
"Ivan, what do you mean by that? Are you saying I'm restricting you?" Madison asked.
"Isn't it true?" Ivan looked at Madison. "Mom, I don't have any personal space anymore. You have Mila monitoring my every move, and I can endure and bear with that. But you can't interfere with everyone around me. It has a significant impact on me."
Madison's expression turned cold with Ivan's words. "So, you're blaming me? Blaming me for caring about you?"
Seeing Madison like this, Ivan felt suffocated in the house.
"Forget it, I'm leaving first." Ivan didn't want to say much to Madison and reached out to grab his phone from the table before turning and leaving.
There were still Madison's repeated reminders behind him, but Ivan quickened his pace, swiftly walked out of the door, and left Madison's voice behind.
In that moment of closing the door, the suffocating feeling instantly diminished.
Thinking about Madison's actions just now, Ivan's eyes darkened. He raised his head, looked at the rearview mirror in front of the car, and then deliberately drove the car into the green belt on the other side. The car collided with a utility pole, and due to the tremendous impact, the small object under the rearview mirror fell off.
Almost at the same time, Ivan's phone rang.
It was Madison calling.
Feeling a bit dizzy from the intense impact earlier, Ivan took a moment to recover. He reversed the car a little before driving away again.
The fallen camera on the side had lost its light. It broke when it fell earlier.
The phone kept ringing on the side, but Ivan didn't answer.
After numerous rings, when it finally stopped, Teddy's call came through.
Ivan reached out and answered the phone.
Without giving Teddy a chance to speak, Ivan said directly, "Wait for me there. If she calls you again, tell her you couldn't reach me."
After finishing his words, Ivan hung up the phone and turned it off.
On the other side, Teddy hadn't even put his phone down from his ear when Madison called again.
Teddy was getting nervous just looking at the phone.
He answered the call, and even before he could say anything, Madison's anxious voice came through, "How is it, Teddy? Have you contacted Ivan?"
Teddy remembered what Ivan had said earlier and clenched his teeth. "Not yet. I just called a few friends we hang out with. They'll contact me if they see him."
"Teddy, if you have any news about Ivan, let me know, okay?" Madison said.
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