The strangeness of Stanley was seen by Phoebe beside him.
Phoebe followed his gaze and saw the hickey on Violet's neck. She trembled suddenly. A huge sense of crisis suddenly surged in her heart, and her breathing became rapid.
As a bystander, she could see very clearly it was that Stanley felt jealous when he was staring at Violet's neck!
It had been just a few days! Stanley actually had feelings for Violet! She, Phoebe, had been by his side for five years, but he was unwilling to even look at her directly. It couldn’t continue like that. She had to drive Violet away, otherwise she would never feel at ease!
Thinking of this, Phoebe clenched her fists tightly, and began to plan in her mind.
Before long, the meeting ended.
People left one after another. Soon, there were only three of them left in the meeting room.
Violet stood up and was about to discuss with Stanley about models. The door of the meeting room was suddenly pushed open. A tall man walked in.
"Stanley, long time no see!" The man greeted Stanley with a smile.
Stanley narrowed his eyes. He stared at the man coldly, and slowly uttered the man's name, "Ivan!"
Ivan?
The name was so similar to Stanley. Were they brothers?
Thinking of this, Violet looked over curiously. She opened her mouth in surprise after seeing Ivan's face.
It was him!
Violet's reaction was seen by Phoebe. Phoebe deliberately raised her voice and asked, "Violet, do you know brother?"
Hearing this, Stanley's gaze instantly shifted to Violet, as if he was confirming whether Phoebe's words were true.
Violet nodded and shook her head in the face of his scrutinizing eyes, "I don't know him. I just saw him..."
Before she finished speaking, Ivan interrupted her suddenly, pretending to be sad, "It's really sad that you said that. I'm here specifically for you today."
"Come for me?" Violet pointed to her nose, feeling a little confused.
"Yes, I specifically inquired others and knew you were working here, so I came here." Ivan walked towards her.
Violet was not familiar with him, so she didn't want to be so close to him. She subconsciously stepped back. The direction of her stepping back happened to be behind Stanley. But before she took a few steps back, Ivan grabbed her hand.
Ivan smiled evilly, "Why do you hide from me? Am I so scary? You didn't hide from me last night!"
Last night?
Hearing this, Stanley was stunned. His hand that had originally planned to pull Violet over also stopped in the air. It took a while before he took his hand back, his face extremely gloomy.
It turned out that the hickey on her neck were left by Ivan!
Phoebe could naturally think of what Stanley could think of, not to mention that Ivan's words were originally so ambiguous.
"Brother, what is the relationship between you and Violet?" Phoebe endured the ups and downs in her mind, pretending to be curious.
Stanley's ears moved a little. Obviously, he was also very concerned about this question.
Ivan noticed Stanley's reaction from the corner of his eye and then he smiled, "Can't you guys see it?"
Violet's eyes widened. She stared at him in astonishment. How could she not tell that he was deliberately letting others misinterpret their relationship? Her face flushed with anger.
But just when she was about to refute, Phoebe spoke first, "Of course I can see it. I just want to confirm it."
She didn't understand why God was so unfair to her and always allowed Violet to meet such nice men. Not only Stanley was attracted by Violet, but even Ivan...
However, this was also a good thing. If Violet and Ivan were together, Stanley would give up on Violet, right?
Thinking of here, Phoebe pulled Stanley's arm, pretending to be amazed, "Stanley, I didn't expect that Violet and the eldest brother are actually a couple."
A couple?
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