"What, you think Stanley can't catch you?" George sneered.
Ivan lowered his eyes and didn't speak, waiting for a while before speaking, "I never said Stanley couldn't catch me, and in this world, there's never a place where I can hide for the rest of my life, Stanley and I will eventually fight head to head."
"In that case, then why are you hiding? Wouldn't it be better to appear directly in front of Stanley?" George said.
Ivan pursed his lips, "That's none of your business, you still haven't answered the question I just asked, have you thought about the patient's surgery plan or not?"
"I already have a plan, but whether or not it can be implemented, we can only know when I see the patient in person." George returned indifferently.
Ivan nodded, "That's easy, we're just on our way to the hospital now, you'll naturally see the patient when you get there."
George didn't speak anymore.
Ivan also shut his mouth.
There was silence in the car, only the sound of shallow breathing audible.
Half an hour later, they arrived at the destination.
Ivan took George into the hospital and after another hour, the patient was wheeled into the operating room.
Violet finished her work, came out of the study and went downstairs to the living room, ready for a drink.
In the living room, Stanley was holding his cell phone and seemed to be talking to someone on the phone, his face not looking very good.
Violet lightened her steps and walked over, pouring herself water while watching him, not bothering him to answer the phone.
It wasn't until a few minutes later when Stanley finished answering the phone and put the phone down from his ear that Violet sipped her water and asked, "Honey, what's wrong?"
"It's not a big deal." Stanley rubbed his brow and replied somewhat tiredly.
Seeing this, Violet put down the cup in her hand, got up and walked behind him, rubbing his shoulders, "Tell me about it, see if I can help, if not, it's okay to be a listener and de-stress for you."
Stanley smiled, "Well, actually it's not anything important, after Sam's death, the companies under his hands were regulated by me. Since Sam's companies are too scattered, so it will take a long time to fully integrate into the Murphy Group's banner. Now a few months have passed, the people responsible for taking inventory of Sam's companies came to me with news that those companies in Sam are in a state of profit loss."
"Profit loss?" Violet raised her eyebrows.
Stanley nodded, "Sam is a great spender, and he takes public accounts for everything he does, so it causes those companies of his to have their books in a state of deficit, some even outright deficit."
"Then that means if you want to integrate these companies into the Murphy Group, you still need to fill those deficits for Sam?" Violet looked at him.
Stanley raised his chin slightly, "That's right."
"No wonder your face is so dark, but it's okay, when we catch Ivan later, let Ivan fill it, the father's debt is paid by the son." Violet said as she leaned on his shoulder.
Stanley turned his head to look at her and smiled dotingly, "My wife is just smart."
"Right?" Violet smiled.
Stanley nodded, "Yes!"
"Well, enough about that, I'm going to go see if the two kids are back and if they're still out playing with the drones."
Saying that, Violet let go of Stanley's shoulder and was about to go out.
Stanley took her hand, "They're already back."
Violet stopped in her tracks.
Stanley lifted his chin, "Yes, while you were busy, I took them upstairs to take a bath and change, and they're sleeping at the moment."
These two couples even ignore her existence?
When not together, they talked on the phone.
Now that they'd met, they were like Siamese twins, never separating and finding opportunities to be intimate.
Now, they were kissing on the couch of the living room.
Aimee's eyes widened when she saw that the pair hadn't stopped, but instead had the intention to go further, and she hurriedly glanced upstairs, relieved to see that no one was upstairs, before she spoke, "Stop!"
On the couch, the man and woman who heard her voice stopped momentarily.
Stanley raised his head and wrinkled his brow in displeasure as he looked at Aimee, clearly dissatisfied with Aimee's sudden voice interrupting them.
"You'd better give me a proper reason!" Stanley said coldly.
Beneath him, Violet also came to her senses and hurriedly pushed the man on top of her and sat up, looking first towards Aimee before blushing and fixing her hair and clothes, asking awkwardly, "Aimee, why did you come down?"
Aimee was still afraid of Stanley, when she heard Violet's voice, she immediately shifted her gaze, avoided Stanley's cool eyes, looked at Violet, rolled her eyes and said: ''Why did I come down? I came down to drink water, but as soon as I came down, I saw you two on the sofa kissing. Violet, I know you and Mr. Murphy love each other, but also consider us single dogs, this is a public place!"
"I'm sorry." Violet blushed even more when she said that.
That was something she really hadn't considered.
But it was all Stanley's fault for having to kiss her and trapping her in the kiss too, not thinking about anything else.
Stanley wrapped his arm around Violet's waist and looked at Aimee coldly, "Even if it's a public place, you can pretend you didn't see anything, right?"
The corners of Aimee's mouth twitched, "Mr. Murphy, of course I want to pretend I didn't see anything, but this villa is not just the three of us adults, there are also two children. If it was just the three of us, I'd pretend I didn't see anything even if you stripped naked, but there are children, what if you go further and it just so happens that the children come down?"
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