It was understandable that Aurora didn’t want to accept Yulia’s resources as she had already rejected her once.
After saying that, Hannah pondered for a moment before asking again, “Have you guys been in contact privately?”
Yulia had always known that Hannah was a smart person, so she knew she couldn’t keep the secret from her any longer and admitted the truth. Still, she explained everything nonchalantly and told Hannah that Ian and Aurora rejected her approach when she tried to share her resources with them previously.
Nevertheless, Yulia was embarrassed to admit that she was trying to poach Cindy’s boyfriend, no matter how straightforward she was. Hence, she only told Hannah that she admired Ian, so she wanted to help him out, but he preferred to build his own career.
Although it was unknown whether Hannah believed what Yulia said, she carried on with Yulia’s claims and said, “Ian’s decision is correct. Now that he’s under scrutiny, he might get targeted by others if he rises up in his career because of your assistance, and they might release scandals about him if that happened. I feel like it’s good that he’s taking things step by step now.”
Ian’s backers now were not bad. Besides, the investors could see his potential past his previous scandals, and more of them started reaching out to him to offer him work opportunities now. Even without Yulia’s help, Ian wouldn’t take long to rise with his value now.
At this moment, Yulia hummed in acknowledgment with a hint of a smile on her face. “That’s true. I know he has potential, and that’s why I wanted to help him so that he can avoid making wrong steps.”
Hannah pondered for a moment before saying, “You’ve never admired anyone in the past, but you suddenly thought that Ian is not bad and made so much effort to offer him valuable resources. I bet you owe Ian a favor, don’t you?”
Yulia and Hannah had known each other for years and understood each other, so Yulia knew that Hannah would surely suspect something if she revealed nothing.
Pausing for a moment, she explained, “Truthfully, I’ve got my eyes on Ian ever since he joined the talent show. Back then, I even tried to campaign for him to help him get more votes. If you ask around our mutual friends, all of them would tell you I’ve contacted them and begged them to support Ian. I’m sure you understand me well. I don’t just set my eyes on someone randomly, but once I do, I’ll try my best to help them out.”
Afraid that Hannah still didn’t believe her, Yulia mentioned Cindy as well. “I’ve also run into his girlfriend a few times on different occasions, and she’s a really likable girl as well. I feel like I really like the two of them, so I naturally felt like helping them.”
After hesitating for a while, Hannah replied, “I see. If that’s your intention, I can try helping you to take over these resources.”
Nevertheless, she made herself clear. “Still, I never mentioned your name when I went to discuss the details with them, so they might think that the resources are from the company, so they might not recognize you doing them this favor.”
Yet, Yulia didn’t really pay any mind to that as she didn’t care about them being in debt to her.
Still, all of these resources belonged to her and were given by her, so even if they were to liquidate things in the end, it would still mean that they owed her a favor.
“It’s fine.” Then, Yulia said congratulatory words, hoping that Ian’s work would go smoothly and he would be able to be an A-list celebrity without any obstacles.
“If I have any suitable resources for any of the celebrities you’re managing, I’ll share them.”
Nonetheless, Hannah didn’t continue the conversation, and the call ended after they exchanged formalities for a while.
While Yulia was smiling during the call session, her face dropped almost immediately after the call ended.
She knew that she was being too rash, and it made her upset that Ian was trying to distance himself from her during her call with him previously.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Returning EX (John and Sophia)
So what happens to Ian and Cindy. Is she/ or does she get pregnant? Do they go back to the city and Ian works with Logan? Does Aurora stay in the entertainment industry or return with Ian? Terrible ending, who cares if Aurora was drinking/drunk with colleagues. What happened with Ian and Cindy?!...
Get rid of Gary. Apparently Cindy is too dumb to figure out his motives 😡...
Why are you trying to break them up when they just got together and are a loving couple. Let them stay close and move back to their true friends, Logan, Lola, John and Sophia!...
Sure hope Ian pulls his head out of his behind and works this out with Cindy. His brother needs him at the company and neither one of them truly like the celebrity life. Sophia and Lola will love her …....
I can’t wait for John to take down the Bailey’s including Isabelle so he, Sophia, William and Matilda can live in peace. Introduce Yolanda to Richard so they are out of the picture....
Ugh, don’t break up Sophia and John… they belong together and Sophia is just stubborn for no reason...
Sophia lives John, he just needs to tell her he loves her and get on with their life and family. Too much interference from others....
Sophia is so stupid....
John needs to man up, tell his mother and Isabelle to take a flying leap and confess to Sophia that he made a horrible mistake in divorcing her. This story is taking too long and once again, the bitches are looking like they are on the right side. Awful...