"What do you mean by new romantic interest?" Ivy frowned and looked at Shawn. But the man turned awkwardly and averted his gaze. "You heard it wrong." "Exactly, you heard it wrong," Jasson didn't have the heart to joke around. If his words led to an argument between the two, he'd truly be in trouble. "Shawn, I don't want our misunderstanding to continue into the next day," Ivy said seriously. After all, it's said that conflicts between couples should not last overnight. But Shawn had no misunderstandings at all. He just wanted Jasson to come and give him some advice. He never expected this simple request to lead to a misunderstanding. With this in mind, Shawn subtly glared at Jasson and gently tousled her hair. "There's no misunderstanding between us. He came here completely drunk, misheard what I and Luke said, and now that he's sober, he doesn't remember anything else, but he'll remember what he shouldn't." "Yes, yes!" Jasson, like a lapdog, leaned over to Ivy and patted her shoulder. "Dr. Jones, when I woke up from my hangover, I heard the nurse say you've been working tirelessly for a long time, and now you're preparing documents for Mary's Hospital. Take a break and don't let my nonsense affect you." Seeing Ivy getting ready, Jasson immediately escorted her to the door. "Go on, go on. Professor Watson is still waiting for you. Oh, goodbye. Shawn and I will be here waiting for you." With a bang, he closed the office door without giving Ivy a chance to react. Turning back, he met Shawn's annoyed expression and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry." Luke, suppressing a laugh, said, "Lawyer Brown, have a glass of water." Jasson followed Luke's advice and sat across from Shawn, taking a big gulp of water to calm his nerves. "Are your legs okay?" At Shawn's question, he received a skeptical look and was asked, "What have you been up to lately?" It felt distant, as if they only had a once-a-year client relationship. Jasson immediately protested, "Wait a minute, Shawn. You're the one who asked me to come here. Why are you questioning me now?" "I suddenly feel that you're not up to the task," the man sneered. "But fine, let's not talk about it." "Shawn!""What mischief have you been up to recently?" The man took Luke's phone and casually scrolled through it. "It's quite an eye-opener. A different woman every day..." He raised his eyes, assessing Jasson with an incredulous and probing look. "Are you covering something up, or are you trying to make some girl jealous?" "I... What's going on? Why are you investigating me?" "Fine!" Shawn tossed the phone to him. "If you don't want me to know about your affairs, don't let the media catch you. All the news here is from DT Investments' media outlets. You're quite daring, hiding under the umbrella of the Alter Group. You don't have to pretend here." "Hehe." Seeing that his ruse was uncovered, Jasson grinned. "We're all family here." "If you don't tell me, I'll instruct our media to release all your scandalous news. Let's see if your parents in London will come back to give you a beating." Shawn's eyes suddenly turned serious. Their success at DT Investments relied on mutual trust, and he didn't want Jasson to be harmed when it mattered most. "Please don't." Jasson immediately stopped him, ultimately surrendering. "I was just trying to avoid Lilith Smith." "What?" Luke leaned in with a gossipy look. "Wow, juicy gossip!" Sanders, who was secretly protecting them, exclaimed in amazement. "I'll go tell the guys that Lawyer Brown has been figured out!" Jasson glared at Shawn with gritted teeth, but Shawn's intimidating gaze made him unable to look away. He had to go along with it. "I just followed the flow. She took me to a bar and got me drunk." "Got you drunk?!" Shawn raised an eyebrow. "If you didn't want to get drunk, would anyone be able to get you drunk?" Luke chimed in. "Well, I just went with the flow. She took me to a hotel, and things happened that shouldn't have." Shawn: "..." "Then, I went to the bars a few more times, following the same routine." At the end, Jasson looked away nervously. He absolutely wouldn't admit that he had started to like Lilith's wild side. But... she was supposed to be betrothed to someone, and he came from a prominent British lawyer family. Wasn't there an issue of social status here? Even if they didn't fit, how could he marry into the Smith family?Luke desperately tried to signal Jasson, but Jasson didn't pay any attention to him and continued to speak, veering further off course. Ivy slowly approached Jasson. "Say it one more time..." "I..." "Oh, please don't say anything more!" Luke couldn't bear to watch any longer and quickly interrupted. He looked up and earnestly addressed Ivy, "Dr. Jones, how come you're back?" But as the words left his mouth, Jasson's body suddenly trembled, and he stiffened as he saw Ivy standing behind him, her expression dark. A bead of sweat rolled down from his forehead, and Jasson suddenly felt a dryness in his throat. He wanted to explain, but all that came out were stammered greetings. "I... Dr. Jones, how did you come back? The office door is strange; it makes no sound when it closes." "If I hadn't come back, I wouldn't have heard such an entertaining speech from Lawyer Brown," Ivy replied. Jasson knew Ivy's temperament and that trying to deceive her wouldn't work, so he scratched his head and said, "Dr. Jones, it's not that I don't like her, it's just a matter of reality. Both Lilith and I can't escape it." Jasson was well aware that Lilith could understand, but Ivy couldn't. He had misjudged the situation. Ivy could understand; otherwise, she wouldn't have asked Shawn to keep a distance from Cato Alter from the very beginning. What she couldn't understand was why, when they both knew the outcome, she still had to provoke him. "Is this how you wealthy and powerful people play games? In your eyes, are all the girls in the world below your elite level just playthings?" Ivy questioned. With those words, Shawn's initial anticipation vanished instantly. He sat up straight, realizing that this was trouble. It was a disaster! Seeing Ivy like this, she was probably going to cut ties with the upper-class society. And he... This was an utterly counterproductive move! "Ivy, there might be some misunderstanding in this," Shawn said, almost wanting to slap himself in the face for speaking.Ivy, however, didn't want to stay and continue with Jasson. She just asked, "Where is my Lilith?" "Isn't she at home?" Jasson had just said those words when he received a message on his phone. As Jasson looked at his phone, he saw it was from Lilith. "Look, she sent me a message. Dr. Jones, please don't misunderstand. Lilith and I are both adults, and I know what kind of game we're playing." He opened the chatbox while trying to reassure Ivy and gestured for her to listen to the voice message Lilith sent. Lilith asked him where he had disappeared to in a haughty tone, as she did every day. He believed it would be no different today. "Hey, Jasson, I'm pregnant. Yes, the child is yours. I know you probably want to say that you took precautions, but I tampered with the condoms. This child is mine, and I want to have it. That's it. I won't pester you anymore. You can go on living your glamorous life with your cheap women." "What?!" Jasson snapped back to reality from shock and awkwardly swallowed. "What did she just say? What is she talking about?" ***