Ice and Fire

Chapter 906 Anna Dou (Part One)

In a garden hotel in the city center, a party was on going. The hotel hall was quite busy. People who

were mostly young gentlemen and elegant women were walking and talking around. Some of them

were in pairs, some of them were in groups. The event gave the hotel an atmosphere of a great palace.

Ivy, in her limited edition white dress that was just launched in a Milan fashion show and 10-cm high

heels, walked towards Lawrence. She casually took his arms as if they were close friends.

Then Ivy whispered to his ear, "Mr. Lawrence, are we going to wait for Mr. Mike?" She looked at the

entrance and thought to herself, 'I don't have an invitation to this party but if Lawrence is with me, I can

easily get in. I can finally get a chance to see how the upper society is.'

"No. Let's go inside," Lawrence simply said. Then he directly walked to the door.

Ivy followed Lawrence swiftly. Good thing she was already used to wearing a 10-cm high heels. After

attending so many parties with Lawrence, she had already learned how to look and act elegantly. When

she stood beside Lawrence, she felt prouder because she could easily get close to him. Millions of

women admired him and were dying to be with him, but they couldn't even get a chance. Lawrence

was not a casual type of person. Moreover, when she was with him, she didn't allow other women to

get near him. However, there was only one exception - Aria.

Inside the hall, Tim and Alice were holding goblets and chatting with their two friends. When they saw

Lawrence coming in, Alice hastily said goodbye to her friends and walked to him with Tim.

"Lawrence!" Alice greeted him happily. She then took a glance at Ivy but didn't say anything.

"Hello, Lawrence," Tim also greeted.

Lawrence nodded his head as a response to their greetings and asked, "Are your parents not coming?"

"No, they aren't," Alice replied. "My Mom has a cold and my Dad has to be home to take care of her."

Lawrence got worried so he asked, "Is she fine?" "Yes, she is. Don't worry about her," Alice replied.

Lawrence just nodded his head and didn't say anything more.

It was Ivy's turn to open her mouth.

She greeted the couple in front of her, "Hello, Miss Alice, Mr. Tim."

"Hello," Alice replied shortly. She scanned Ivy from head to toe then commented, "The dress you are

wearing costs at least a million." "You're just an assistant. How can you afford to buy this kind of dress

by yourself?" Alice added in an unfriendly tone.

Ivy didn't deny the truth, "Mr. Lawrence bought it for me." Somehow, she was too brazen to feel

embarrassed as she answered, glancing at Lawrence's side face. "It's only for tonight's party," she

added.

"Lawrence, don't you think it's a kind of waste?" Alice commented to Lawrence. "You bought such an

expensive limited edition dress for an assistant, only to allow her to attend a party. Why don't you just

give the money to me so I can design a unique dress for her?" After she spoke, she scanned Ivy and

she had to admit that Ivy got a perfect body. She was like one of the models and the dress looked nice

on her.

"Miss Alice, I have actually thought about it before. However, I realize that your studio has been famous

worldwide and you only design clothes for famous actors and actresses. I'm afraid you might not want

to design a dress for me, so I decided to buy this dress in an international mall," Ivy explained with a

smile. Showing a professional smile on her face had been her way of dealing with all types of people.

"Yeah, my customers are superstars who enjoy wealth and fame. Even so, I don't mind it if Lawrence

had asked me. I'll definitely do it for him," Alice retorted. She didn't want to let Ivy go easily because

she knew how calculative this woman was. In the past one year, the JC Group had changed a lot and

Alice felt that such changes were caused by this woman.

"However," Alice paused for a second and glanced at Lawrence before she continued, "I believe that if

Lawrence would ask me to design clothes for a woman, it would only be for Aria and not someone

else."

Alice's underlying meaning was quite clear. They all knew that she was trying to belittle Ivy.

Alice's words insinuated that the only woman that Lawrence cared about was Aria. Ivy clearly

understood it and she hated Alice for it. However, she had no other choice but to keep smiling.

On the other hand, Lawrence got impatient so he interrupted, "Stop it. I am not interested in any

clothes." His voice showed a hint of annoyance. Then he added, "I want to go to the green room on the Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

second floor. So if Mike arrives, tell him to go directly to the second floor."

Ivy then released Lawrence's arm and nodded her head with a sweet smile pasted on her face.

Tim also turned to Alice and said gently, "I'll go upstairs as well. Just go and chat with some friends for

a while, okay?"

"Okay, no problem. I'll just go to my friends over there," she replied as she pointed to the direction of

some women who are chatting happily. Then she turned around and left.

As Lawrence and Tim also went upstairs, Ivy was left alone. She stood still and didn't know what to do.

All people present in this party were powerful and famous individuals while she was merely an

assistant employed by the JC Group. How could she fit herself in with these people?

While she was wondering what to do, she heard someone called her name, "Ivy?"

She could tell that the voice was not far away.

She turned around and saw someone walking towards her.