The CEO’s Billion Dollar Bride
Chapter 260 - 240, A matter of life and death

Chapter 260: 240, A matter of life and death

Ariana Hunt smiled and personally made her a cup of instant coffee prepared by the crew, speaking softly, "If you don’t mind, have a sip?"

Although she said so, her expression and movements seemed as though she had already decided that Ivy wouldn’t mind. Ivy shrugged her shoulders, took the coffee from her hand and took a sip, "Thank you!"

"Mrs. Gordon is too polite!" Ariana was surprised that Ivy, who had just been so haughty, would thank her for a cup of coffee. For a moment she was stunned but quickly recovered, then looked at Ivy and laughed lightly, "Mrs. Gordon, you do have a unique personality. Aren’t you afraid that those little people would ruin your reputation behind your back?"

Ivy, holding the coffee cup, laughed dismissively, "I don’t care, after all, it’s a good thing to have a reputation that can be ruined. When they’ve ruined it to the extent that there’s no reputation left to ruin, they won’t be able to ruin it anymore!"

Furthermore, how one’s reputation is ruined also depends on by whom. During these days, she had realized that she could not care about what others had to say about her, as long as it didn’t affect Bianca’s normal life, she was fine with it - if Michael Gordon could let go of such deep resentment, why should she fuss over such nominal matters?

After all, what could she possibly change by fussing over such things?

"Mrs. Gordon has a big heart, but, surely she is right!"

Ariana laughed and suddenly felt a sense of favor towards this woman whom she had only met once. She was so real, vibrant, open-minded, and had a beautiful face. No wonder Michael Gordon, who was surrounded by many beauties, would stop for her.

After a pause, Ariana finally spoke up, "Though I have the capability for this new film, I still want to thank Mrs. Gordon for giving me the opportunity!"

Although she disdained fawning and flattering, she wasn’t ungrateful. She still needed to say thanks when she needed to.

"As you said, you have the capability, so this opportunity is the result of your efforts, it has nothing to do with me. Sometimes, you don’t need to take to heart what others say!"

In fact, it should be her who is thanking Ariana, as Ariana had saved her daughter’s life. But, Ivy naturally did not say so, because otherwise, it would be an insult to her. It was clearly she who had the capability, but it ended up being an opportunity exchanged for her blood donation, which was against Ivy’s original intent.

"Yes, yes!"

Ariana nodded her head with laughter. As their eyes met, they exchanged knowing smiles without uttering a word.

Ivy asked her about the situation of her being sent to the hospital after being hit on the shooting set last time, then checked the compensation situation of her insurance, only to find that her insurance coverage was indeed low, and more so if her face turned gold overnight due to the new film.

Insurance is something that needs to take into account future risks.

After chatting with her, as there was still plenty of time and nothing special to do, she stayed on the set to watch the shooting of the martial arts drama. After all, she was in legal affairs and knew too little about the entertainment industry.

Anyway, this was her husband’s company. Just as this thought came into her mind, she felt a sense of affection hearing the term ’husband’. She realized just how delightful this term was.

For the first time watching the shooting on set, Ivy realized how tough it was to be a celebrity. For several high-altitude stunts, Ivy was scared and took a few steps back.

She thought that after doing these dangerous stunts without any incident, things should be fine.

While Ivy was shooting the video, she heard Ariana scream, "Ivy, look out!"

Out of anxiety, Ariana called her by her name directly.

Upon hearing it, Ivy’s first reaction was to find the source of the sound. Looking up, she saw Ariana hurriedly trying to untie the safety measures around her waist. Ivy didn’t react in time, but Ariana continued to shout, "Move away!"

There was a commotion around. Ivy looked up, only to see a large iron rod falling down towards her...

Ivy’s heart skipped a beat, her sudden panic made her react a step slower. Before her body could react to what her mind was telling her, a strong force pushed her away.

The next moment, Ivy was thrown onto an air mattress used for shooting purposes.

When Ivy painfully opened her eyes, she saw Ariana standing in front of her in a flustered state, reaching out her hand towards her, "Mrs. Gordon, are you okay?"

Before she could reach out her hand, Ivy was already being pulled up from the air mattress. After confirming that her head was alright and she was fine, she was attracted by the messy scenery before her. She quickly got up, pushed through the crowd to see what was happening, and heard a familiar male voice, "Everyone, let’s disperse, I’m fine!"

Ivy was startled at first. The low reminder came again, "Be careful next time, can you imagine the consequences if such a big pillar had hit someone?"

"Fabian?"

Ivy cleared a way through the crowd in disbelief. As expected, she saw that Fabian was surrounded by the crowd with a long iron rod lying beside his leg, just about fifty centimeters away from him.

Without a doubt, that rod was originally falling towards her. In his urgency, Fabian first pushed her aside but didn’t have time to escape. Fortunately, the iron rod was not large, and there was some error when it fell, so it didn’t hit anyone.

If it had hit someone, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Although it was a close shave, Ivy was still scared. She opened her eyes wide and covered her mouth in shock, like a machine shutting down for three seconds.

It was Fabian who heard her voice and came over. He checked her up and down. Only after he made sure that her body had not suffered any injury, he let out a sigh of relief. But then, he suddenly remembered something and his face darkened, "What is Michael Gordon thinking, allowing you to come to this place alone? Did you know how dangerous it was just now?"

"How did this man promise me solemnly before that he would take good care of you and not let you suffer even a bit of wrong? Where is he now? Did he do it?"

"Not to mention the rampant rumors, he even nearly got you killed on the set. Was the car accident last time not enough?"

Probably because he was furious, Fabian’s face was cold, didn’t even give her a chance to refute, and rebuked Michael Gordon. Causing a stir amongst the crowd to hear the boss of Jensen scold Mr. Gordon in front of Mrs. Gordon till he was worthless, heartless like a wolf or a dog.

His attitude even resembled that of an elder. The people on the scene were dumbfounded but couldn’t find a word to support him.

Ivy shrugged, lowered her head like a little girl, and let him scold her. When he finished scolding, Fabian probably couldn’t stand it anymore, he immediately picked up the phone and dialed out, only for Ivy to snatch it away before he could make the call.