How can the finest of both worlds exist?
Ivy dragged Simba away sternly and proceeded to her room to phone Shaira.
The doorbell rang again at that very time. That bastard still doesn’t give up?! Sebastian grumbled. Great, I’ll use this opportunity to teach him a lesson!
When Sebastian opened the door, he saw six women in business suits waiting there with several boxes. Despite their amazement upon seeing him, the employees maintained a professional demeanor.
“Excuse me, is this Ms. Morgan’s residence?”
“Yes,” he replied.
“These are Ms. Morgan’s most recent limited-edition scarves. That comes to a total of 7.69 million. What shall we do with them?”
Sebastian paused, then moved helplessly to make room for them. “Please arrange them in the coatroom on the left.”
“Yes, Sir.” The workers did not dare to look about the house and hurried in hastily to leave the boxes. Sebastian didn’t even flinch when he swiped his credit card and shut the door. With a frigid grunt, he returned to his room.
AFTER calling Shaira, Ivy headed to the cafe where they had arranged to meet.
Unlike the last time they met, Shaira did not appear to be a serious scientist in a white lab coat. She looked adorable in a pink sweatshirt and a sloppy bun on her head this time. Her large eyes squinted as she smiled and sipped the coffee in her palm.
Shaira waved her hand when she spotted Ivy.
“Ivy!”
Ivy walked over swiftly. “I apologize for requesting your presence on such short notice. Did I interfere with your work?”
Shaira shook her head and grinned. “It’s fine. Because you’re buddies with Ryan, you get favorable treatment!”
Thank you, bro!’ Ivy said quietly.
“Did he accept your friend request?” she asked and let out a smile.
Shaira smiled and nodded. “Yes, we’ve been talking. I placed my designs online, and he soon pointed out numerous flaws. He is without a doubt the greatest!”
Yeah… Ryan is not only a geek, but he also has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
“Shaira, I asked you out because of Simba, your little tiger. Why does Simba refer to Wyatt Reed as Papa?”
It’s simply strange when Simba calls her Mama after. She doesn’t want anything to do with Wyatt Reed!
Shaira lowered her head, her face flushed with humiliation.
“When constructing this little traitor, we went through a thorough learning process for human aesthetics. It then learned to enjoy attractive women and men and even established its preferences. There were no constraints because this was the first merger of human intellect and artificial intelligence.”
“However, why Wyatt Reed?” Ivy asked in awe.
“Because he’s the most handsome among the rich and the richest among handsome men,” Shaira replied and heaved a deep sigh.
“OK, then, can you change it back for me? It’s difficult for me to hear Simba refer to that guy as Papa, especially given our uneasy relationship.” Ivy shook her head blankly, distraught.
Shaira fiddled with her entwined fingers, unsure what to say.
“Does it seem impossible to change? Because people designed it, shouldn’t it be able to change it?”
“No, it’s only that the little traitor’s perception of Wyatt Reed’s aesthetic appeal has achieved a certain level, so if you want to change it, we have to modify his deep impression of that person and find someone to replace Wyatt Reed’s existence.”
For a brief while, there was silence in the air. They were both quiet.
Shaira felt terrible about it. She even wished she hadn’t made the tiny traitor so passionate.
Ivy was visibly disturbed and silent.
Shaira gave a slight cough and said, “How about we alter it to Sebastian?”
Ivy was perplexed. Why him?
“Look, the internet is full of photographs and rumors about you two,” Shaira added, pulling out her phone. “Everyone is looking forward to your official announcement. His appearance is also comparable to Wyatt Reed’s. Uhm, what are your thoughts?”
Ivy trembled at the prospect of Simba referring to her third brother as Papa. She declined with a firm shake of her head. “Not at all!”
However, who else could compete with Wyatt Reed’s looks?
For a while, the two females deliberated. Ivy proposed, “Is it possible to make Simba despise Wyatt Reed? Simba, on the other hand, can like anyone but himself.”
All Ivy wanted was for Simba not to like Wyatt Reed!
Shaira pondered this with her hand on her chin. “It isn’t impossible… I can place various barriers in its clever thinking.”
Ivy cracked a grin. “That’s fantastic! Let’s get started. I’ll bring Simba over here.”
“No, I can just use the computer,” Shaira says.
Shaira drew a laptop from her purse the next second. Ivy couldn’t tell where the laptop came from because there was no logo on it, but it appeared different from other laptops on the market. Ivy also remembered her second brother having the same laptop.
Shaira excitedly clapped her hands after a few taps on the keyboard. “All right, it’s finished!”
“That simple?” Ivy inquired. She doesn’t need to disassemble or rewire anything? She thought.
Shaira gave the nod. “Because it’s a robot, don’t treat it like a real tiger. By the way, to avoid provoking societal disturbance, I recommend not exposing the small traitor to the public,” she suggested.
This endearing scientist was usually wise. Shaira cheerfully took up her phone once more. “I’m going to tell Ryan about it as well!”
Ivy couldn’t say anything.
After a while… Ivy couldn’t ignore Greg’s dozen missed calls any longer and drove to the office.
Greg was already waiting to greet Ivy when she stepped out of the car.
“Do you need our public relations team to intervene in the scandal involving you and Sebastian, Miss Ivy?”
Ivy looked up the rumors on the internet. Everything was stated to her, but she didn’t care. After some consideration, it was determined that if these rumors became out of control, they could have an impact on the company.
“I’ll contact Blaze. The corporation is not required to intervene,” she replied.
“Of course, ma’am.” Greg let out a sigh of relief.
It was also unusual for Greg to pause.
Ivy fixed her gaze on him. “Let’s get to the point.”
Greg pressed his lips together and finally replied, “Some rumors have been spreading around the office in the last few days that are flowing rapidly internally, some difficult to hear.”
“About me? What did they have to say?”
Ivy realized right away that the chatter had to be about her. Greg would not look like this otherwise.
“They claim you were expelled out of the Reed family for having affairs with Simon Albert and President Morgan, as well as hooking up with other men.”
Ivy exasperatedly laughed. “Did that come from Don Reed?”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.