Next One Is a Babe

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Logan wrapped his arm around Ian’s shoulder. “There’s no need to thank us. We’re all friends; it’s our job to take care of one another.”

There were fruits and drinks prepared in the room, and Logan got Ian and Aurora to sit down and get some rest. There was food being prepared in another room, and they would get to have a meal in a while. However, Aurora and Ian didn’t have much appetite after traveling for such long hours.

Ian sat on the couch. He gazed at John for a moment, but neither of them spoke to one another. Sophia only needed to take one look at John before she could tell that he was being difficult again. He’s always like that, Sophia thought. He’s always making things hard for himself. Both Ian and I have moved on from the past; He’s the only one who’s still caught up in what happened between Ian and me.

Sophia shifted her gaze to look at Ian. She asked him about the internet controversy and whether he was impacted by it. Ian seemed rather relaxed as he responded to her. “It’s no big deal. I don’t really care about this. My company told me that they’ll handle it, so I’m leaving it to them.”

Aurora let out a sigh from where she sat beside them. “I’m the main contributor to this whole controversy. I should be blamed since I was the one who started it.” Aurora often blamed herself for this matter, and Ian was starting to get frustrated over her self-critical comments. He couldn’t seem to get her to move past this matter no matter how much he attempted to talk to her.

“I guess there is some good in this. The public might be more inquisitive toward these matters if they continued to remain hidden. Now that all of the information is out there, at least you guys know that there won’t be other hidden dangers once this whole controversy is over,” John uttered.

Sophia nodded. “I saw a few articles reporting about the whole controversy, but I think Ian’s company might have covered up some of the posts. The controversy seemed to have acted as some form of reverse psychology to the public. This issue might be a major one now, but I’m sure it will come to an end really soon. Furthermore, I’m sure no one will use it against Ian after that.” She then turned to Aurora. “It’s not entirely a bad thing. If the news doesn’t get uncovered now, it might be exposed in the future, when Ian is more famous and adored by the public.”

Aurora felt a little more at ease after hearing their words. She nodded along with a sigh. “I hope all of this will die down soon.”

“I think it shouldn’t be that hard to deal with this matter. As long as you guys and the Morgans are on the same side and addressing the public with the same narratives, then it should be easy to stop people from speculating online,” John finally uttered. What he said made sense—Ian had thought of the exact same solution.

Before they arrived, Ian had already made plans to visit Sean. Regardless of whether Bryce was faking his illness, Ian knew that he wouldn’t be able to see him in the hospital. In that case, Sean would be calling the shots for the family for the time being. If Sean agreed to step forward and clarify the Morgans’ stand on the issue, then things would be much easier to resolve.

Ian nodded his head in agreement with John.