My Sleeping Beauty Husband by Lyanna Nichols

Chapter 246 Take Action

Ivan looked at the dejected people in front of him, and his face twitched with anger. “You said you

failed? I didn’t expect so many of you couldn’t even handle a woman! What are you doing? It turned out

that I spent so much money supporting you no–goods!”

The few people who had gone to make trouble lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Ivan.

They had to bear Ivan venting his anger. After a long time, their head said in a low voice, “Mr. Smith,

we didn’t expect this woman to be so scheming. She used the carrot–and–stick approach so well that

she fooled us. Those workers‘ families were as timid as hares. A few words of that woman frightened

them to beg for mercy.”

After hearing what he said, Ivan sneered, “Don’t make excuses for you guys. I think you guys exposed

yourselves.”

It was not that Ivan had never seen Cynthia before. To him, she was just a good–looking and soft

woman and always hid behind Alston. She was, at best, an obstetrician with good medical skills. She

had never been in business, so how could she be so calculating?

Ivan thought they must be making excuses for their failures.

“Get out of here! I don’t want to see you!” Ivan roared, and those people had no choice but to leave in a

panic.

Ivan sat on the sofa to temper his anger. Although the consequences of what had happened today

were

different from what he expected, and he was annoyed that it did not cause any loss to the Smith Group,

Cynthia was the only one who showed up when such a significant incident happened. Something

happened to Alston.

After realizing it, he couldn’t help but smile. To him, it was a godsend opportunity. If he could take the

chance to defeat the Smith Group, there would be no one in Jadney City who only knew Alston and

didn’t know Ivan. After being suppressed by him for half his life, he could finally turn over.

Ivan couldn’t wait to see this day coming, and his face was full of excitement. As soon as he thought of

the scene that Alston would be trampled underfoot by him in the future, he was ravished with joy.

Just when he was in a state of euphoria, his secretary knocked on the door suddenly and came in,

handing over the report forms for the first half of the year to him.

Ivan retracted his smile, but there was a little joy in his eyes and brows, and he seemed to be in a very

good mood.

Seeing him like this, the secretary smiled and asked, “Mr. Smith, you look so happy. What happened?”

Ivan flipped through the report forms casually, and after hearing the secretary’s words, he raised his

head to look at him. “Great news. Our Tansy Group is going to turn over!”

The secretary needed clarification about what he said..

“Wait and see. Our good days are coming,” Ivan said meaningfully. Then he asked the secretary to

have an eye on the Smith Group these days and reported to him whenever what happened.

Everything seemed to be calm over the past few days, but the Smith family, operating steadily,

frequently made mistakes. Except for the leading businesses like real estate and technology, those

small projects had frequent problems, and even because several projects suffered heavy losses, they

had to be canceled.

All the significant families in Jadney City took a wait–and–see attitude, wondering if there was

something wrong with the Smith Group. Still, because the Smith Group’s employees were

unforthcoming about what had happened, they sent people to investigate for several days but got

nothing.

When Ivan heard this from the secretary, he almost grinned ear to ear. He thought Cynthia didn’t have

any business talent as he expected because it took little time for the Smith Group to lose so much.

“Sure enough, women are women. What they need to do is to stand behind the men. It is unnecessary

to e in the limelight,‘ Ivan couldn’t help but think.

The Smith Group had a problem, so his chance came.

Ivan looked at the Secretary and asked, “How much liquidity does our company have?”

The secretary didn’t know why he was asking this, but he still checked it out and told him. “There are

16 million you can transfer.”

“So little?” Ivan frowned. Such miserable money was not enough for what to do. “The Tansy Group has

a good performance during this period, so it shouldn’t be only so little.”

When he said these words, the secretary showed an embarrassed look. “Mr. Smith, it is not

inconsiderable. Our group needs to invest money in many projects during this period, and this amount

of money is for emergencies.”

Ivan smacked his mouth and said, “Withdraw the money. I have something to do.”

The secretary was startled. “Mr. Smith, no. The money is for emergencies. If you take it away, what

should we do if something happens to our company?”

Ivan was impatient to hear what the secretary said, so he waved his hand to interrupt the secretary.

“Enough. Our Tansy Group has such good momentum. What will happen to it? I need the money

urgently. Don’t worry. It will bring many benefits for our company, and it won’t take long before we earn

back.”

Ivan was aggressive and did not listen to any dissuasion. The secretary had no choice but to follow his

order.

“Don’t tell my dad about this. If my dad hears something, do you know what will happen?”

Seeing threats in Ivan’s eyes, the secretary trembled. “Of course. I won’t tell him about this.”

“That’s good!” Ivan put away the emotion in his eyes and smiled.

Ivan was sure the secretary was loyal to the Tansy Group. As his confidant, the secretary would only

listen to him unconditionally and never betray him.

Before leaving, the secretary asked worriedly, “Mr. Smith, what exactly do you want this money for?”

Hearing the secretary’s question, Ivan smiled. What he wanted to do was develop the projects the

Smith Group had canceled. The suppliers and partners were all ready–made, and he would not give up

such a good opportunity.

Although Cynthia couldn’t manage those projects, he could. After all, he was not green. He believed he

could swallow the Smith Group bit by bit during Alston’s absence from the company.

As long as Alston was absent from the company, Cynthia was a woman who was not enough to be

afraid of. At that time, when Alston came back and found the Smith Group was gone, Alston couldn’t

show off in front of him anymore.

“By the way, tomorrow is the 40th birthday of the Secretary–General of Jadney City. You and I will go

there together.”

Two days later.

Sitting in the office, Cynthia felt a little dizzy after signing a document. She rubbed her temples, stood

at the window, and looked into the distance. After feeling her eyes were much more comfortable, she

let out a deep breath.

She was too tired and felt highly pressured. As soon as she thought of so many employees, she felt a

heavy burden on her shoulders. Alston took over the Smith Group at the age of 16. At that time, so

many people did not recognize him, and Clare was ready to calculate him anytime. Cynthia was

curious how he held up and developed the Smith Group.

“Alston, where are you now? When will you come back?” Cynthia couldn’t help but ask in her heart.

She missed Alston so much. She had to rely on sleeping pills to fall asleep every night. Alston had

been away for a long time, and even his smell in the room had faded. Cynthia hardly remembered his

fragrance if he still couldn’t come back.

Looking at the lush trees downstairs, she felt her eyes sore. At this moment, someone knocked on the

door three times.

She turned her head and saw Lloyd standing at the door with a tall, straight figure. He seemed aware

of her sadness, so he picked his words.

“Mrs. Smith!”

“What’s the matter?” Cynthia smiled, suppressed the thoughts in her heart, and walked over.

Only then did Lloyd say, “I just got the news that Ivan has used all the working capital of the Tansy

Group to resume the project we cut off.”

“Really?” Cynthia was in a good mood, smiling so much that her almond eyes narrowed.

Those projects of the Smith Group were cut off not because she needed to learn how to manage and

suffer losses but because Alston had planned to cut off unnecessary tasks before.

She intentionally released the news, saying the Smith Group lost a lot and had to cut these projects,

which were all for Ivan.

According to Ivan’s character, he was so jealous of Alston that he would never let go of this opportunity.

As expected, Ivan did this in less than two days. He used all the funds and properties of the Tansy

Group to take over all the projects the Smith Group gave up.

Excitement also flashed in Lloyd’s eyes, but the look on his face was still as calm as ever. He pushed

his gold- rimmed glasses and said, “Mrs. Smith, yesterday Ivan was present at the 40th birthday of the

Secretary – General of Jadney City. He was in the limelight and gained the Secretary–General’s favor.”

Cynthia raised her eyebrows. “What?”

“He sent a particularly famous painting to the Secretary–General, who likes it.” Lloyd raised his fingers

and twirled his thumb and index finger.

A hint of understanding flashed across Cynthia’s eyes.

“Lloyd, it’s time to take action.”