Winner Takes All

Ivy Hughes bit her red lips when her face was full of tears.

The strong sense of unwillingness and aggrievement was like sea billows that kept rolling towards her.

She did not hesitate and risked her reputation as a bet, just hoping to knock down Jack Hughes.

Her goal was to take revenge for her grandma and made sure so called justice was served for the Hughes family.

Undoubtedly, this excellent achievement would be her biggest bargaining chip in competing to become the head of the family.

But she did not expect her grandma who used to pamper her would say something like that.

She kept boasting about her identity as a celebrity and she was one of the most shining star in the entertainment industry now. But to her grandma, it was something not worth mentioning. Being an actor was just a humble professional to her!

She did not expect Jack could go against the current situation that was in opposition to him. He even managed to reverse the trend and tried his best to rectify the situation.

The popular search for her past stigma was just trying to throw mud at her. But involving the Hughes family was a critical piece of hard evidence.

With one fake news and one real news, they hit her at her weak spot and made her unable to resist.

Reputation was everything to the Hughes family. Even her grandma slapped her down, this meant that she had lost completely!

"Grandma...I still cannot reconcile."

Her voice was trembling while she was whimpering.

On the other side of the phone, Madam Hughes' voice was indifferent and fierce.

"If you are reluctant to accept, then do it. If you still refuse to come to your senses and hurts the Hughes family image, then don't blame me to be ruthless. By the time, not only as an actress, but I will also snatch your identity as the heir for the Hughes family!"

"Grandma, Jack is the one who started all this. He is the one who dragged in the Hughes family, why are you doing this to me?"

Tears and mucus were all over Ivy's face. She was trembling and still would not give up, "You are so concerned about the Hughes family reputation, but what about old master? As an old master, shouldn't he be more concerned about the family reputation?"

Bang!

"Ivy, are you trying to disobey me? Do not be arrogant and assume you are the favorite. Don't you dare forget, I am the one who gave you everything!"

Her icy cold voice was not allowing any chance for opposing.

Ivy had entirely lost her hope.

She sobbed, "Ok...I promise you, grandma..."

She hung up the phone.

Ivy directly pounced to her bed and burst into a flood of tears.

Her personality, her experience, and her identity, she had never been through such a big aggrievement throughout her life.

She risked putting all eggs in one basket but did not expect things would end like that.

For the reputation of the Hughes family, she had no choice but to stop. She felt the sense of being a bargaining chip.

But she did not dare to defy Madam Hughes' words. She would only lose even more if she disobeyed!

TM villa district.

Jack was tiredly leaning against a chair. He was rubbing his bloated nose bridge.

He did not care about the opinions of all the major media anymore.

Because things had already progressed towards the direction he predicted them.

Jack could leave the Hughes family reputation behind, his father could also ignore the family reputation just for him. But Madam Hughes still could not get over it.

She was just a miserable old fool who had been in the Hughes family for almost a hundred years. She had used to the prestige in a wealthy family. He really could not expect her to be take her face and the Hughes's reputation not seriously.

Since she could not step out, then this war of public opinions had been settled.

For now, he only needed to wait for Ivy to surrender.

"Young master... We had finally won." Mr. Ward sighed. He was also keeping his eyes on the media's opinions.

"Yes, we finally won."

Jack closed his eyes and replied with a sense of relief, "Thanks for your help this time."

Mr. Ward smiled casually, "Thanks to you, Young master. Even Old master and I have not thought of this kind of method before."

"Could that even be considered as a valid method? I am just silly enough to risk all the things I have and be bold to take her down."

Jack forced out a smile.

Even when he had won Ivy, but at the same moment, his reputation was seriously damaged.

Of course, Jack was not too concerned about it.

What he was concerned about were Amber Knight's thoughts and aggrievements.

There were billions of people but none of them was as important as the one.

"After I have settled this drama, I need to explain everything to Amber." Jack sighed softly, "She had been through too many aggrievements because of me." Time was passing slowly.

After that, Yael Quinn also called him. His tone was more casual than before.

But the Vaughn and Wattson family had not stopped yet.

They planned to push things until they were unable to be held back anymore. So Ivy would hang her head and live in shame.

This was also Yael's idea.

Jack did not disagree but on the contrary, he chose to agree.

When Ivy was setting up traps for him, she did not show any mercy.

He was not acting innocent. When someone tried to harm him, he would not just pretend to be a saint and say something sanctimonious then flew away after successfully revolting. When dealing with an enemy, we need to at least have that intent.

Ivy was not as straight forward as Killian Hughes and George Hughes.

Now, after he had switched their positions, he wanted Ivy to live in shame forever. It was actually a good thing.

He only ruined the reputation of the successor, he did not even kill her. Because of this, Jack did not break any of the house rules for the Hughes family.

It was night time.

The public discussion on the internet had blown up to its peak.

Information related to Ivy's background kept being exposed to the public, causing an uproar all over the internet.

It even shocked Ivy's diehard fans, who were always loyal to her.

Her label as an inspirational person had all collapsed into pieces.

However, the uproar did not stop right there.

The Vaughn and Wattson families were the two giants of the entertainment industry. Under their intentional guidance, an enormous amount of netizens rushed into all channels of each major media. They started a trend that said, "Ivy Hughes should get out of the entertainment industry."

This news had been reported by all of the media.

Jack could get the weight off his mind, as it had finally been settled.

Ivy... could no longer survive in the entertainment industry.

"Young master, take a look at Weibo!"

After dinner, Mr. Ward rushed into Jack's office happily.

Jack opened Weibo, he was stunned for a second.

The popular search for Ivy's background had quietly dropped to second place.

The one that replaced it was Ivy's apology.

He clicked on the link.Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

In that popular search, there weren't only words and pictures but a video of Ivy recording herself.

Jack was overjoyed when he saw the video content.

The whole video was about Ivy apologizing while crying. She clarified the incident that happened the other night was just a mistake. Tears streamed down her cheeks when she announced that she would quit the entertainment industry forever.

Quitting the entertainment industry was expected by Jack, this was the result he wanted to see.

But Ivy publicly clarified the incident that happened the other night was just a mistake. This would clear up all suspicions towards her.

After all, she was one of the people involved. It was the "victim" who clarified that!

The internet was full of people with bad intentions. But it was nearly impossible for people to make a fuss about this incident again.

"Oh..."

Jack sighed deeply, got up, and walked outside of the study room with his phone.

"Young master, where are you going?"

Mr. Ward was stunned. He told Jack about this news because he wanted to cheer him up.

But Jack looked extremely anxious at the moment, he was obviously not happy.

"I am going to explain everything to Amber. With this video, it must be able to get her relieved."

Jack was as cheerful as a child. He stretched tiredly, "I can finally have a good night's sleep and do not need to sleep on the couch anymore."☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐