Chapter 91: Chapter 91: Protecting Mommy Together
Timmy Monroe’s eyes widened as he looked at the message popping up on his computer screen. His brother was too impulsive, hitting Franklin Young right in front of their mommy. Even so, Mommy didn’t suspect his brother?
As Timmy was pondering, Ian Keane sent another message.
"Franklin Young’s mommy left with harsh words. You and your mommy are doomed." These were Bella Young’s exact words before she left with Franklin Young.
Timmy snorted, his handsome little face as calm and composed as Ian Keane’s on the other side of the computer.
"She’s the one who’s doomed. I will never let her harm Mommy and you."
Ian Keane raised an eyebrow and sent a message: "Little brother wants to protect us? Do you know how to do that?"
Timmy thought for a moment, a gleam passed through his dark eyes, and he quickly typed on the keyboard: "I’m afraid I can’t do it alone! I’m not very clear about the forces the Kane family can mobilize. Is my brother willing to join me in protecting Mommy and dealing with the bad guys?"
Protect Mommy?
The words fixed Ian Keane’s gaze. His young heart seemed to be touched, with a warm current flowing through it.
Mommy is sacred and great.
In his six years of life, Ian Keane had never experienced a mother’s love. But today, he seemed to feel it, perhaps the moment Ivana Monroe brought him breakfast, or when she sheltered him in her arms at the amusement park.
Ian Keane’s fingers on the keyboard trembled slightly, typing a word even he didn’t expect: "Okay."
Timmy happily received the message from Ian Keane, making a victory gesture toward the computer.
Even if Uncle Kane couldn’t marry his mommy in the future and would marry Ian Keane’s mommy instead, Timmy still hoped Ian Keane could accept and like his mommy.
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In the morning, Ivana Monroe prepared breakfast and watched as her handsome son finished eating slowly. She smiled gently, feeling a sense of accomplishment.
After cleaning up the table, Ivana Monroe headed to work at GK Trendy, followed by a little guardian angel.
"Good morning, President Monroe."
"Morning."
The company staff were slightly stunned when they saw Ivana Monroe, and immediately greeted her enthusiastically, then their eyes widened as they saw the young boy beside her.
Oh my god~
Such a handsome, cool little boy.
Could this boy, who seemed to have stepped out of a comic, be President Monroe’s son?
The female employees at the company suddenly had stars in their eyes, clutching their hearts as they thought President Monroe must be trying to trick them into having sons by bringing such a handsome and cute child to the office, though they didn’t even have boyfriends.
Alright then! She admitted she suddenly had the urge to immediately find a boyfriend, get married, and have a son.
"Ivana?" Jacobs was startled to see Ivana Monroe coming to work but quickly came back to his senses when he noticed the little boy beside her, greatly surprised by how exceptionally good-looking he was, not to exaggerate, better looking than any child he had ever seen.
How come this child’s appearance seemed a bit familiar?
He pondered where he had seen him, maybe in a magazine?
"Timmy, call him Uncle Jacobs," Ivana Monroe saw Jacobs staring at Ian Keane. The little boy’s expression wasn’t that good, so she gently rubbed his head, gently encouraging him to greet politely.
"Uncle Jacobs," Ian Keane said stiffly.
Jacobs was overjoyed to hear himself called uncle, feeling as if he had drunk honey, his heart delightfully sweet: "Timmy is so well-behaved!"
Ian Keane frowned, what’s so obedient about that? Did he really want to call him uncle? Reluctantly, he only did so because of the woman’s insistence.
In Ivana Monroe’s eyes flashed a moment of surprise, looking at her son, whose handsome little face was still serious. Her smile froze for a moment but quickly returned as a beautiful smile spread across her face.
No problem, Timmy being willing to greet people was progress.
She realized she should give Timmy more time to slowly return to his former cute self.
Before going to bed last night, Ivana Monroe checked her phone: what reasons could cause a lively child to suddenly become cold?
The online answers: 1. The child is under recent pressure. 2. The child has been bullied. 3. The child lacks warmth.
Based on recent events, Ivana felt all these reasons applied, and online sources warned if these issues continued unchecked, children would turn introverted without parental care and affection.
Moreover, it was noted that the majority of introverted children come from single-parent families.
Ivana Monroe was terrified, as Timmy was once so lively and she could not bear the thought of him becoming an introverted child, which was more painful than being stabbed in the heart.
Jacobs handed Ivana Monroe the weekly report.
Ivana Monroe read it, rubbing her aching temples. Last week, there wasn’t a single order, but instead several scattered customers came to complain, demanding compensation for clothing shrinking, coming apart, or losing color during washing... various quality issues.
Because when Michelle Monroe managed GK, she promised triple compensation for quality issues, so last week’s total compensations amounted to over thirty thousand.
Some difficult individuals found triple compensation too little, demanding ten times compensation. Jacobs refused, and she threatened to go to the media to expose GK’s serious quality issues.
"Ivana, these problematic cases are merely a rarity among scattered orders. Because during Katherine’s time, the triple compensation promise had a term of up to a year."
For the sake of performance, Katherine did whatever it took. At that time, he opposed these practices, but it was of no use, as Michelle Monroe only focused on immediate benefits, seeing Katherine’s efforts with scattered customers as successful, she was delighted and trusted Katherine greatly, believing strict supervision meant no quality issues would arise.
Triple compensation was merely a means to attract customers to place orders with peace of mind.
But Katherine did not conduct proper quality supervision. Instead, due to reliance on opportunistic designers with no real skills, problems arose continuously.
"Ivana, the most pressing issue right now is this Mrs. Joyner, she is determined to get ten times compensation, but if we give in and other customers find out, then they will stir up trouble again. Our current financial state can’t cover this loss. Yet if we don’t relent and she does expose it on television, GK in Ravenswood would be truly paralyzed."
Jacobs sighed, GK had reached an impasse, all thanks to the mess created by Michelle Monroe and Katherine.
Ivana thought for a moment and said to Jacobs, "Call Mrs. Joyner, set up a meeting with her, I’ll have a good talk with her."
"Alright."
"Jacobs, are there any excellent winter apparel designs from the design department lately?" Ivana suddenly asked.
Jacobs hesitated, his thoughts couldn’t keep up with Ivana’s quick switch from handling complaints to asking about winter designs?
"Yes."
"Go get them and let me take a look."
Ivana suddenly thought of a good solution to handle future complaints and compensations.