Chapter 1899

She turned her bag inside out, and at last, she found it. It was a miniature listening device. It was as small as a fingernail. Given the clutter of her bag, she would not have noticed it being placed inside. Ivy held her breath and carefully picked up the listening device, cradling it in her palm. Perhaps, at this very moment, Aurum was listening in. Once she talked to Shawn and disclosed what she had heard today, her days would be numbered. Since she knew so much, she would suffer a terrible fate. She wondered what she should do. She considered throwing it away, but if Aurum could not eavesdrop, he would know she had found out. After pondering for a while, Ivy put the device back in her bag, then threw the bag into the closet in the cloakroom and locked herself in the bathroom of her guest room. That should be a reasonable distance from the device. Ivy picked up her phone and dialed Shawn's number. Meanwhile, in Temperley Hall, Shawn was attending an online international confe