Lauren and I both understood that this wasn't something you could just end with a clean break.

Ivanna kept her head down.

"Atlas is, after all, a legitimate businessman," Lauren sighed. “But Jared, he's unpredictable, Ivanna. I'm not trying to scare you!"

Unexpectedly, Ivanna raised her head with a slight smirk. Defiantly, she said, "I knew it from the first day I met him."

"Chloe, did you see that? It's over... She's done for and beyond saving!" Lauren’s words became somewhat disjointed. "