'I don't think you actually know the meaning of assault, and if anyone is going to call the police it will not be you" said Ivy before turning around.

'Mr Jin please call the police for me; this restaurant has no tolerance for sexual harassment said Ivy while taking out her phone.

The five men all looked at each with disbelief.

'When did any of us sexually harass you?" said the man in the beige suit.

'Do you have evidence of us harassing you, if anyone has been harassed, it is us at our table and all these people witnessed it happen' Chimed in Chris

'I have wasted enough of my time talking to the likes of these...THINGS, so I will make this quick' Said Ivy as she sends a video to the manager.

'Here is the evidence you need for the police when they arrive, as for me, since that animal did not touch me, I have no need to press charges' said Ivy as she started walking away.

Abby grabbed Ivy's shirt by the sleeve and said timidly 'I don't want the police involved, it's okay really, they won't get in trouble anyway and I will only waste my time and feel worse.'

Ivy could not understand, why she did not want to press charges when the evidence is right in front of her, but she decided to respect her decision after seeing her trembling. She gazed at the men behind her and said sternly

'Consider yourselves lucky, because had it been me, I would have made sure every single one of you gets jail time and is branded a sexual predator. Mr Jin have security send these people out, this instant and I better not ever set eyes on them in this restaurant, is that understood?'

'Yes, Miss Ivory' said Mr Jin as he signals the security at the Bar.

Three security guys came to escort the men out and one of them said 'Don't embarrass yourselves anymore, just quietly leave this establishment, as you are all aware of the type of customers in this place and the business circles are small, I have seen some of you come in here with your fathers don't make them a laughing stock.'

The men put their heads down in shame, grabbed their belongings and walked out with security.

Ivy returned to the private room to collect her bag and June followed behind, she turned around like a child who got caught with their hand in the cookie jar

and said "sorry" with a pleading look.

June said sternly ' how many times do I need to tell you to think before you act, you're not a child anymore Ivs, what would have happened to your third certification, if you got hurt? you already had the evidence all you had to do was forward it to Jin and request for them to be escorted out quietly without having to leave this room or get directly involved.'

' i know, I was just so angry and did not want them to get away with it, and also why are you always scolding me, it is not like I did anything wrong' said Ivy with a pout

'What exactly did you do right? did you think about the position you put Jin in or the waitress, are you planning to be here for the aftermath, do you think those guys are the type of people to let that kind of humiliation go, who do you think they will take it out on when we leave huh'

June is usually a very calm person, slow to anger and very tolerant but when it comes to Ivy and her ways he tends to get into situations that annoy him, as he likes to deal with situations without direct involvement or getting involved at all. He has spent most of his life being the protective big brother, and every time he thinks little Ivy is now an adult she causes trouble again and again without thinking, he blames himself at times for having always spoiled her growing up.

'let's go Ivs, I have to be back at the hospital in 40mins' said June while standing up and heading towards the door.

although Ivy was pouting behind him, she knew he was right. June paid their bill and took the takeaway he had ordered, and look at Ivy, signalling her to apologise to Jin.

Ivy bowed to Jin

'I am sorry for the trouble I caused earlier I could of being more thoughtful and dealt with it better'

Jin is a close friend of June's and has always thought of Ivy as his little sister too and he knew her temper pretty well so he just laughed it off, before wishing her a safe trip and reminding her to be careful in a foreign country.

June and Jin started chatting about a meeting next week for the restaurant, and while they were, Ivy went out back to find Abby. She found Abby and asked if she was okay before apologising for putting her in that position but Abby was so surprised by the apology she just stood there blankly staring at the lady in front of her.

'Hello?.......hi my name is ivory but my friends usually call me Ivy'

Abby still was staring at her blankly, she waved her hand in her face and said earth to Abby ? are you mad at me?

As soon as Abby heard that she came out of her trance and said while stuttering 'oh no sorry, I should be the one.....apologising. Thank you for standing up for me miss Ivory and sorry for not calling the police after you went through the trouble.

'Nice to meet you, Ivory, as you already know my name is Abby.'

you can call me Ivy, here is my card. I will be travelling tomorrow afternoon, but I would love to treat you to breakfast tomorrow before I leave to apologise properly.

'oh no Ivy, you don't need to do that truly, it was enough for me to have someone stand up for me' said Abby apologetically.

' I will take no for an answer, message me later and choose a time to meet. I will see you tomorrow morning. said Ivy while walking out.

June was waiting for her at the counter wondering where she was, when she came back he looked at her suspiciously.

'ugh! you're so annoying, I went to apologise to Abby, aren't you going to be late to work? let's go, just drop me back at the gym'

Chapter 5 Nice to Meet you Ivory.

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