Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 190

He walked straight into the dining room and sat down, expecting to be served like some ancient emperor.

Ivy quickly set out his plate and silverware.

Still unwilling to sit at the same table, she turned around to busy herself elsewhere.

Alaric watched her behavior with visible annoyance.

But he was too proud to swallow his ego and ask her to sit down with him.

He just felt that with someone like Ivy, the nicer you were to her, the more entitled and demanding she became.

Alaric barely ate anything before preparing to leave.

Ivy quickly stepped forward and asked,

"Could you drop me off at the hospital on your way? I need to deliver this food to Stella."

She knew Alaric was definitely heading to the hospital.

Riding in the same car would give her a chance to ask about Stella's condition.

Alaric pressed his lips into a tight line. He was fully intending to reject her coldly, but somehow, against his better judgment, he agreed.

Ivy hastily added,

"Give me just a few minutes, I'll clean off the table and be right out."

Alaric felt a surge of impatience, but stubbornly sat in his car and waited anyway.

Sitting in the driver's seat, Leo peeked at his boss's face, which looked as frosty as if someone owed him millions.

He couldn't resist speaking up.

"Boss, the Mrs. probably didn't lose the young miss on purpose. I heard that she didn't know we found her last night, and she searched the hospital alone all night, crying her eyes out."

Alaric shot Leo a glacial glare, his tone dripping with acidic jealousy.

"You seem to care about her a lot. Keeping tabs on her every move, are we?"

Leo practically jumped, realizing he had overstepped again, and immediately snapped his mouth shut.

Just then, Ivy scurried out of the villa carrying a lunchbox, tactfully sliding into the back seat.

She hadn't realized Alaric's assistant was driving.

Either way, she wasn't trying to shirk responsibility.

Alaric cast a sideways glance at her. "You failed to watch her properly, which is entirely your fault, yet you're perfectly quick to pass the buck."

Naturally, he wouldn't let anyone who dared harm his daughter off the hook.

He had already dispatched Leo to investigate.

But he didn't own Metropolitan General, and without much leverage, his authority there was limited.

To make matters worse, the hospital's security system just happened to be updating right when Stella got hurt.

To catch the culprit, he would need time to draw the snake out of its hole.

"I'm not passing the buck. I just think it's highly suspicious. If you insist it was solely my fault, I accept that. I will absolutely make up for my mistake,"

Ivy said, keeping her head down. She hugged the lunchbox tightly to her chest, still not daring to meet the man's eyes.

Alaric looked away from her and said flatly,

"From now on, Elena will be staying at The Starlight Estate frequently to take care of Stella. Your only job is to cover Mrs. Gable's chores and stick to your boundaries."