Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 202

Ivy didn't refuse. She quickly changed into a new outfit and followed Leo out the door.

Meanwhile, inside a private room at an exclusive club.

Mason downed several glasses of liquor before turning a hard glare on Alaric beside him.

"Did she ever come looking for you after everything?"

Alaric didn't deny it. "Yeah."

Mason grew even more furious upon hearing that. He sat up straight and snapped at him.

"Are you telling me you actually got together with her? Alaric, if you seriously hooked up with that woman, I swear to God I'll kill you."

Beside them, Maisie tugged at her brother's arm. "Mason, could you stop being so hot-headed? Just talk to him nicely."

Mason finally dialed back his temper.

Still annoyed, he raised his glass, drained it in one gulp, and, after cooling off a bit, locked eyes with Alaric again.

"What did she want with you? What's going on between you two? Are you dating?"

Alaric remained silent. "..."

When that woman had found him, she handed over a baby, claiming it was Sebastian's daughter.

Naturally, he didn't believe it at first, so he ran a DNA test between the child and Sebastian's samples.

The results confirmed it. Stella was indeed Sebastian's daughter.

After that, the woman vanished into thin air, completely off the grid as if she had evaporated.

He took the child back to Capital City, quietly raising her in Sebastian's honor.

His friends likely had no idea Stella even existed.

Alaric felt the girl was still too young.

It was best to keep her true parentage under wraps.

If Mason found out the child belonged to Sebastian, he would undoubtedly try to take her away.

So, it was safer to keep the secret for now.

"Speak up. Are you with her or not?"

Mason roared, frustrated that Alaric was sitting there mute as a rock.

"It's because Alaric rarely visits, and yet you always nag him. If you keep this up, he probably won't come back for another ten years."

Mason scoffed, throwing an arm around Alaric's shoulder.

"If you don't visit, I'll just fly to Capital City and crash your place."

Perhaps the alcohol was hitting him, as his attitude softened significantly. Staring at Alaric, he asked,

"Are you seeing anyone? How come there's never any news about your love life?"

"He's single and unmarried."

Gideon chimed in. "Last time I went to Capital City on a business trip, I bumped into Eleanor Foster. She told me he's rejected every single blind date she's set up for him. She's starting to think he's into men."

Mason's eyes lit up as he stared at Alaric. "Wait, are you like me?"

Alaric shot him a withering glare and disgustedly brushed Mason's arm off his shoulder.

"I am perfectly straight."

As he said those words, an image suddenly flashed through his mind—the fragrant, soft little wife currently waiting for him back at the hotel.