Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 261

Ivy swatted Alaric's hand away, shooting him a glare.

"Who told you to stop me from staying with Stella? She was absolutely terrified when they drew her blood."

The little girl wasn't satisfied either. She jumped off the sofa, marched over to kick Alaric twice, and tilted her head up to yell angrily,

"I hate you, Daddy! I'm never talking to you again!"

Still fuming, she ran back to her room and slammed the door shut.

Alaric felt utterly baffled and looked at Ivy. "Didn't you tell her the blood test was for her own good?"

The child had been poisoned by Elena. If they didn't run blood tests, how would he know if the antidote she provided was actually working?

But he did feel sorry for the kid, whose tiny arms were bruised from the needles.

"I did! But she's just a child, how much could she understand? If you had let me go with her, she wouldn't have cried so hard. I don't want to talk to you either."

Dropping those words, Ivy turned on her heel and left.

Alaric was left standing there, completely speechless.

Girls were truly a torment.

Making a fuss about one thing or another all day long.

Having no patience to deal with them, Alaric returned to the master bedroom to change his clothes.

Later at dinner time, Stella refused to come out of her room.

Ivy brought a plate to her bedside to feed her. After a lot of coaxing and a promise to sleep with her that night, the little girl reluctantly took a few bites.

After making sure the child ate, Ivy washed up and went back to the room to keep her company.

When Alaric finished his work in the study and returned to the master bedroom, he found the bed empty again. He went to check the nursery.

Seeing that Ivy had crawled into bed with the kid and both were fast asleep,

Alaric leaned over to pick Ivy up.

He wanted to carry her back to the master bedroom.

He wasn't entirely sure if Elena's drug was still controlling him.

He needed to test himself constantly these days.

Only when he was absolutely certain he was fine could he send that woman to prison.

"I'll bring you back before dawn,"

Alaric didn't give her a chance to overthink, simply scooping her up and carrying her away.

Ivy was about to object again when Stella happened to wake up, crying out instantly,

"Mommy, where are you going? Are you leaving me again?"

Ivy quickly scrambled out of his arms, sliding under the covers and pulling the child into a comforting hug.

"Mommy's not going anywhere. I'll stay right here with you. Go back to sleep, sweetie."

Stella looked at her father standing by the bed and pointed a finger at him.

"Then what is he doing here? Tell him to go away, I don't want to talk to him."

Ivy looked at Alaric, signaling him with her eyes to leave.

Alaric's expression darkened. He leaned in and told the child, "Daddy just needs to discuss something with your mom. Once we're done, she'll come right back to you, okay?"

Stella shook her head and started crying. "No! Every time she leaves with you at night, she never comes back. And whenever she sleeps with you, she always gets hurt. You're definitely bullying her. I don't want her to be with you."