Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 337

Now that the couple had made up, they were practically glued together again.

Having finished inspecting her own present, Stella wandered over. The door had been left open, and the moment she waddled inside, she spotted her dad holding her mom and kissing her.

She giggled, quickly slapping her tiny hands over her eyes, and squealed in a babyish voice.

"Daddy and Mommy are shameless! Kids aren't supposed to see this!"

Hearing the little girl, Ivy practically leaped off Alaric's lap. She frantically smoothed down her clothes and stood off to the side, her face flushed with extreme embarrassment.

Alaric casually adjusted his tie, giving the child a look of sheer exasperation.

"If you aren't supposed to see it, then stop looking. Go wait outside."

"Okay! But you two hurry up and give me a baby brother. I want ten brothers to boss around!"

Dropping that bombshell, Stella skipped out of the room, thoughtfully pulling the door shut behind her.

Once the kid was gone, Ivy shot Alaric a piercing glare.

"Could you have a little self-control next time? She's five. She mimics everything."

Alaric raised an eyebrow. "Are you telling me what to do?"

He noted that the timid, endlessly obedient wife he once knew was officially gone.

She had been replaced by a fiery woman who challenged him, threw tantrums, and threatened divorce the second she was unhappy.

He wasn't entirely sure how to handle this version of her. A part of him missed the compliant girl who hung on his every word.

Ivy rolled her eyes. "I'm just giving you a warning."

"Keep your warnings to yourself. And no more throwing fits. Got it?"

Alaric stood up and wrapped his hand securely around hers.

He hadn't eaten much earlier, and he was starting to feel hungry.

He planned to head back down for a proper meal.

Ivy looked displeased. "If you treat me badly, am I just supposed to take it?"

"When have I ever treated you badly?"

Unable to resist, Alaric reached out and pinched her cheek again. "Be good and stop fighting with me. When I'm in a good mood, I'll shower you with money."

"But if you act out for no reason, I'm docking your pay."

Ivy balked. That was completely unacceptable.

Money was literally her lifeblood.

She instantly slipped into her obedient persona, nodding enthusiastically. "Got it."

"Good girl."

Ivy recalled secretly doing the test right after she had returned, having received the results a while ago.

The three sisters were not biological Sawyers.

She had been considering taking a trip back to their hometown to ask the neighbors how she and her sisters ended up with the Sawyers.

Or maybe she should just visit their mother in prison and demand the truth directly?

"Ivy, answer me!"

Met with prolonged silence, Hazel sounded undeniably anxious.

Snapping out of her thoughts, Ivy told the truth. "I did. None of us are their biological kids."

Hazel gasped excitedly. "Really? That's amazing! I knew it. What kind of parents treat their own flesh and blood like that?"

"It makes sense now. We aren't theirs."

Ivy stayed quiet, letting her sister vent.

It was obvious Hazel had been desperate to cut ties with that toxic family for a long time.

Not that there was a family left to escape from. The entire household had completely imploded.

Only their fifteen-year-old brother was left behind. Despite the lack of blood relation, they had still grown up together.