Ivy obediently went upstairs to fetch their marriage certificate.
Along the way, she couldn't help but wonder what Alaric was planning to do.
Was he really going to confess their marriage to Ethan?
Was he no longer afraid of hurting Ethan or triggering him into doing something drastic?
She still found it hard to believe that her husband was actually going to make their relationship public.
After retrieving the document, she walked back downstairs and handed it to Alaric.
He took it from her and immediately tossed it onto Ethan's lap.
"Look closely at the date on there. When Ivy and I got married, you hadn't even been admitted to the hospital, let alone crossed paths with her. You've been lusting after my wife this entire time."
Ethan picked up the marriage certificate, his eyes scanning the two faces, the names, the ID numbers, and the date of registration.
It felt like a bolt of lightning had struck him. He was entirely in shock.
Ivy and his uncle had tied the knot way before he had even bumped into her at the hospital.
But wasn't Ivy still dating Patrick Sterling back then?
Unable to process this brutal reality, Ethan whipped his head toward her.
"How is this possible?"
"A month before I ran into you at Metropolitan General, my buddies told me you were still with Patrick Sterling. How did you end up married to my uncle?"
"And when did you two even meet?"
His uncle was notoriously cold and aloof, a man who kept women at arm's length and never mingled with people below his social standing.
Ivy was from a poor, rural town. She was broke and desperate for money, and in everyone else's eyes, she was nothing but a gold digger.
That was the exact type of person his uncle loathed the most. So how on earth had they ended up together?
Ethan simply couldn't wrap his head around it.
Ivy truly hadn't expected Alaric to lay out the reality of their marriage to his nephew so bluntly.
"I thought once she rejected you, you'd give up. I didn't expect you to be this relentless."
The truth was, Alaric felt a twinge of guilt for being so rough with Ivy in bed the night before, so he had specifically made time to come home at noon to check on her.
He hadn't expected to find his nephew here harassing her.
Since Ethan had already pieced most of it together, Alaric saw no point in hiding it anymore.
"You two are absolutely twisted. I never want to see either of you again for the rest of my life."
Ethan looked at Ivy, tears streaming down his face. "I will never accept you as my aunt, and I will never forgive either of you."
Unable to bear the sudden, devastating blow, and unwilling to stay in that room for a second longer, he turned and sprinted out the door.
Ivy felt a deep pang of guilt.
Terrified that Ethan might do something reckless, she looked at her husband, who was standing there completely unfazed.
"Aren't you going to go after him?"

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