Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 370

When they saw her walk in, they instantly swarmed her, their eyes raking over her with frantic concern.

"Are you okay?"

"Did Alaric really not do anything to you last night?"

Ivy mentally praised herself. Thank God she had the foresight to cake her neck with foundation before leaving the house to cover up the love bite.

Otherwise, if they saw it, they would probably assume she had been brutally assaulted.

She offered a reassuring smile and shook her head. "I'm totally fine."

"Ivy, I heard you stood up for me, and that's why he dragged you away. Are you absolutely sure he didn't hurt you?"

Hazel inspected her sister closely, genuinely terrified that Ivy had suffered some horrific abuse and was keeping it a secret.

Ivy maintained her firm stance.

"I'm perfectly fine. He just gave me a harsh warning, yelled at me for being reckless, and kicked me out of his car halfway. I took a cab home."

Lying straight to her sister and the Rhodes family was making her feel incredibly guilty.

Especially now that they had officially crossed paths with Alaric.

If it ever came out that she was legally married to the man, and had been playing dumb this entire time.

Her sisters would definitely be furious.

Ivy felt hopelessly trapped.

She had signed an ironclad NDA with Alaric. Without his explicit permission, she legally couldn't breathe a word about their marriage to anyone.

Her hands were completely tied.

"As long as you're safe."

Xavier let out a massive sigh of relief. "We were terrified he dragged you off to do something unspeakable."

"Just make sure you stay as far away from him as possible from now on. The man is dangerously volatile. Nobody can afford to cross him."

Hazel, however, wasn't quite ready to let it go.

"But he did save my life. I really need to thank him properly."

She looked up at Xavier, her voice dropping into a soft, pleading tone.

"Xavier, could you invite him over just one more time? Just so I can thank him face-to-face. Please?"

Xavier looked highly uncomfortable. Before he could respond, Ivy jumped in, completely lost.

Hazel's face lit up with a brilliant smile. "Thank you, Xavier! Thank you, Landon!"

Standing off to the side, Ivy's face scrunched up in distress.

So Alaric was her sister's knight in shining armor.

Was Hazel developing a crush on him?

Oh God, please no.

She absolutely refused to let a man drive a wedge between her and her sister.

The group chatted in the hospital room for a little while longer.

Xavier was the first to leave, heading straight to the corporate office.

Landon went to track down the attending physician for a more detailed update on Gemma's condition.

Once the two older brothers were gone, Hazel pulled Ivy aside and whispered,

"Ivy, Xavier is obsessed with you. He was so terrified you were hurt that he dragged me here first thing in the morning just to make sure you were okay. It's so obvious he has major feelings for you."

"You need to divorce that loser husband of yours as soon as possible, okay? If you marry Xavier, we'll actually be real sisters for life."