Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 431

A few minutes later, Leo escorted the woman into the expansive corner office.

Alaric lifted his predatory gaze to study her.

She looked to be in her late twenties, slightly taller than Ivy, but her appearance was rather unremarkable.

In Alaric's memory, he had only crossed paths with this woman once.

It was the day after Sebastian passed away, when she had handed him Stella, who was just a swaddled infant at the time.

Having no patience for whatever game she was playing, Alaric didn't even offer her a seat, cutting straight to the chase.

"What do you want?"

Sylvia stepped forward, her heart giving a reflexive flutter as she took in Alaric's commanding presence in his immaculately tailored dark suit, exuding an aura of absolute authority.

This was the man she had fallen for at first sight all those years ago.

Five years had passed, and he had only grown more dangerously composed and unreadable.

Knowing exactly what kind of ruthless predator Alaric was from her time with Sebastian, Sylvia desperately masked her inner desires and forced her voice to tremble.

"Mr. Foster, I miss my daughter. Can I please see her?"

Sylvia knew perfectly well that Sebastian had died for this man.

And since the child belonged to Sebastian, there was no way this powerful tycoon would ever abandon the girl.

If the girl had been by Mr. Foster's side for the last five years, he definitely loved her as his own.

That meant she could easily leverage her status as the biological mother to secure a permanent place by his side.

This had been the ultimate endgame she had been plotting for years.

A dark, stormy shadow fell over Alaric's chiseled features, his demeanor turning unforgivingly cold.

"Do you honestly think you have the right to see Stella?"

Sensing his rising fury, Sylvia immediately pivoted to playing the fragile victim, letting tears spill down her cheeks.

"I know abandoning her and leaving her with you without a word was wrong, but have you ever considered what I went through?"

"When Seb died, I was completely shattered. I fully intended to hand the baby over and end my own life to be with him, but someone pulled me from the ocean before I could drown."

"When I finally recovered and tried to find you to get my baby back, you had already moved back to Capital City. I couldn't track you down. You have no idea the sacrifices I've made just to get back here to see my little girl."

While waiting for Mr. Foster to come home, she sat in the living room, helping Stella with her reading.

The low purr of an approaching car engine soon drifted from the driveway.

Assuming Mr. Foster was finally back, Ivy excitedly turned to the little girl.

"Stella, keep reading on your own for a second. I'm going to greet your dad at the door."

Knowing that her mommy was trying to win her daddy over, the smart little girl nodded and stayed put.

Clutching The Crimson Rose in her hand, Ivy hurried outside as the luxury sedan pulled into the courtyard, waiting eagerly by the curb.

The moment the car parked, she rushed up with a radiant smile, her voice dripping with sweetness.

"Darling, you're back from work! I got you this rose, isn't it beautiful?"

Alaric's expression remained dangerously stoic; he didn't utter a word, nor did he make a move to take the flower.

A split second later, Ivy watched as a woman stepped out from the passenger side.

She looked to be in her late twenties, and while she wasn't breathtakingly gorgeous, she was certainly presentable.