Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 459

Ivy walked into the office carrying takeout.

Spotting Mr. Foster resting on the sofa in the lounge area, she walked over softly, crouched by the coffee table, and began unpacking the lunch she had bought.

"Are you throwing a tantrum because I left?"

Alaric maintained a poker face, his words contradicting his true feelings.

"No."

Ivy handed him the silverware. "I just noticed you seemed exhausted, so I went to get you something delicious. Please stop being mad, okay?"

Alaric leaned back, refusing to take the silverware, his voice remaining icy.

"I thought you didn't care about me. Why did you even come back? I won't starve to death without your food."

That infuriating girl hadn't even told him she was stepping out to buy lunch.

She had him believing she actually went home and abandoned him.

She had him brooding in frustration for half the day.

She had him thinking she genuinely didn't care about his feelings at all.

When would this girl finally stop having such a massive impact on his emotions?

Alaric felt a sudden urge to reach out and pinch her just to teach her a lesson.

Seeing that he wouldn't take the silverware, Ivy simply picked up a bite of food and held it to his lips. "Open up."

Alaric glared at her, completely ignoring the gesture.

Ivy placed the food back down. Meeting his dark, brooding gaze, she spoke from the heart.

"Of course I care about you. Why wouldn't I? But just think about my connection to the Rhodes family for a second. Landon took my two sisters abroad to study, and he's fully funding Gemma's medical treatments."

"Their family has been incredibly generous to me. I admit what Tristan did was completely out of line, but since it's all in the past now, couldn't we just look at..."

"You really did come back to plead for the Rhodes family."

Alaric cut her off, leaning his head back and closing his eyes again.

"I didn't even spare my own nephew or my sister. Do you honestly think I'd let Tristan off the hook?"

Anyone who dared to bully her would never meet a good end.

Yet, this bleeding heart of a girl was actually trying to beg for Tristan's mercy.

Why couldn't she realize that if it weren't for his absolute ruthlessness, she wouldn't be where she was today?

Ivy suddenly remembered.