Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 463

Alaric fought to suppress the raging inferno in his chest. He pulled his daughter close and handed her his phone.

"Call your mom. Tell her you need her here and tell her to come back right now."

Stella took the phone and obediently dialed Ivy's number.

But the moment Ivy saw Alaric's number flash on the screen, she declined the call immediately.

Seeing that the call hadn't gone through, Stella looked up at her father.

"Mommy won't answer. Daddy, where did Mommy go? Wasn't she just here?"

Alaric took the phone back and dialed Ivy again.

He called twice more, but she refused to pick up. Eventually, she blocked his number entirely.

Furious, Alaric hurled the phone across the room, smashing it to pieces.

His violent outburst terrified Stella all over again, and she stood in the corner, sobbing.

Sylvia finally rushed over and pulled the child into her arms. "Don't cry, Stella. Be a good girl."

Alaric's voice was sharp and aggressive. "Get her out of here."

He was in no mood to comfort a crying child.

The realization that Ivy had actually abandoned him left his heart twisting in a suffocating knot, the pain so intense he could barely breathe.

Ivy boarded the high-speed rail and traveled through the night, arriving back in Silverton.

At the Rhodes residence.

Xavier had chosen to keep his company's crisis and Tristan's blacklisting a complete secret from his family.

If it came down to it, he'd just have to pivot to promoting his other artists, let his brother take a break for a few years, or transition him into a behind-the-scenes role.

When Hazel initiated a video call, Xavier didn't breathe a single word about making her beg Ivy to smooth things over with Alaric.

He had sworn off ever asking Ivy for another favor.

After the family chatted for a bit, Hazel pleaded through the screen:

"Xavier, if you have time, could you visit Silverton and check on my brother? He's only 15, and Gemma and I are a little worried about him being all alone out there."

Even though Toby was her adoptive parents' biological son.

He had been spoiled rotten since childhood, getting whatever he wanted.