Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 467

After hanging up with Tristan, Ivy waited outside the emergency room like a ghost, completely consumed by fear.

It wasn't until the operating room doors finally opened and the doctor confirmed the patient was out of danger that Ivy could finally let out a shaky breath.

But she didn't dare relax completely. She followed the doctors and nurses as they wheeled Xavier into his recovery room.

It would take the Rhodes family at least several hours to arrive from the city.

So, in the meantime, she went down to the hospital gift shop and bought all the essentials for an overnight stay, including a fresh set of pajamas for Xavier.

When she returned to the room, she prepared to change Xavier into the clean clothes herself.

Perhaps the movement disturbed him, because Xavier fluttered his eyes open just in time to see Ivy trying to slide his trousers off.

He immediately shot a hand down to grip his waistband, glaring at her with wild suspicion.

"What do you think you're doing?"

Seeing that he was awake, Ivy gently tried to pry his hand away.

"Your injuries are severe, and you shouldn't be moving around yet. I'm just changing your clothes."

After all, his current clothes were practically soaked in blood.

If his family walked in tomorrow morning and saw him like this, they would be heartbroken.

Getting him into something clean would also help him sleep much more comfortably.

Xavier still looked incredibly uncomfortable. He lay there, weak but stubbornly refusing.

"Go find a male nurse to do it. Why are you trying to strip me? I am absolutely not giving Alaric another reason to misunderstand this."

Alaric's vicious warning was still ringing crystal clear in his memory.

This girl belonged to Alaric Foster. He had absolutely zero romantic intentions toward her, and he refused to be tangled up in any more drama involving her.

Ivy looked down at him, feeling utterly helpless.

"Where exactly am I supposed to find a male nurse in the middle of the night? Besides, I used to be a nurse. This is just standard procedure for me."

Xavier still refused. "I don't care, you are not doing it."

Left with no other options, Ivy had to call her brother.

Toby hurried to the hospital. The moment he saw her, he grabbed her arm in a panic.

"Ivy, are you okay? When I went downstairs I heard people saying there was a mugging and a stabbing right outside our complex. Was that you two?"

He had wondered why his sister had been gone for so long.