Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 490

He couldn't bear to let his wife leave, yet he was the one demanding a divorce.

When she was around, he caused endless drama, and now that she was gone, he was staging an elaborate injury just to win her sympathy.

She truly couldn't understand how these men's minds worked.

Knowing Ivy would be arriving shortly, Mrs. Gable decided to head to bed, leaving the young couple some space to sort things out.

Ivy hurried into The Starlight Estate in an absolute panic.

Running into the living room, she saw the man lying on the couch and instantly threw herself at his side, entirely forgetting their recent bitter fallout as she asked with genuine concern:

"Mr. Foster, what happened? Let me see where you're hurt."

Alaric shifted to look at her, his tone dripping with bitterness.

"Why do you care if I live or die?"

Ivy didn't want to argue with him, remembering Mrs. Gable had mentioned he sprained his ankle.

She quickly reached for his foot.

Sure enough, she saw a large, angry red welt swelling across his left ankle.

She immediately began checking for dislocations or fractures.

Playing his part to perfection, Alaric dramatically furrowed his brow in pain the moment her fingers grazed his skin.

Ivy noticed his reaction but had no idea it was entirely faked.

Assuming he was severely injured, she reached out to help him up.

"Come on, we need to get you to the hospital for an X-ray. I can't properly diagnose it like this."

Alaric sat up, aggressively pushing her hand away.

"It's not lethal. I'm not going."

"But what if it's broken?"

"Then they can amputate it."

Ivy was speechless.

Seeing that the stubborn man was completely unreasonable, she sat back down.

She pulled his foot onto her lap and began examining it meticulously, pressing gently along the bone and watching his reactions closely.

Once she was confident it was just a nasty scrape with no signs of fracture or dislocation, she finally let out a breath of relief.

"It shouldn't be anything serious. I'll just put some ointment on it."

Ivy turned to grab the medical kit.

When she returned, Alaric immediately started mocking her.

"A second ago you couldn't diagnose it, and now you're sure it's nothing serious? If you don't want to care for me, then just leave."