Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 492

Seeing her arrive, Mrs. Rhodes immediately stood up to greet her.

"Ivy, you're here. I just remembered I have some matters to attend to at home, so I'll get going. You two have a nice chat."

Mrs. Rhodes was incredibly perceptive. She pulled Ivy over to the bedside, then quickly stepped out and closed the door behind her.

Xavier felt rather awkward and quickly explained.

"Don't mind my mother. Hardly anyone knows about you and Alaric, and since I assumed you wanted to keep it a secret, I couldn't exactly tell them the truth."

Ivy completely understood. She took a seat by the bed.

"Are you feeling any better? What did the doctors say after you transferred here?"

Xavier nodded. "Much better. A couple more days of IV drips, and as long as the follow-up exams look good, I should be discharged."

"That's a relief."

Ivy looked incredibly distracted, sitting there unsure of what to say.

Xavier noticed her heavy heart and asked gently,

"What's wrong? Did you and Alaric have a fight?"

"We broke up," Ivy confessed truthfully.

No one knew they were married, but people did know they were together.

So saying they broke up felt natural.

But looking at Xavier, a wave of guilt washed over her. She lowered her head and murmured,

"I'm so sorry, Xavier. I couldn't convince Alaric to lift the ban on Tristan."

Xavier was incredibly curious, but his first instinct was to comfort her.

"It's fine. If Tristan is blacklisted, I'll just promote new talent. Please don't worry about it."

But he couldn't stop himself from asking,

"Why did you break up? Was it because he caught you taking care of me that day?"

Ivy didn't deny it. "He constantly suspects me of being unfaithful. He was the one who initiated the breakup, and honestly, I think we're just from two entirely different worlds. It's for the best."

Even so, her heart ached terribly.

She hadn't slept a wink last night.