Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 502

Ivy had been on the verge of relenting.

But hearing his last sentence, her resolve hardened, instantly killing any urge to go downstairs.

Anger flared in her chest. "We are divorced. I owe you nothing. We're done here."

She hung up the phone decisively.

Falling back onto her bed, she felt that sharp, tearing pain in her chest once again.

She quickly pressed a hand to her heart, taking deep breaths, reminding herself not to waver or soften.

She and Alaric were from two different worlds.

She was entirely unworthy of being Mrs. Foster.

Since she had chosen to leave Capital City, she shouldn't entertain any thoughts of returning.

Rather than staying in a place like that, walking on eggshells around a man every day, it was better to stay in her hometown and live a quiet, ordinary life.

She could never match his status, but she could at least hide from him.

Downstairs.

Alaric stared at the disconnected call. In the darkness, his handsome features were clouded with a mix of gloom, fury, and a deeply hidden agony that no one else could see.

His knuckles turned white as he gripped his phone, looking as though he wanted to crush it to pieces.

Beside him, Leo carefully ventured a suggestion.

"Boss, maybe we should just go to a hotel?"

Alaric had never felt so humiliated in his life.

He had traveled hundreds of miles just to be shut out by Ivy in the middle of the night.

A suffocating weight pressed down on his chest. It took him a long time to steady his breathing before he finally ordered Leo.

"Take the car and leave. I'm waiting right here. I don't believe she won't come down tomorrow."

He wouldn't be able to sleep at a hotel anyway.

He might as well stay here and let the cold wind clear his head.

He wanted to see if Ivy was truly cruel enough to ignore him entirely.

Leo misunderstood his boss's intentions.