Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 525

Before Ivy could even turn to go find the siblings, Maisie and Mason came walking down the stairs one after another.

Ivy quickly pulled Stella to the side.

Catching sight of her mother, the color drained from Maisie's face. She forced a bright smile and hurried over, greeting her politely.

"Mom, what brings you here?"

"If I didn't come, were you two planning on never returning to the Miller family for the rest of your lives?"

Katherine shot a glacial glare at her approaching son.

"Explain this to me. Why is there a child here?"

Mason looked less than thrilled as he walked straight over and took a seat, glancing at Stella.

"She's a friend's kid. She's staying with me for a couple of days. Is that a crime?"

Katherine's gaze snapped back to Stella.

She was entirely convinced that this child was the product of her son and Alaric finding a surrogate.

After all, Alaric was getting older and still refused to marry.

The thought that the Miller family's only son refused to marry or have children infuriated her.

But she kept her suspicions to herself, leaving her son with a shred of dignity. Standing up, she addressed only Maisie.

"Maisie, you're coming home with me. I have something to discuss with you."

Maisie was deeply intimidated by her mother.

As the Chairman of the Miller Group, her mother was fiercely dominant and authoritative, holding absolute power over everything in the family.

Moreover, Maisie wasn't even a blood relative.

Yet she had grown up surrounded by wealth and privilege, given whatever she desired, and molded by her mother into a perfectly cultured socialite.

Maisie was profoundly grateful to everyone in the family and would never dare disobey her mother. She quickly stood up and followed her out.

Once Katherine and Maisie were gone, Ivy finally let out a sigh of relief and pulled Stella close.

"Don't be scared."