Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 545

Ivy took a deep, steadying breath and finally raised her eyes to meet Alaric's gaze.

"What I want is for us to go to The County Clerk's Office, finalize the divorce as quickly as possible, and go our separate ways."

He wasn't getting any younger, and she refused to keep dragging him down.

Once the papers were signed, she could finally breathe.

Otherwise, the lingering dread that he would refuse to let her go—and eventually discover the baby in her womb—would drive her insane.

Once they were officially divorced.

She could invent an excuse to return to her hometown just before her due date and deliver the baby in peace.

The bottom line was simple: she needed to cut all ties with this man.

Alaric fell dead silent. His dark eyes locked onto hers, brimming with bruised agony. His thin lips pressed into a tight line, and for a long time, he didn't even twitch.

So, besides divorce, they literally had nothing left to say to each other?

He had mentioned divorce exactly once, in a fit of rage, telling her to pack her things. Was she really going to hold that grudge forever? Was she so determined to draw a permanent line between them that she refused to ever step foot in his home again?

Alaric knew that what he had said that night was unforgivably cruel.

But hadn't he spent every waking moment since trying to make amends?

Why was she so ruthlessly denying him even a single chance to fix things?

Alaric finally averted his gaze. He rested his elbows on his knees, his handsome face shadowed in defeat, completely out of words.

Ivy watched him carefully.

"So... can we? Can we find some time to head back to Capital City and handle the paperwork?"

Alaric shot up from the sofa, his face turning to solid ice as he threw down his answer.

"We'll talk about it after I finish my work."

Refusing to entertain the conversation for another second, he yanked the door open and stormed out.

Stella was no longer guarding the hallway.

She had apparently snuck off to sleep in Maisie's room.

Ivy watched his broad shoulders disappear, her heart tangling into complicated knots.

She could tell that he genuinely didn't want the divorce anymore.

But she was too terrified to gamble.

If she stayed, all it would take was one bad mood for him to kick her out of The Starlight Estate all over again.