Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 557

Seeing her brother lose his temper, Maisie quickly rushed over to pull him back.

"Mason, don't scare the kid. Just talk it out calmly."

Mason glared at Alaric, his stance uncompromising as he delivered his final warning:

"Without my permission, don't even think about taking Stella away."

He spun on his heel and stormed off, practically leaving a gust of wind in his wake.

Maisie frantically apologized on his behalf.

"Alaric, please don't be mad. My brother is just like this. Whenever things don't go his way, he explodes. Especially after Sebastian passed away, his temper has gotten incredibly erratic."

"You guys go ahead and eat. I'll go talk to him."

With that, she scurried out of the villa after him.

Alaric sat there, completely expressionless and perfectly composed.

He didn't mirror Mason's explosive fury.

Maintaining his refined and steady demeanor, he gently reminded Ivy:

"Ignore him. Just keep eating."

Ivy turned to Stella, comforting the little girl and gesturing for her not to be afraid and to finish her breakfast.

Thankfully, Stella had seen her fair share of intense situations. She wasn't terrified just because some uncle threw a tantrum.

However, she was incredibly curious about why this uncle was trying to steal her away from her dad.

Blinking her bright, innocent eyes, she looked at Ivy and asked,

"Mommy, why does that uncle want me to live with him so badly?"

"I'm not his daughter."

"Since he's being so mean and unreasonable, we can just call the cops on him!"

Ivy's heart ached as she listened.

She had no idea how to explain to the child that Alaric wasn't her biological father.

Her real father had passed away.

And both her current daddy and this 'Uncle Mason' were just best friends of her real dad.

Naturally, they couldn't reveal this truth to a child.