Transmigrated: I Became My Nemesis's Woman novel Chapter 46

Chapter 46: I am going to test her

Meanwhile, Ivy had returned home. But the moment she stepped inside, an unexpected visitor caught her off guard.

"Oh, here she is," Florine said with a smile from the couch in the living room.

Butler Rupert also glanced at Ivy and offered her a polite smile.

Ivy stood still for a moment, her eyes fixed on the woman, silently questioning why she was here. But everything around seemed normal, which gave her one small reassurance.

At least Florine had not come here to create a scene.

Taking a quiet breath, Ivy walked toward her.

"What brings you here, Madam?" she asked, her tone plain and distant.

Butler Rupert frowned slightly.

They were not aware of the true nature of their relationship, but they had assumed Florine was Ivy’s mother. Hearing Ivy address her so formally made him question that assumption.

Florine, on the other hand, was caught off guard by the coldness.

"Mother, Ivy," she said with a forced laugh, trying to ease the tension.

Ivy ignored it completely and took a seat across from her.

Sensing the growing discomfort, Butler Rupert stepped in. "Would you like something, Madam Ford?"

Florine snapped out of her thoughts and smiled at him. "Juice would be fine."

Rupert nodded, then turned to Ivy. "And for you, Madam?"

Ivy shook her head politely. "I’m fine, Butler Rupert."

With that, he excused himself, leaving the two alone.

The moment he was gone, Florine’s expression hardened. She turned to Ivy and glared.

"What was that behavior?" she asked through gritted teeth.

Ivy met her gaze without flinching.

"What?" she replied calmly. "Wasn’t it you who told me to call you ’Madam’?"

Florine blinked, stunned by her tone. Her fingers curled into a tight fist.

She remembered it clearly.

The shift from "mother" to "madam" had begun the moment her husband died.

To Florine, Ivy had never been more than a stray she had taken in. And when their circumstances worsened, that same "stray" had been reduced to little more than a servant in her own house.

A bitter scoff echoed in her mind.

I shouldn’t have let her leave when she asked to move out, Florine thought, her jaw tightening. Living outside has made her too bold... and far too sharp-tongued.

Ivy on the other hand watched Florine silently and smirked. She by now had come to understand one thing and that was Florine visiting here wasn’t a coincedence but her way to asure that she wasn’t causing any trouble.

Soon Bulter Rupert came and place the glass of juice before them. "Enjoy you juice Madam" he said before retreating once again.

Florine smile, but soon her eyes turned grim. "I am glad that you choose to obey my words Ivy. Because running away he not an option now that you are bound with a contract with Xander"

Ivy leaned lesurely crossing her one let over other. " A contract that benefits you mother" she said and Florine looked at her.

And yet here they were.

"So what if she’s Leo’s mother?" Aaron continued, throwing his hands up dramatically. "It doesn’t change the fact that she left her newborn behind and disappeared like a magician’s final act!"

He stopped in front of Xander, hands on his hips, looking less like a dangerous man and more like a disappointed grandmother who had seen too much in life.

Xander listened quietly.

He had doubted Ivy at first. But after the DNA report confirmed the truth, he had decided to set his suspicion aside, at least for now.

It had only been a few days, but her presence had already brought a noticeable change into their lives.

And strangely...

he didn’t hate it.

"NO WAY!" Aaron suddenly slammed his hand on the table, snapping Xander out of his thoughts.

"I am not going to believe her just like that," he declared, pointing an accusing finger at absolutely no one in particular.

Xander didn’t even flinch.

"I am going to test her," Aaron announced with full conviction. "And if she passes, then—and only then—she gets to stay."

A brief silence followed as Xander’s lips twitched ever so slightly, but he said nothing.

Because he already knew one thing. Testing Ivy meant going against Leo.

And going against Leo? That was far more dangerous than anything Aaron was planning.