Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 169

Listening to the child's righteous indignation.

And seeing Alaric's thoroughly speechless and exasperated expression, Ivy couldn't hold back her amusement.

She finally understood.

Stella was probably the only person in the world who could put Alaric in his place.

Ivy led the child back to the living room to resume their crafts.

Alaric ignored them, turned around, and headed upstairs. After showering and changing clothes, he stayed in his study.

When it was time for bed, he returned to the master bedroom, entirely unsurprised to find Ivy missing.

She must have actually gone to sleep with the kid.

For some inexplicable reason, a wave of disappointment washed over him.

He had thought that, since he resolved her scandal, she might be more than willing to fulfill her wifely duties tonight as a gesture of gratitude.

Instead, Stella had popped up out of nowhere to thwart him.

Alaric knew that tonight, unlike last night, he wouldn't have a soft, warm wife pressed against him for a good night's sleep.

Sighing, he lay down in the lonely bed.

Ivy had indeed been dragged by Stella to sleep in the children's room.

The little girl nestled snugly against her chest, feeling just like her very own child—tiny, warm, and unbearably cute.

Unable to resist, Ivy pressed a tender kiss to the child's forehead.

Once Stella drifted off to sleep, Ivy turned to stare at the ceiling, her mind drifting to Alaric and the night they had shared.

She wondered if he was asleep by now.

She wondered if he ever thought of her.

She didn't know when it had started, but she had actually begun to care for that man.

Even knowing they had no future together.

Even knowing someone like her wasn't worthy of being his wife.

She still couldn't stop her heart from fluttering just a little.

Ivy felt she was being incredibly greedy.

Taking his money and then wanting his heart too—it was pure delusion.

She tossed and turned for a long time that night, only managing to fall asleep in the early hours of the morning.

Alaric didn't sleep well either.

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