Novels by ellaebaby16

Ivy’s POVThe room felt more comfortable in the morning light. I slowly sat with my eyes half-open, realizing how much of a good sleep this room blessed me with— and that it comes with a price.So I rubbed my eyes, yawned, then went out of the bed to begin my first day— and it flew quietly. I unfolded my things—a few neatly folded clothes, a toothbrush, some worn books I had carried across more than one move, a picture of me and Noah, and then his favorite toy. I put the books on the window ledge, the frame on the bed on the bedside table, the toy on the zigzag corner wall wooden shelf— at first uncertain whether it was okay for me to do that.But I shrugged it off. Remembering how he was last night, I assumed Dr. Gabriel— Gabriel wouldn’t mind.The house was up early, too, though not loudly. It had a rhythm, like a soft song playing beneath everything. The maids were moving quickly but gently, the air smelled of polished wood and fabric softener— far different from the eggs and bacon

Ivy's POVDr. Gabriel’s last request wasn’t really difficult. In the first place, the reason I was in front of him was to work and get big amount of money for Noah— not to fall in love with him and be his woman.Not that it was up to me since I was sure women were lining up just to be his wife.I signed the contract. And the second I brought down the pen, and locked eyes with him for a brief moment, it felt like I surrendered something I couldn't quite name, but I was quick to wash it off with trust.I knew I have to trust him, as he trust me, considering I’ll be living here from hereon.Gabriel didn’t say anything after that. He just nodded once, then gently pulled the papers away like they didn’t weigh as much as it did. He placed them back into the drawer—neatly, like everything else he touched.When he stood up, I did too, unsure if I should say something.“She should be upstairs by now.” His voice was thick but low. He walked around the desk, his movement more precise this time.

Ivy’s POVI watched my brother’s doctor walk away. His words echoing in my mind, heavy and unreal."Meet me before the end of my shift."It should’ve been an easy decision. The job he was offering me was a golden opportunity. He’d pay my brother’s bills? In full? I wouldn’t have to skip meals, work graveyard shifts, bear an hour of sleep or two everyday. That would solve my ninety-nine problems but at some point I felt like there was a trick to it.He wasn’t… a friend of my uncle, was he? No. That would be impossible because he had been my brother’s doctor for years now and nothing ever happened. Still, the way something was twisting in my stomach when he talked to me felt foreign.Or was it the opportunity that felt weird to me?I breathed hard, my heart stablizing.I looked down on the crumpled medical bill, slowly opening it up see the numbers that had been keeping me awake. Noah’s bills are skyrocketing. After spending years of working multiple jobs, although I did what I could, t

Gabriel's POV"Be my daughter's nanny."Those words left my mouth before I could even fully processed them. It cut through the noise in the hospital’s lobby like a sharp blade.Ivy— a guardian of my patient for two years now, blinked up at me. Her tired eyes were narrowing at me in disbelief— or perhaps perplexity. For a second, she didn’t move. She just sat there, curled up in the stiff blue plastic chair, her fingers white-knuckling a crumpled medical bill.She looked terrible. Exhausted. Worn, thin. Like someone who had been carrying the weight of the world for too long, without anyone to share the burden. And maybe she really was carrying the weight of the world, maybe she indeed didn’t have anyone to share her problems with.I wouldn’t be one to judge.But the fact that she still had hope within her— that she was not giving up, and instead only frustrated with her life’s movement, made me believe she was the right person for the job. She wanted a salvation— I needed a solution. I