~Chapter 004

Ivy's heart seized as her eyes went round the body of this woman. From her head, down to her toes, to her makeup, over to her style of dress, then her hair.

She was the epitome of beauty. This woman was her husband's ex and now she was back in the city and wouldn't stop coming after her husband.

Still staring at Sheila walking elegantly towards them, her hand involuntarily curled up into a fist. She had raw anger dripping from her breath.

"Hi Ivy, I've heard so much about you from Ryder, you're truly beautiful." Sheila bellowed with a smile.

Ivy came out from where she stood, between Ryder's legs.

"Hi Sheila.. thank you, you're also looking beautiful.." She muttered back, trying to smile but the smile wasn't reaching her eyes, she already had a lump formed at her throat

"I hope Ryder is very nice to you, he is the sweetest thing that could ever happen to any girl.." Sheila muttered, and then laughed, but Ivy didn't laugh, she only gave a slight chuckle, she knew what Sheila was doing, she was trying to tell her Ryder was once hers and he was sweet to her.

"Yes, he's my husband now and the sweetest thing that ever happened to me," Ivy replied, she could see a flash of disappointment glaze through Sheila's eyes. She thought she was the only fierce and outspoken one, Ivy also had some elegance and fierceness up her sleeves.

"Ehm Ryder, let's go to where you were taking me," Sheila muttered with such sweet voice, her attention now on Ryder.

"Yeah.. that's right." Ryder smiled and switched off his laptop.

Ivy watched, her heart twitching in her chest, and she clenched her hand tightly.

Earlier, when she came in here, Ryder was glued to his laptop as though she was invisible, but as soon as Sheila came in here, he looked up to her, smiling as though he had lost his mind and now he didn't even waste time switching off his laptop just to attend to her need.

Pain cut through her chest like a knife, her eyes welled up with tears. What had come over Ryder? Was he truly picking his ex over her?

Ivy's stomach churned, and she felt a dull ache in her lower abdomen, trying to caress it, she held herself back. She wasn't sure if she should let Ryder know about it just yet.

Just then, before her very own eyes, Ryder stood up and left the office with Sheila without any word to her about where they were going or why he had to go with her.

Still trying to process what Ryder just did, nausea suddenly hit her hard, she rushed into the bathroom, throwing up profusely into the basin.

While she was going through this, Ryder was busy going around with his ex. He wasn't attentive to her anymore. If not, she was adding weight and her old Ryder would've noticed and said something about it, but now he had an ex to take care of.

A few minutes later, she came back weak, the dull ache in her stomach intensified, and she held her stomach as she settled into a nearby seat. Sweat was forming on her forehead.

A few minutes later, the pain was reducing slowly and finally she felt no pain anymore. Relief washed over her. Her baby was fine.

She wasn't sure if Ryder was fit to be her baby's father anymore. Several rays of thought jumbled her mind.

Feeling like this and looking utterly dejected, she couldn't go out in this state, hence she sat there for her eyes to dry up before heading back to her office.

Not long after, she slept off there, in Ryder's office.