That evening, after leaving the hospital, Daniel and Ivy joined Isla on her private jet and made the journey to Battambang. When they arrived, Ivy's grandfather who was eager to see his long-lost daughter, was waiting outside. Isla had informed him that she had a surprise for him, a pleasant one, and he was thinking he was going to reunite with Luna. But then, he saw Ivy and recognized her from the pictures he had seen on social media. Instantly, he knew that she was his granddaughter, and tears welled up in his eyes as he opened his arms for her. Ivy felt surprised at the gesture, but then Daniel urged her and said, "Go ahead, your grandfather is welcoming you." She ran to him and hugged him, and as he hugged her, he broke down in tears. He kept hugging Ivy, but she felt uncomfortable because she has never received the love of a family member who was a male. After that, they all went into the house, and her grandfather asked her to sit beside him. Ivy looked at everyone and felt
Daniel knocked on the door and asked Ivy to open up, but she refused. She remained in the bathroom despite his persuasion. In the end, he said, "I'm very sorry, Ivy. I didn't mean to do what I did. It was a mistake. Please open the door and come out. Please, Ivy." However, Ivy still refused to open the door. Eventually, Daniel had no choice but to leave. He believed that the more he remained in the room, the more Ivy would refuse to come out. He didn't want her to remain locked in the bathroom so he left the room.After he left, Ivy came out. She sat on the bed and sighed in relief. She couldn't understand what was going on with Daniel. The first time he had hugged her, and now this. Perhaps she was thinking too much about it, but after what had happened, she did not think things would remain the same between them. After that, she began to avoid him. She barely made eye contact with him and always did her best to keep herself busy each time he was around. She kept at it until it bec
Daniel began, "Well, someone went to the palace and informed my parents about Ivy's background."Doc spat out the water in his mouth and said, "What? Oh my God! Your parents found out? What did they do about it?""Calm down," Daniel replied. "Now, the only people who know about Ivy's background and know that I am marrying her are myself, you, and Ivy. Your girlfriend and her friend were at the hospital the first day I met both of them, so they probably heard about Ivy's background. I don't know for certain and I'm not accusing your girlfriend, but I'm just saying, who else would have done it? Someone told my parents about it, and the intent was to make sure my wedding to Ivy was called off. And that would have worked out if my parents weren't open-minded to some extent.I initially did not suspect either of them but on that very day, I got a call from Ella trying to tell me that she was still available, so I still had the option of going for her if Ivy wasn't good enough.I asked her
After getting off the phone with Ivy, Daniel rolled around his bed excitedly without knowing that his mom, who listened to his conversation, was standing outside the room. She came in and saw how happy he was and shook her head. "Do you really love her that much?" she asked. "You have no idea, Mom," Daniel replied. "Do you know that she's going to be here until the wedding? Then after the wedding, she'll move into the palace with me." "Yeah, you seem so excited about it," his mom remarked. "Mom, I've never been this happy in my life." "I'm happy for you, my son," his mom said. "But don't forget what I said, let Ivy know the truth, okay? So you don't get disappointed." "Don't worry, Mom, I understand Ivy better than you do. I know how she thinks. Trust me, if she knows the truth now, she'll back down. I know she doesn't feel the same way about me right now, but I'll make her fall for me. No matter what it takes, I'll do it." "Well, I'm surprised she hasn't fallen for you already
Ivy was all smiles as they drove back home, and seeing the expression on her face made Hudson very happy. While in his room, Daniel was about to call Doc when Doc called him. "Speak of the devil," he exclaimed. "So, I was just about to call you before you called me." "I know," Doc said, "I'm already aware that everything went smoothly." "Really? How did you find out?" Daniel asked. "Well, I called your mum. Don't forget she's my friend." Doc replied. "I see. You're such a betrayer, going behind me to call my mom," Daniel said. "That makes me a betrayer? Well, don't forget that I'm also her doctor, so I called her to check up on her." "Yeah, whatever," Daniel said. "I wanted to tell you something," Doc added. It's...." "Let it wait." Daniel interrupted him. "I'm throwing a party, okay, not really a party. I want to throw a party for Ivy and me.""Well, look at that, I was even calling you for the same purpose," Doc said. "I want us to have something like a double date. You k
Anna stared at Ivy and said, "I'm very sorry, Ivy. I didn't mean to upset you or accuse you falsely. Please forgive me." Ivy replied, "It's fine. I don't have any grudges. I guess you were just trying to support your friend. I just hope that next time you'll try to do what's right. There's no need to pretend to like me if you do not. I also am not eager to make friends.Doc, please don't end your relationship with Anna, okay? Not on my account, please. It'll make me feel bad." After Ivy spoke, Daniel held her hand and said to Doc, "I initially wanted to have some alone time with Ivy, but then your girlfriend here suggested a double date, and I made the mistake of accepting. I'm sorry, Hardy. I know it's not your fault, but let's talk later, okay? I'll just take Ivy somewhere else." "Alright then. See you," Doc said. After speaking, Daniel kept holding Ivy's hand as he led her to where he parked his car. He took out his handkerchief and gently wiped her face. Afterward, he opened
Ivy stared at Daniel in surprise. "What do you mean by 'you need me to see you as the man?'" Daniel threw his head back and laughed. "Come on, Ivy, why do you look so serious? I was just messing with you." Ivy slapped him on his shoulder. "Stop doing that! I don't even know when you're being serious and when you're goofing around." "Really? So do you want me to be serious all the time?" "Yes, I mean no. Okay, sometimes you can be serious and sometimes you can be goofy." Daniel pinched her cheeks. "Just now, I was goofing around, but there are times when I'm serious." "When are you ever serious?" Ivy asked. Daniel cupped her cheeks and crashed his lips against hers. Ivy pulled away from him and asked, "What are you doing?" "Shh... I'm being serious right now," Daniel replied and kissed her again. But she pulled away from him a second time. "It's getting late. I think we should leave." "Hold on," Daniel said. "Don't try to run away from me, Ivy." "What were you doing just no
Daniel arrived at Ivy's house and saw both her grandfather and Isla standing by the door of her room, asking her to open up, but she refused. "Good morning, Grandpa, and Aunt Isla," he said. "I have seen the viral post about Ivy on social media." Hudson sighed, "I don't understand who could have done this. I won't spare these people anymore." "Don't worry, Grandpa. Let me talk to Ivy," Daniel said. Isla and Hudson went to sit down. Daniel tapped on the door and said, "Ivy, it's me. Please open up. Let's talk." However, Ivy refused to open it but remained in the room crying. "Listen, I have a plan," Daniel said. "You just need to listen to it. I promise you, everything will be fine. Don't you trust me? Just open up, Ivy, please, let's talk." He waited for a few minutes and Ivy finally opened the door. Daniel saw that her face was streaked with tears, and her eyes were red. He felt really bad and promised himself that when the time came, he wouldn't spare whoever did that to her.