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.
Daniel let Ivy out of the room and they met with Grandpa Hudson and Aunt Isla. He said to them, "This is the idea I have; we are going to post all the pictures we took at the palace or the nice pictures you took with Ivy back in Battam. Grandpa Hudson, you can post them on your Twitter account and the caption should be 'Meet my beautiful granddaughter, the future queen of Cambodia.' For now, let that be there for the world to see. I promise you that no one will even question Ivy's background or history. Everyone will be trying to debunk the news about her. After all, there is no proof of it." Grandpa Hudson smiled, "That is a good idea. I was thinking along the same lines as well. I'm sure once that is out, everyone will know that my Ivy is not the pauper that her enemies have made her out to be." Ivy said, "I'm sorry, Grandpa. I'm sorry, Aunt Isla. It's just that after seeing the news..." "It's fine, my child," Hudson replied. "I understand you have been through so much. I'm no
Inside his dimly lit bedroom, Grandpa Hudson received a call from the men he asked to keep an eye on Victor, and they told him everything that had happened. He smiled. "That is good. Keep an eye on both father and son and whatever goes on, let me know." After the call ended, he heaved a sigh of relief. "For now, I'll just do only this. Let Ivy get married first. You will all feel my wrath, every last one of you."Daniel suspected that Hudson was doing something he didn't want them to know since he kept going in and out of his bedroom. Eventually, Daniel asked him, "Grandpa, is there something you are not telling us?""Oh, nothing really," he replied. "I'm just trying to deal with everything that is going on. But see the comments on the post I made about Ivy. They're just mind-blowing. People are so envious. Everyone is wishing they were Ivy. People are saying that the initial news that was posted was a lie."Back home, Ella stared at the news in surprise. How come Ivy was related to