“You don’t fight fair, Heath. It’s not fair. How am I supposed to protect Geoffrey when everything falls apart again? And don’t say it won’t when you know very well it will.” Ivy struggled with her want to see where his kisses would lead to and being smart about everything for her sanity and her son’s well-being. Unconsciously, she licked her lips, savouring the feel of his kiss. “I will let nothing get between us again. No matter what anyone pulls, I promise I will protect Geoffrey from all the fallout. But I won’t continue to back off for much longer. Once the divorce is final, you better be prepared for more than walking down memory lane. I want a future that includes Geoffrey, you, and anyone else who might come along as the consequence of our… uh… reunion? Relationship? Demonstration of our love?” Heath grinned at her flirtatiously as he spoke, his eyes hungrily followed her tongue as it made its way across her lips. “Are you threatening me with w
Heath entered his office. He almost forgot to greet Parker because Ivy distracted him with reminding him of that blasted contract. He had fun with that contract, and Ivy agreed with it. Until Monica came into the picture. Heath remembered he’d stopped starting the contract because he didn’t want Monica looking down at Ivy. “Morning Heath, I’m glad you finally made it in. I got everything you needed done and the results are on your desk. Do I get to know what’s going on exactly?” At least, Parker waited to ask the last part after Heath’s office door closed behind them. “Parker, can you look into what it would take to happen to get a restraining order on Monica? She’s taken over my condo last night, intending on living with me and resetting the separation time period. I took what I could from the condo and Dr. Smythe has graciously allowed me to use her guest room while I clear this up.” “Hm, her guest room. Okay, so how does this affe
“Morning Alice, everyone how is everyone?” Ivy walked into her department work floor and headed for her office. It wasn’t unusual for other staff members to look up and greet her. But after that, they’d go back to whatever they were doing. Today didn’t follow that pattern. It was like they’d gotten stuck staring and couldn’t get to the greeting part. After a talking to Heath about how everyone would change toward her and her own fears building up. “Okay, if anyone wants to speak to me about anything, I’ll be in my office working on the budget proposal for the next year.” Ivy said to the room in general as she made her way uncomfortably to the door of her office. Alice hurried from her workstation and followed her in. All the while, everyone in the department watched their progress to her office. “I want to talk to you before anything gets too far out of hand.” “Why do I feel like I need to pack my things, Alice?” She put down her c
It took Monica several hours to find out where Ivy now lived, but she found the dump. She couldn’t believe Heath was fine with living in that neighbourhood. But he wasn’t at his parent’s house and she didn’t see any credit card charges for a hotel stay either.Monica wanted to make as much of an impact to drive Heath away from Ivy. Then she’d be able to get closer to him again and stop the divorce from going through if Ivy wasn’t in the picture.She had her orders, and she wouldn’t let Ivan down. What Ivan wanted, she would happily get for him. Especially if she stood beside him in the end.But it wasn’t as easy to get to Ivy’s apartment because the building was too active. Monica could see the people coming and going. All knew each other. Those who weren’t recognized were singled out and noted. She couldn’t have that. No one could remember her face being there. Even these people monitored the sidewalk, it seemed. How could a third-rate apartment building have better secu
Heath watched Parker leave his office. A quick call to his lawyer got him the answers he needed, and he didn’t have a leg to stand on when it came to having rights to his son. He sat heavily in his desk chair. All he wanted to do was think about Ivy and what he wanted to do to her and with her. But his thoughts kept jumping from his balls and needing relief from enjoying watching Ivy explode from just his touch. His fears of how she’d react when she found out about the article, and what her course of action would be. Now he waited for Ivy to arrive. She’d be smug because she’d predicted this would happen and he’d promised her he’d ensure she and Geoff weren’t affected by it or anything like it. It didn’t take her long to arrive at his office. “I just saw it. Who did this? I told you I don’t want any of this. I’m assuming this is Monica or your mother’s handiwork. What are you going to do about this, Heath?” “Ivy, I’m working on it, a
Ivy wasn’t expecting anyone to enter Heath’s office, at least not while he was having a meeting. Right this minute she wasn’t thinking about any of that because her entire life was being planned out by Heath right before her eyes. She would be the first to admit that she wasn’t exactly as averse to his idea as she had been last night. But she wasn’t going to tell him that right away. Heath needed to remember she wasn’t that sweet young thing he could push around and have his way with. She wasn’t that girl who let him do what he wanted and encouraged him to live on the wild side of life. Ivy had responsibilities to manage. Heck, if he insisted on this, then he too had the same responsibilities as her. Now the worst thing possible had happened. Not only did Parker stand there staring at them with his mouth hanging open. But Dr. Paton was there to witness Heath trying to kiss her and, to her horror, she wasn’t fighting back. It looked
Heath didn’t know what he was doing anymore. When Ivy told him she wanted him to leave, Heath knew he’d have to pull the last card out of his pocket. Ivy couldn’t avoid the paparazzi or anyone trying to get his family’s money through ransom. Never mind what Monica might do when she becomes more desperate. He couldn’t be with her every hour of the day. But keeping their family together would help him keep them safe. Ivy didn’t understand. Heath knew his parents wouldn’t pay a ransom for Geoffrey or her. But if he were there, it would be different. If he didn’t fight off whoever did the kidnapping. When the Head of Security, Jamie White, entered Heath’s office, he frowned and said to the room in general. “If you wanted, Dr. Smythe escorted out any of my people could do that. You didn’t need to contact me.” “You may want to apologize for saying that. Mr. Allan is not in a mood that includes having a sense of humour and Dr
“I will say this as the elder in this situation. You need to take the time to figure out what is going between you as a couple, and do not forget you have a child in the mix. I will never understand your generation but as we all know that’s a repeating theme through the generations. But Ivy please act with prudence and don’t cut your nose off to spite your face. Heath is trying to do what he feels is the best for everyone and I would hate to see you learn the hard way that he is right.” Dr. Paton stated after a while. “I will advise the board of this only if I am approached. If from some miracle they don’t hear of this, which I feel is highly unlikely, then you can deal with it between yourselves. But since this is now leaked to the public, I’m unsure how fast this will become a matter here.” Ivy could see he wasn’t comfortable about any of this. “Please Dr. Paton we didn’t take this public. This wasn’t our doing, and it shouldn’t affect our work. We aren’t intention