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
Heath finally got the kiss he’d been craving. Hell, he wanted more than that, but he’d have to play it cool and ease her back into their relationship. He’d already started thinking of it as an ongoing and current situation.Ivy struggled with their relationship status. But he was in now and not going anywhere. That was the stumbling block, but she was warming up to the idea. Heath’s lawyer wasn’t waiting after the article to file the last of the divorce documents. Today was the technical earliest that the documents could be filed. Heath agreed with his idea that they needed to file them so they could get down to the civil matters she’d brought on herself. He wanted to force her to return some of the things she took without asking and he wanted to hurt her wherever she was using the money for. His mother he’d have to handle differently this time around. There was no way to appease her and trying to do so made Heath’s life miserable.“Go get some work done and I’ll see you at
Ivy fled from the office. If she hadn’t, he’d have been hard pressed to get anything done today. As it was, his cock would remind him all day about what he’d missed out on.But if he hadn’t missed it, then he wouldn’t be able to deal with his parents, especially his mother.Parker knocked on his door. “Line one is your mother. I saw Dr. Smythe leaving, so I assumed you were ready to get this done. Good luck.”Heath grunted and picked up his phone. “What have you done this time, Heath? How could you embarrass us like this? A child with that woman? How can Monica, your wife, hold her face up in public? You better prove that the child is not your and cut that gold digger loose for good this time. I won’t have her upsetting this family with her search for money.”“Are you finished, mother?”“No, I’m not finished. How dare you walk out on your wife like that yesterday? Monica wants to give your marriage a second chance. When are you staying now? It better not be with that go
Ivy walked furiously into the restoration room and sat down at her workstation. The long table held many pieces of broken pottery in three large velvet lined trays. The earthy orange pottery shards were clean but jumbled like a jigsaw puzzle. Ivy couldn’t concentrate on sorting the pieces right now. She was furious. Heath threatened to take Geoff away from her again. Now he’d added that he wouldn’t leave her alone. It wasn’t fair; she thought after a night in her apartment, he’d happily leave. She felt like a fool. Ivy told him he couldn’t have women over last night. She figured he’d leave after hearing that or stay away when he had a date that he wanted more from. How could she have missed this revelation? He thought she would cave yet again and act like they were married. “Alice. Please come to my office. We need to talk about something. Bring coffee and something sweet. Really sweet.” That was their sign when Ivy needed a shoulder or ear, but didn’t want to advertise h
Once Alice went back to work, Ivy had new things to occupy her mind. It wasn’t what she expected to get out of the conversation. But at least she had a few friendly shoulders this time to cry on and compare notes, so she didn’t become that woman who others would use until she wasn’t of use to them anymore. She wasn’t a dishrag to be used, wrung out, and left in a pile to go moldy or hung out to dry for the next person. Get revenge, give as good as she got. But how did she do that without Geoffrey finding out? Sure, she could stop picking up after them. Ivy’s problem was how did she explain what she was doing to Geoffrey, because he’s surely pick up on it and question her. Again, she would look like a terrible parent. She’d also play right into Heath’s hands if he took her to court for Geoffrey’s custody. Ivy figured she’d have to figure this out as she went, and hope that she could figure out what she wanted at the end of it all. Did she
Ivy looked at the executives having lunch and hoped they hadn’t heard about the article yet. It was barely lunch hour. She didn’t know if she should be worried, or not. Then she realized she was holding onto Heath’s arm like he was her lifeline. Ivy let go of his arm and looked up at him. That’s when she wished she hadn’t. Heath’s face hardened into that cold imperial look he got when he thought he’d have to deal with some confrontation without an outburst. “Afternoon gentlemen. Did I miss a memo or some such thing?” “Oh, no, Mr. Allan, you haven’t. We just sat down for a social lunch. Are there any problems we should know about?” “We’ll have to speak about it later. I need to speak with Dr. Smythe about a personal matter first before we can speak. I’m afraid my ex-wife is making up fairytales that involve Dr. Smythe and myself. So, I fear I will have to set the matter straight publicly, and I hope this will not reflect on Dr. Smythe neg
Heath guided Ivy to a table far away from the board executives, sat and settled her into a chair. “Just relax. I ordered for us. Today they have your favourite on the menu.” “It’s a little late now for me to mind that now, isn’t it, Heath? What do you believe my favourite food is?” Ivy didn’t speak above a whisper as she sat at the small two-person table. She saw a server nod to Heath and head into the kitchen. “I had Parker ask Alice about your current favourites and how you like it. I hope she didn’t mislead him.” Of course, he didn’t tell her what he’d ordered. That was too simple. He had to smile and sat, keeping her in suspense. Ivy rolled her eyes. “Oh, really Heath? You couldn’t have asked me? Or let me choose my meal?” She would not let him forget this time around if he insisted on a second time. Things would be different. He wasn’t the big man on campus anymore. “Ivy, I wanted only to ensure you had what you wanted. Our time’s limited before we must get back to business.