Ivy turns back the way she came and took a detour to her regular flower shop as she had decided to listen to the old lady.She had questions swimming in her head but knew it was pointless asking or wondering because all the facts had been thrown in her face, though she wondered where Bruce was and why he didn’t meet up with her himself.She walks into the store with a smile ready for the shop assistant who was always there to get the usual.“Hi Carey, how have you…” she paused as she saw an unfamiliar face behind the counter.“Hello Miss Lee, I am the assistant available today. Carey needed me to cover for her.”“Is she ok? Anything serious?”“Oh hardly, Miss Lee,” the new assistant chuckled.“Do give me a moment please, I’ll get your usual ready for you.”Ivy watched with narrowed eyes as she moved to the back of the store. She had her guard up since the old lady had mentioned getting fresh flowers for her mum. Bruce may or may not have sent her but she was already here and ready to

Ivy walked into her home and saw her mum reading a book in the living room then adjusted her face and composed herself because her mother could always tell when something was bothering her… like she could smell emotions.She bounded to her mother in a doting and bubbly manner, “Mummy,” she gave her mother a tight hug as she recomposed herself.“Ivy? Are you alright dear?” See? Pretty sure she could smell emotions, she thought then held her mum at arm’s length.“Why? Can’t I hug my own mother anymore? I’m pretty sure I’m your only child so you’re supposed to keep babying me.”Her mother laughed at her antics and took off her reading glasses.“Alright, alright. My only baby,” she said and squished Ivy’s cheeks.Ivy giggled and swayed from side to side.“Mum, I got you your favorite flowers,” she picked it off her side where she had carefully placed it and presented it to her mum with a big smile.Her mother gasped at the sweet gesture, “Thank you so much, my baby. You’ve never forgotten

Brock watched Jane walk away from the mansion standing at the balcony of the CCTV room of the mansion. His fists clenched as he remembered the way she had recounted the robbery. She had turned off her emotions and her eyes were blank. The bastard had shot at her, no, he had almost shot her.What kind of person did Darren find for the job? The idiot didn’t stick to instructions at all! They had decided that the gun would not be loaded to avoid accidents but the prick had loaded it and even fired a shot?!His heart clenched as he remembered how shaky her voice was as she spoke. He had managed to convince her to talk about it so she wouldn't get scared of taking the train back home.__________“Jane,” she turned to face him, “I know that you don’t want to talk about the robbery because it was a scary moment for you but…”She cut him off, “There are no buts about it Senior Brock, I don’t want to talk about it. Absolutely not.”“I know, I understand… but if you don’t talk about it and shar

Ethan sat at the table with Cassidy for lunch but it was obvious his attention was not present much to the annoyance of Cassidy who clenched her fists below the table. She tried to bring his attention to her, “Ethan? Is something wrong with the food? Isn’t it to your liking? I can prepare something else for you.”She made to get up but he put out his hand to stop her, “I’m perfectly fine with it, there’s no need.”She tampered down her annoyance at the fact that he wasn’t giving her a chance to stun him with her culinary skills. He was always eager to gobble up Jane’s cooking and didn’t even want to share.“Are you sure? You haven’t eaten a lot from your plate.”She tilted her head in a way that she assumed was attractive and tried to hold his hand across the table but he withdrew it.“Ethan, what is it? You are withdrawing from me and it’s not fair, I’m your best friend. Now you don’t even talk to me anymore.”“I’ve been hearing what you’ve been saying, Ivy. And I do feel the need to

Ethan stormed off into his study after Toby left. Cassidy tried to go after him but was stopped by the guard standing by the staircase.“Get out of my way,” she said with gritted teeth, “I’m sure your Young Master would love to know exactly how you treated his soon to be wife.”The guard let out a mocking belly laugh, “You think I would be scared by your little threats? Well think again. You think because he handed you a ring, it automatically makes you lord over anything?”Cassidy stood with gritted teeth, glaring at the guard who always tested and infuriated her to no end. He didn’t care about her or anything she did and was not even scared of being reported to Ethan.“You should be, I can help you lose your job at the snap of a finger, same with the others of your kind. You think you have an opinion but you really don’t, all you can do is stand still, move about and fulfill orders… just like a robot.”The guard's face went cold and hard as he glared down at her. His brows became lik