All Chapters of Plain ivy? No more!!: Chapter 41 - Chapter 45

Liam's POV I couldn’t get her out of my head. Days had passed since the resort, but every second was burned into me. The way her lips felt under mine. The way her breath caught when I pressed her against the wall. The way her fingers clutched my shirt like she didn’t want to let go. And then the part that killed me most, me pulling back. I was the one who stopped it, I told myself it was because I didn’t want just her body, I wanted everything. Her heart, her trust. But the truth was I was terrified. I was terrified of wanting her too much, terrified of going too fast, and ruining whatever this fragile thing between us was turning to. And now we were back in New York. we were back to work, back to the city that never shut up, back to continue proving to the media that we weren't just business partners with a fake ring tying us together. Even if it actually was fake at the start, nothing about it felt fake anymore. At least not to me. I sat in the back of the town car,

Ivy's POV My morning started almost normal..... Almost.I had a meeting with Victor Hayes, one of the biggest investors sniffing around Monroe Atelier. He was twice my age, ridiculously well-dressed, and a very touchy person who kissed both cheeks like we were in Paris even though we were only in New York. It was pure and simple business. We talked about numbers, deadlines, production plans. And when we were done, we smiled and shared a simple hug.I didn’t even think much of it until Mason texted me two hours later.'You’ve seen this, right?'A link was attached. My stomach flipped as I tapped it. There it was. A grainy photo already trending on some gossip forum: it was me and Victor, his head tilted too close, and my smile frozen mid-word. The caption was brutal."Monroe heiress cheating already? Liam Calloway can’t keep his fiancée satisfied?" My heart dropped straight to the floor. I scrolled. Comments were pouring in. "Wow, didn’t expect her to be like that." "Poor Li

Ivy's POV The storm had finally slowed down, but not completely. But at least the headlines has finally stopped screaming "Affair" and "Scandal," all thanks to Liam shutting it down at the press conference. I thought once the noise faded, things would go back to normal, but it didn't seem so. Because Liam hasn't been himself since. He didn’t actually say anything out loud, but I noticed it. I noticed the way his ties were always loosened, like he couldn’t quite breathe. The way he had so many eye bags from too many late nights. I saw the way his study didn't look as pristine as usual when I walked past, papers were scattered all over his office desk, all sort of slides, numbers and notes with scribbled red ink.Normally, I would have left him to it. He was Liam Calloway after all. He always thrived under pressure. But this time I just couldn’t do it.That’s why I walked in on him past midnight with a bunch of files I just spent the past few hours sorting out.He didn’t hear me com