A marriage deal with billionaire stone (Ivy and Silas)

Chapter 59: So Close, Yet So Far.

Silas's heart leapt at the look in Ivy's eyes. She was frowning, her lips pursed.

"Wait, I don't understand," Silas said, confusion racing in his mind.

Ivy sighed as though it was difficult for her to repeat herself. She handed him her phone, and he took it.

He checked and frowned. "Is this your ex-best friend?"

"Yes!" she snapped, but he knew she wasn't annoyed at him. "I can't believe her guts."

Shocked, Silas returned the phone. "That's crazy."

A part of him wanted to ask if it was true or even tease her by suggesting they could make a baby, but he knew she wasn't in the mood for that.

"What would you like me to do?" he asked instead. "Should my team debunk the claims?"

"No, no." She shook her head. “I just want to plan my revenge right away," she replied, moving over to sit on his chair.

He sat on his bed and used a pillow to cover his bare chest. "So how do we proceed?" "I don't know." She shrugged and sighed. "I haven't thought about it."

He studied her for a moment. "What angle would you like for me to begin with?" Confusion etched her face. "Angle?"

"Yes, directions-like from you and me, or something from Thomas. You know, plan something,” he explained.

Her eyes lit as she stood up. "I like the idea of revenge on Mason through your brother. I know how much he's jealous of Thomas-that would work perfectly."

Silas didn't like the way her eyes sparkled as she paced back and forth. There was something different about her, and it scared him a little.

"How do we start?" he asked.

Before she could respond, her phone rang, snapping her from her trance. She glanced at the screen and ignored it.

"It's Cheryl," Ivy said bitterly. "She just wants to gloat. God, it's so annoying!"

"Just take it easy," he said softly. "We'll get through this."

She nodded without looking at him, still pacing. Eventually, she stopped and then faced him.

Successfully unlocked!

"Do you think it'll be weird asking your brother for help with this?" she asked, too close to his face.

"We... he..."

"He'd be the best person to help us." She straightened up, unaware of the tension she d caused in his groins. "I can't wait to see Mason's face when we start."

"Sure," Silas rephed.

proceeded to the door." Sorry I barged

He nodded. "I understand."

congratulations on our

Ivy was back-that sparkle had died down and she was all

hesitated for a moment

the intercom and dialed Monica. "Bring me

the drink. She smiled at Ivy as she set the

were alone again, Silas popped the bottle and filled their glass. He handed one glass to her and

To us," he toasted.

"To us," she cheered.

each other over the rims of their glasses.

your day went, with

cheeks colored as she sipped her

raised his

and she thought that

blush deepened. "I don't want to talk

refilled their

laughed as

silence,

place in mind now for your

Jose, maybe," she said. "My mom had a restaurant there once." Her voice dropped to a whisper, and her eyes

"Tell me about her." Ivy's eves lit "Oh she was

59 So Close Yet So

so hard for her and her brother. She told him about her mother's businesses, and how her father was in charge of them. By the time she spoke about her mother's death,

two more times.

sipping

Cool, too," Ivy drawled, laughing. She finished her

He laughed too, hiccuping.

to pick it at the same time she did. They bumped their

she said,

he laughed

on her waist. "I

to drink," she

you have," Silas

again and

heart flipped at the sight. Ivy was on his bed, laughing and stretching on it. He laid on the bed too, looking her straight in

He took her lips possessively. She responded willingly-too willingly-until he realized her mouth was

She had fallen asleep.

him of their first night together. He would give anything to have that

adjusted her and pulled a cover over her body. He then took a bath, and dressed up for bed. As he laid

he drifted to

called Bethany for a cup of black coffee and had

her eyes widened with shock. "Oh no!" she