A marriage deal with billionaire stone (Ivy and Silas)

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Chapter 66: For Public Attention.

Throughout the night, Silas checked on Ivy, knocking softly on the door and calling her name. And every time, she ignored him, her heart too heavy to answer.

Ivy let out the tears freely. It was tears of pain, of the realization that she had failed to get the answers she needed. She let it all out until she drifted to sleep.

The next morning, she woke up with a clearer mind and determination to try again. She got up to prepare for the day when her eyes landed on the box Monica had dropped yesterday. Her heart tightened with guilt as she remembered how she had dismissed Monica's thoughtful gesture.

She scrolled to the foot of the bed and lifted the box to the bed. She unboxed it and her breath hitched. Inside was a beautiful black gown with an open back, its elegance undeniable.

She held the dress against her body, letting the fabric fall. She loved it already. But her guilt intensified. Monica and Silas had meant well, but she had shut them both out.

Pushing away the thoughts, she slipped into a simple purple gown, and was about to head down for breakfast when there was a knock on her door.

She opened it and found Silas standing there, his expression unreadable.

"Morning," he said, letting himself in.

"Good morning," she replied, closing the door behind him.

Silas's gaze landed on the gown draped on the bed. "I see you've opened the box."

"Yes. Thank you for it," she replied cautiously, waiting to hear his real reason for coming.

Silas turned to face her fully, his eyes narrowed. "What happened yesterday?" Oh, he went straight for it.

She swallowed, her heart racing. What was she supposed to tell him? The truth or a lie?

She walked to her bed, racking her head for a reply in the process. "I went to look for answers,” she finally said. At least that was close to the truth.

"Answers for what?" he questioned, his voice edged with suspicion.

lip,

tone filled with disbelief. He walked over to the table, brushing its surface absentmind

window. "So,

hospital to tool for your mother's doctor,

gasped in disbelief. "How... how did

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into a frown. "Did you think you could keep such

the bed, her cheeks turning pink. "I... it wasn't my intention

how did that work out for you?" he shot

had left her with

imagined," she

After a few seconds, he left the window side and moved closer

keeping things from each other. I'm your husband. I deserve to know

sorry," she muttered. She knew she shouldn't have left without Bud, and that Silas's

truth?" he asked

pry further. Silas folded his arms, his frown deepened. "So the woman on the news, was she lying?" Her

sank. "No, I haven't. What

tapped the screen for some moments and then

heart skipping. She played the video. A woman was standing next to a reporter right in front of Eagleheart hospital. Ivy squinted as she looked at the

her from the reporters. Ivy

voice shaking with anger. "I never said any of that!" "But you

She drove me to a safe spot till I ordered a ride," Ivy explained. "I didn't tell her that. Hell, I didn't even talk

a moment before speaking. "So your visit to the hospital had nothing to

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looked at him, her eyes sharp. "What's your business with

put a baby in you, I just want to

she didn't tell him that. The thought of sharing a baby with Silas filled her with delight, but she quickly shoved

we have to release a statement

her anger simmering. "This has

and she had kept her silence, She wasn't going to let a complete stranger do

her to do this?" Silas asked, pacing the room. "Do you think maybe Mason