A marriage deal with billionaire stone (Ivy and Silas)

Chapter 192

Everybody paused, and one after the other, Theresa watched each of their reactions.

Only Rita seemed shocked to see her. May was furious, her mouth twisted weirdly. Wills had been stunned for a moment before flashing that disgusting

smirk on his face.

And Ivy... her expression was laced with sadness

"Theresa..." Ivy said, her voice almost inaudible.

Theresa tried her hardest not to let the pain in-but

she

uldn't. It pierced through her, reaching the abyss of her soul and ripping it apart.

trembling.

"So this is why you haven't been returning my calls?" she asked, her

Don't break down in front of them. Hold it together.

"It's not what it looks like,” Ivy said, stepping away from Wills' grip.

"Oh, it is exactly what it looks like!" Theresa snapped. "You're just guilty I caught you!"

Ivy reached for her, but Theresa stepped back, giving in to the pain.

"Sorry for interrupting. Enjoy yourselves," she muttered, turning toward the door.

"T!" Ivy called from behind, but Theresa didn't turn back.

Outside, she rushed to the driver's side of the car. "Join the other guards in the back. I want to be alone in this car."

The guard nodded and left. As soon as Theresa hopped inside, she started thee and drove off.

She kept her emotions in check, until her phone rang. She took it from her back pocket.

and

contemplated whether to pick it or not.

After a few seconds of deliberation, she found a parking lot, stopped there, and answered the call.

"Hey, Silas," she said, trying to keep her voice steady.

"Hey, Theresa," Silas said, his tone tense. "Were you able to see her?"

Pain soared inside her at the remainder, but she kept her cool. Composure was her thing, and she'd use it.

"Yes. I did. She's with her family."

"I wonder why she didn't answer my calls."

"Maybe because she's busy plotting with Wilson, hooking him up with her cousin." The words spilled out, tingled with bitterness.

"What?"

"Nothing," she said quickly, clearing her throat. "Can I call you later? I'm about to drive."

the confusion in his voice before she ended the

Fuck!" she cried, slamming the steering wheel, hoping the

and screamed as loud as she could,

back and forth until the feeling numbed

her reflection in the rearview mirror,

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the loneliness, from the heartbreak. And finally,

she gasped, clutching the wheel for

Knowing Ivy had taken Rita's side, even though she was the one who got cheated on. The one who got lied to for years The pain seared her chest and she let it. It was the only way through it; to feel it,

for her phone and called Hector, he

voice was soft, and it broke her again. "Hey, hey. Are you

at Ivy's aunt's house. She

even more. She had thought Ivy was her friend,

now. Where

"I'm driving home."

voice rose in

I have the guards with me. I'm... just alone in the car," she sniffled,

let me know when you get

around the wheel as she continued driving. Slowly,

again, and she glanced at it. It was

she tried to reach for it, the

she screamed, slamming

it was

another car hitting like thunder. Her

embarrassment as she slowly got out of the car.

you okay?" she asked when she

What is wrong with you?" the driver shouted as he stepped

with a bald spot in the center

two small kids and a

held her stomach instinctively,

wounds. No blood. She

over to manage the

you guys okay?" she asked again,

"You almost killed me and

sorry. Is there something I can do? I'm a medical doctor-"

enough," he

And he was right.

bent out of shape. Other motorists began to gather, and Theresa just

kids got out of the car, and as she moved to approach

her.

He turned away, dialing a

came closer. "We have

became more aware of her

and even a

was ruined, smoke rose from the

"...I need their insurance-"

to leave now, ma'am,"

two guards flanked her to another

belongings transferred swiftly.

sank into the seat, nausea building up at the back of her

had reached home until a

head lowered, Theresa stepped into the comfort

she whispered, collapsing to