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Chapter 92

Chapter 92: Reward For Betrayal

"I didn’t know," Ivy said quickly, her voice cracking as she blinked back the tears threatening to fall. "I never thought she’d twist things like that. I never—"

"Stop," Stefan cut in, his tone flat and final. There was no softness in it—only a steel edge that made Ivy flinch. "You shouldn’t be here."

Her lips parted, stunned. "What?"

"You heard me," he said, arms folded tightly across his chest. "I told you the last time—explicitly—that I didn’t want to see you again. That wasn’t a request, Ivy. It was an order. I don’t want to see you anywhere close to me or my house!"

A coldness she hadn’t expected settled in her chest. She swallowed hard, her pride wounded but not enough to back down. "I’m not leaving."

She was going to do it her mom’s way. She’d said they were still married whether Stefan liked it or not. Her name was on their marriage certificate and as long as it remained so, they were legally married.

His brow arched sharply. "Excuse me?" He never would’ve thought Ivy could be so bold as to say that to him. What was it she was planning? Eliana had been right.

"I said I’m not going anywhere." She held her ground even though her knees felt weak. The storm in Stefan’s grey eyes was almost unbearable to look at, but she did. "I belong here. This is my house too. I’m married to you, Stefan."

He scoffed—low and bitter. "Married," he repeated, the word like poison in his mouth. "Right. The marriage you walked out on without a second thought leaving your sister to go through with it. Don’t play that card with me, Ivy. It’s expired."

"I know I hurt you," she said, her voice cracking again. "I know I made mistakes but I came back because I—"

"Don’t," he snapped, voice rising slightly. "Don’t stand there and try to spin this into some emotional revelation. You’re only here because your schemes fell apart. Because you realized too late that someone else stepped into the life you abandoned."

"That’s not true!" she cried, shaking her head. "It’s not about jealousy, or regret. I just want a chance to explain—"

"You’ve had your chance!" Stefan exploded, his voice thundering through the silence. "And you wasted every damn one of them."

Ivy recoiled, stunned at the fury radiating off him. For a long moment, she said nothing, just stared at the man she once thought would never look at her with such hate.

Then, slowly, Stefan stepped closer, towering over her.

this time, but every bit as dangerous. "Before I do something we’ll

to take a step back, to retreat, to escape the storm

"Yell, break something, threaten me. I’m not going anywhere. I have every right to be in this house. We are

heavy and suffocating. Stefan’s lips pressed into a tight line. He stared at

slowly, something cruel and calculating flashing

said, his voice so eerily calm it chilled her

"What?"

to follow," he

even mean?" she asked but he didn’t answer.

said but Stefan didn’t respond or stop, he just picked up his brief case and

his silence. Before she could find her voice to say any other thing, Stefan had already opened the door and stepped out, slamming it shut behind him

stood alone in the center of the living

their child. What did he even mean when he said "For reminding

willing it to open again, hoping he’d come back... hoping there was still a sliver of the man she once loved left behind in this house. But no. That man was gone. And in

edge of the couch. Her hand trembled as it brushed through her hair. Her eyes burned, but she refused

one thing

warned Stefan about

off her dress. Whatever Stefan had

wrong person. And she was going to

phone, her fingers trembling slightly as she found her mother’s contact. Regina. She could always count on her mother to fix

second, then she pressed it. The phone rang twice before Regina’s calm voice filled her

"Ivy?"

she said, barely

on? You sound... upset." Regina’s tone was laced with concern, though Ivy could hear the underlying calculation that

Ivy said, her voice

someone?" she repeated slowly, as if trying to decipher the

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