A Son for A Billionaire novel Chapter 27

EPISODE TWENTY EIGHT

Theme: The necklace

IVY RIVERA’S APARTMENT

Arthur wasn’t happy he got rejected again but he had to let things slide. He didn’t was to be the one to pester Ivy Rivera to do what he wanted. “Okay.” He mumbled.

“I am sorry, Arthur. Don’t worry I will make things up to you.” Ivy apologized.

“If you want to make things up to me then have dinner with me whenever you are free.” Arthur chuckled.

“I will think about it.” Ivy responded with a smile on her face.

Alright, bye Ivy.” Arthur disconnected the call.

“Aren't you suppose to be at your engagement party? Everyone especially your bride will be -“

“You look good.” Ace cut in trying to ignore the question.

“Yeah I guess this place agrees with me than my home town ever did.” Ivy replied and then silence fell between them.

Ivy dropped the glass of wine and phone on the stool nearby.

“His name is Leroy.” Ivy said quietly when the silence got to be too much.

“That's a nice name.” Ace commented.

“I think so. It was a friend's name.” Ivy pursed her lips and continued after some seconds of silence.

“I left home on the very day I found out I was pregnant. When I left my town and moved here, Leroy help me to get settled and learn my way around here. And he even drove me to the hospital and waited while my boy was born. Leroy died after battling with lung cancer and I really don't know how I would have survived without him.” Ivy narrated.

“I would have been the one to be there to help you if only you had stayed a bit back at the beach house.” Ace mumbled rubbing his palms together.

“Well is that how you remember it?” Ivy snorted.

“Well things would have turned out fine between us and that's how it would have been. I would have been with you. I would have stick with you every step along the way.” Ace responded with a sincere look on his face.

“Is that so?” Ivy snorted again.

“You left me at beach house after we made love without saying anything! I felt like a fool the next morning I couldn't find you! I felt like I have been used by someone who isn't worth it! And now you sit right there and tell me you would have been there for me?! No, I doubt you would have accepted me!” Ivy was breathing hard by the time she finished.

“Are you blaming me? If you had told me your real name back then I would have been there for you. And talking about who is not worth you -“

Ivy stood you her feet. “Get lost! Get out of here!” she grimaced in anger.

Ace furrowed his eyebrows. “What?” He gasped, rising slowly so that they stood face to chest.

“I said leave!” Ivy repeated with annoyance clear in her tone.

“Look! You can't do this! I have every rights when it comes to my son.” Ace countered.

And his words made Ivy angrier. He hasn’t been there all this years and now he want to claim right over his son. Ivy pushed his chest. “Right? What right do you have over him? You lost them the day you used me and left without a word! Right? You are nothing but a sperm donor!”

She tried to hit him but Ace caught her hands before they could land on his chest. He saw the pain in her eyes and she was all wrong about everything that happened ten years ago.

“Ivy..No..” Ace said in a low tone. “You got it all wrong. I came back to the beach house. I swear I came back for you.” He inched closer.

Ivy stepped backward, tears welling up in her eyes but she fought for control. She wasn’t going to cry..Never!

“Believe me, Ivy I came back to the beach house to find you.” Ace repeated.

“That's a lie.” Ivy shook her head in disagreement.

“It is true.” Ace protested.

But Ivy refused to believe him despite the sincerity in his tone.

“I did searched for you. I was looking for Bethany instead of Ivy. I even had it in mind to bring you with me.” Ace tried to explain in a calm tone.

“You are a pathetic liar!” Ivy gritted.

Feeling frustrated Ace turned away from her.

“I came back to the beach house after I left in the evening. The next morning I was there to get my necklace but the house was already locked. And when I found out I was pregnant, before I left town I came back to the hotel where you worked but I was told that no one with such name has ever worked there. I was thrown out in the end.” Ivy recounted the events from ten years ago.

“Necklace?” Ace recalled that he had brought one along with him. “You mean this?” He took out the necklace he had picked on the porch. “Look at this, I found this laying on the porch when I came back to the beach house.”

Ivy stared at the necklace dangling in the air and she then relaxed a little. He did came back for her.