MADNESS can be seen in Cooper’s eyes when Ivy approaches their table. When he looked at her sister, Ivy seemed unbothered at all. Instead, she looked up at him and flashed a smile.
“I almost forgot,” she started as she sat down. “I made an appointment with Windy to go shopping tonight. Do you want to come?” she asked.
Cooper’s forehead creased slightly. “So, you still want to eat and shop after? Didn’t those two ruin it? And what kind of attitude the Reeds have shown to you?”
Ivy smiled. “Calm down. You’re angrier than me, huh?” she teased. “Anyway,” she pours a bottle of wine in a glass, “don’t mind them. They’re nothing to me. But if they dare to provoke me again, you know I’m not that weak ivy. They will surely know their places if they will try to hit on me again,” she added and put down the wine bottle.
Cooper sighed and nodded. After that, their food has been served, and they eat silently. And when they finish having dinner, they walk their way to the exit, and Ivy gasped when she saw Wyatt’s car.
At that moment, Ivy knew what will Piper do. Her forehead creased when she saw Wyatt step out of the car.
Ivy smirked when she saw Piper and Eva walking in Wyatt’s direction.
Another drama.
Ivy and Cooper continued to walk and stopped when Piper spoke.
“Wyatt,” Piper called his name and started to shed tears, making Ivy frown as she looked at her brother.
Cooper was about to speak when Ivy shook her head. “Let her be,” she mumbled and returned her gaze to the front.
“Wyatt, Ivy harmed me, and mom will prove it,” Piper complained.
Ivy just stood there and crossed her arms in front of her chest. She arched her brow and her eyes filled with coldness. Suddenly, she realizes that she might just waste her time with the Reeds again, so she then pulls Cooper’s hand and continues to walk.
On the other hand, Wyatt’s face darkened. But he doesn’t want to accuse Ivy again, just like Alice did. He made a mistake when he sided with Alice, and now, he needs to ask Ivy first. However, Ivy’s leaving again.
They’re walking towards them, and when Wyatt gets the chance to shorten their distance, he grabs her by the arm and locks his cold eyes on her.
“Can you explain it,” he uttered. As much as possible, he tried to control his anger.
Ivy stopped and let go of her brother’s hand. She smiled faintly at him. “Just believe what they say. I don’t need to explain,” she asserted. Her voice is firm and cold.
“Brother, don’t let her go. That slut dares to harm me!” Piper exclaimed.
Wyatt’s grip on her arm tightened, then suddenly, he glanced at her sister. “What do you want me to do?”
Piper bit her lips to hold her smile and looked at Ivy triumphantly. “Let Ivy bow to me and apologize,” she asserted.
Ivy scoffed. “Apologize?” she let out a chuckle and looked into Wyatt’s eyes.
Every time Eva and Piper provoked her to make a mistake, it was she who apologized. The two always make the small things a great big deal for them. And in the end, they will blame her.
“Do you want me to apologize to your sister?” she asked, but Wyatt didn’t reply as Ivy’s alluring eyes hypnotized him. “If you want to find out the truth, why don’t you go first to the surveillance room? Your sister here is not a saint who played innocent and pretended to be pitiful,” she added.
Ivy pushes him away and let go of his grip as she holds Cooper’s arm.
Cooper, who couldn’t help to let out the thoughts that were running inside his mind, spoke. “Piper Reed, haven’t you learned about good manners and right conduct way back in your elementary days? Didn’t your parents teach you how to give respect? And don’t you know that when you bully others, you will retaliate? So, why would Ivy apologize to you if you knew in the first place that it wasn’t her fault?”
Piper trembled when Cooper darted his eyes on her. Suddenly, she hid behind her brother. “W-Wyatt, I didn’t do anything,” she mumbled.
This made Wyatt frown.
“I just cornered her and talked about the necklace which destroys me to my friends, and it’s a thing that is owned by our family. So, how can it be called stealing? And I was talking to her calmly, but she’s the one who picked a fight with me,” Piper lied.
Wyatt’s eyes grew even darker and never broke his gaze to Ivy.
Ivy scoffed and crept a smirk on her lips. “You really should enroll in a subject that deals how with teaching good manners, Miss Reed,” she said sarcastically. “Or else, your behavior will lead you to your downfall,” she added.
“You should check the surveillance cameras and check who’s really at fault,” it was Cooper before she pulled Ivy towards his car and left the restaurant.
Wyatt watched Cooper’s car gradually drift away and squinted his eyes darkly.
Ivy, a divorced woman, is like a derailed train, which makes people unable to grasp the direction of travel.
Ivy even had to be careful and humble talking to him in the past, but now, she could say those unceremonious words without fear at all.
Piper, who was raging in anger, wanted to run forward to stop the car, but Wyatt dragged her by the arm and glared at her.
“Enough!” he exclaimed.
“Wyatt, how could you be like that?” she turned to face Wyatt, “Ivy bullied me. She ruined me because of the necklace. She threw those insane words, and she dared to forget who gave her shelter, food, and clothing for the past three years?” she asked. She gritted her teeth.
Wyatt let go of her sister and pinched the bridge of his nose, and shot a glare at her. “Piper, the jewelry in the safe inside the villa is all for Ivy. You and mom know that.” He unfolds the truth.
“I… I-“
“But because you engaged yourself with gambling and probably lost nothing, you dared to steal it-“
“It’s your property. Our family’s property-” however, she didn’t finish reasoning out when Wyatt cut the hum of her words.
“It was Ivy’s.”
Even if Wyatt didn’t initiate or show Ivy about it, all his property was shared by him and Ivy-and that is very clear to his family.
“Wyatt,” her tears began to pour out of Piper’s eyes, “I am your own sister, and it’s just a piece of jewelry… Ivy doesn’t even attend occasions in the past three years. So, how could she wear it? And she doesn’t deserve to wear-“
“Stop with your rants, Piper. Let’s go to the surveillance room first. I want to check it,” Wyatt decided and glanced at his mom, “Mom, stay inside the car,” he added.
Eva, who also feared his son, just nodded and went inside the car.
Piper’s eyes widened, her tears froze, and suddenly… she gritted her teeth in anger. “Wyatt!” she screamed, “don’t you believe me? Your own sister?”
Wyatt turned to her and arched his brow. “I don’t know. Not until I see what really happened,” he replied and started to walk his way inside.
Piper flashed a tint of panic and pulled the strand of her hair in frustration. She walked towards Wyatt and stopped him. “Wyatt, I already said to you that it was her who started it. Look at me. L-Look at my blouse…”
Wyatt shot a glare at her and wiggled his hand, and let go of Piper’s grip as he continued walking inside.
“Wyatt-“
“Shut up!” Wyatt exclaimed, which startled Piper.
The owner of the restaurant has been instructed by Cooper a few minutes earlier that he will show the surveillance video if ever Wyatt Reed will ask for it. And after a couple of minutes, Wyatt entered the surveillance room, and the owner guided him inside.
Wyatt stood in front of the monitor, and the employee played the video replay. It was a high-technology surveillance camera that could record voices.
Wyatt’s forehead started to crease as he clenched his fist while watching the video.
Piper, who stood beside him, started to feel anxious. The insults that she threw at Ivy could be clearly heard. Even her mother joined Piper’s side. The two provoked Ivy.
He frowned when Ivy talked about the things that she always does in the past three years under his family.
So, he was right, Ivy has been their slave, and they didn’t even respect his wife!
And every time he’s at work, and her mother came to visit them, and they’re making Ivy their maid, and worst, their slave?
Wyatt’s chest started to move rapidly as anger lingers in her heart. His blood quickly rushed, his facial expression darkened, and he stopped the video. He glared at his sister before he walked out of the room.
“W-Wyatt!” Piper called her brother and ran outside. “Hey, Wyatt! Wait for me!” she shouted, which made Wyatt stop and turn around to face her.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.