A Son for A Billionaire novel Chapter 57

EPISODE FIFTY EIGHT

THEME: Pent up anger

            LOS ANGELES

        IVY RIVERA APARTMENT 

She would have turned to leave but Ace grabbed her upper arms and swirled her to face him. 

“You are not getting away this time. I insist we discuss this Ivy! I insist that you visit your hometown and pay a respect to your father. It is the least you can do now that he is dead since you have refused to see him when he was alive.” Ace Clark stated clearly.

All this time, he didn’t want to argue with Ivy, he didn’t want to pester her to go against her decision but he was going to change his mind. He wasn’t going to let her off the hook today.

Ivy jerked free from his hold. “I don’t want to ever step foot into that town again! I don’t want to ever see my parents again! I don’t care if they both die!” She bared her teeth in anger and stormed out of the kitchen.

Ace Clark followed her after he let out a sigh of frustration. “I am not done talking, Ivy Rivera.” He mustered in the calmest tone he could utter. 

Ace Clark was simply trying to calm himself down.

“I don’t want to have this discussion with you!” Ivy grimaced as she tried to walk away again. But Ace was quick to block her pathway.

The tears he saw in the corners of her eyes almost broke his resolve completely. He didn’t want to see her hurting in any way. He never wants to see her cry. But at the same time, he was still determined to persuade her to visit her mom and pay a last respect to her father.

“Ivy-“

“Can we not talk about this please?!” Ivy snapped at him as she turned away.

“I want a life with you Ivy Rivera. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and Leroy. But I have realized that it can’t be possible because you aren’t on good terms with your parents. We need their consent to get married. It is the right thing to do and that’s why I am trying to -“

Ivy cut him off mid sentence. “Why on earth do we need them?! I don’t fucking need their consent to get married! And they have no right whatsoever to be in my life! I don’t need their presences in my life! I hate them so much!” Ivy grimaced in anger.

Ace Clark was speechless. He didn’t miss the hatred towards her parents that burned deep in her eyes and every word she uttered.

But it wasn’t the right time to utter those assurances because he wanted Ivy to pour out her mind to him.

Ivy Rivera shook her head in disagreement. “I didn’t just leave town on my own will.” She sniffed and wiped her tears with the back of her palm.

Ace Clark scrunched up his face. “The woman that birthed me heard my discussion with Emily. And then she went on to speak Ill of how I had slept with so many men. She never gave me the chance to explain myself. And she uttered that the only option I had to still be in that house was for me to abort my baby!” More tears streamed down her face.

It was hard for Ace Clark to hide the shock on his face. His folded arms dropped down to his side.

“Oh yes! Are you surprised?! Of course you must be shocked! I was also shocked to hear my own mother suggest an abortion! But what did I do? I didn’t bother to beg her because those words broke the last glint of love I felt for her. And without having to think too much about it, I chose the other option which was to leave that damn town and raise my child alone! And I made a promise never to set foot into that town again and ever see my parents too! I promised myself that I would live a good life. But that isn’t all of it, I-“ her voice trailed off as she let the tears flowed freely. 

It was impossible to hold those tears back.

“I was scared. I was terrified of how my life would really turn out. I have lived up to the legacy of being a jinx so I was afraid for my unborn child. I felt like my child was going to suffer the same fate as I did when things got too tough for me! A whole town made me believe so low of myself, everywhere I went in search of a job, I got turned down!  For weeks, it was hard to have a day meal, I had complications at the early stage of my pregnancy because I wasn’t eating well. I cried myself to sleep every night because I thought I was going to lose my baby, my only hope of survival. I had the thought of ending things but I couldn’t do it because I had another life growing in me!” Ivy was trying so hard not to break down completely and cry out loud. She needed to say everything on her mind.

“And when I got my first job as a waitress in a bar, I thought things would get better but it didn’t. I became a homeless teenage pregnant girls and for sometimes I had to sleep secretly at the bar. I worked overtime and even went to night school because I had hoped that soon everything would fall into place for good. Through it all, the life I was carrying kept me going throughout those time.” She said in a tight whisper.