Alone

He sprang up immediately and attempted to take the remote from her hoodie with force and she kicked him.

The squabble kept going and they fought like children over the rights to hold an ordinary device. Soon, Ivy was enjoying the funny game and laughed as she dragged it from Ian's hand.

A maid was passing by and ran to call her friend to witness their master playing with his wife. The fight came to end when Ivy grabbed the remote in her mouth and attempted to crawl out but he dragged her by her small foot and she ended up getting trapped under him.

For the first time in a billion seconds, Ivy acknowledged the fact that he was hard handsome... really handsome. His grey eyes, celestial nose, thin lips and magnificent eyelashes all drove her demons crazy.

Meanwhile, Ian's heartbeat kick-started at the loudest pace again, her breaths were touching his skin and he was aroused to the highest level he couldn't fathom.

Their heavy breaths and Ian's heartbeat were the only sound they could hear. The maids gasped when Ian closed his eyes and leant closer, Ivy's heart skipped a beat and she was contemplating if she should block his 'kiss' or not.

Ian placed his lips on the remote control and grabbed it from her mouth, Ivy quickly came back from the land of dreams. He closed his eyes to resist her enchanting face and finally made his move however this little piggy still had more tricks up her sleeve, she tickled his tummy and he tried his best to contain his laughter.

Ten maids were now enjoying the game with five supporting their master and five supporting his wife. Ivy kept tickling and he attempted to stand up when she kicked his stomach and the remote fell off.

Ivy stood on the table as a celebration of Ian's defeat, coincidentally, the match on the screen was over and the winner had been declared. The maids who were supporting Ivy giggled continuously and left when the head maid found them.

Ian stood up and stared at Ivy intensely, she wasn't intimidated by his height even if he was alot more taller than her, she raised her feet up but she couldn't reach his shoulder.

"So you're happy huh? This would be the very first and last time you'll make me fight for my property in my house!" He growled and she yawned before throwing the remote in the floor and headed to her room.

Ian watched her with clenched fists, she was really growing guts and he needed to limit his level of socialization with her.

Later that night, Ivy jotted down events if the night in her diary, obviously she enjoyed her weird wedding night.

The next morning, Ian woke up the second a delightful aroma got into his nostrils. He didn't want to look desperate so he impatiently got ready for work before downstairs to see Ivy was enjoying a small breakfast she made for herself.

He looked around and noticed that the scent was emanating from what she was eating and the maids weren't done with making his usual feast, he was famished because he didn't eat a thing the previous night.

"Lucinda!" he yelled and the head maid ran in with her head bent, she was a chubby lady about the age of fifty.

"Y-yes young master,"

"Explain this,"he said, pointing at Ivy.

"I-I-I tried to s-stop her young master b-but she said she wanted to make breakfast herself, "

"Ugh! I wish Carlos was here it's been a month since he left, "

"S-sir, he said he'll be back tomorrow, "

"That's good news.. atleast, you can go now, " he said, waving his hand and the lady went back to the kitchen. Ivy kept eating calmly regardless of the fact that the human in the room with her had obtained a devilish idea.

He walked up to her and used his hand to sweep every single dish on the table, the sound of the plates startled her and she shuddered with her eyes closed.

"Listen to me carefully, this is my house and my rules, you will eat what the maids give you,am I clear?.Oh I'm sorry....you can't talk because you're like a voiceless robot! A dumb broken toy, you're an alien and you couldn't meet your kind instead it had to be me!" He yelled, poking her head.

She stood up, spat out the food in her mouth and left the room. He felt horrible when he saw the amount of tears accommodated in her eyes, a mental image of Tania made him harden his heart.

Last night, he had expected that she'd try to seduce him but she didn't and this morning he thought she'd be like Tania who kept cooking for him to appease him but she only cooked for herself.

The fact she didn't bother to win his heart like other girls provoked him. He eventually went out to work without eating anything.

Amelia ran to Ivy's bedroom the moment she heard what happened from a maid,when she got there Ivy was sitting on the floor with her eyes swollen and more tears flowing endlessly.

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Ian sat on his swivel chair, when he was feeling restless so he loosened his tie, the betrayed look in Ivy's eyes broke him down as he tried his best to erase it from his memory.

Luckily, Niel walked in with his breakfast and dropped it on the table before sitting on the couch. But Ian looked too lost in his universe of thoughts to notice that the food and Niel were in the room.

"Ian,Ian,"Niel called twice and he 'woke up'. Ian was looking confused so Niel did the honour of pointing to the food on the table and Ian reluctantly stuffed it in his mouth.

"How's Mrs Kim?" Niel asked.

"Niel, I want to be alone please respect that and get out,"

" Wait,you didn't do anything horrible to her..did you?"

"Niel just leave me alone!"

"Fine, I'm taking the day off...your mom asked me to do something for her,"

"Just do whatever you want!"he yelled and Niel exited his office.