Sorry, Ivy

"Hey! I'm ready!" Niel yelled as he banged on Ian's door. Since they lived together now,Niel sent a message to inform his lazy boss that they would be transported to work via one vehicle. And now, he was standing right in front of the door, impatiently waiting for him.

Ian was enjoying his sleep since several thoughts and guilt deprived him of any the previous night so Niel would probably have to wait a little bit longer.

Niel was still at the door when a maid walked up to him.

"Sir..umm..Mrs Kim asked you to join her for breakfast," she said, shyly.

" Oh, okay "he replied and decided to eat first before Ian arrived.

He sat at the chair close to Jacob and stuffed his mouth with the meal served.

" He hasn't changed a bit, still addicted to sleep,"Jacob said, laughing.

" I think he needs a therapist for that too, aside his anger management issues. He slept really early last night, I wonder what's wrong with him, "

Ivy kept eating calmly, she didn't want to contribute to their conversation.

" I'll go wake him up, " Jacob volunteered.

"Madame Ivy, since you're his wife you might give it a try," Amelia suggested and Ivy almost choked on her food.

" Are you kidding? We can't let her risk her life," Niel objected.

" But she's his wife, "Amelia protested.

"Yeah I agree..with Niel, I'll go myself," Jacob said, attempting to stand up but Ivy held his wrist - signifying that she'd like to take so-called risk and Jacob stared at her with a hint of shock in his eyes.

She stood up and left the two men on the table, they watched as she went upstairs probably picturing the scene of a lamb happily hopping into a wolf's den.

Ivy unhurriedly opened the door and walked in, she sat on Ian's bed and laughed at his appearance. He looked as calm as a harmless baby when he was asleep but whenever he was awake it was totally the opposite, his black pajamas suited him perfectly and his hair was messy.

She suddenly remembered the day when he slept with Tania and her laugh switched to a sad expression. But why was she bothered? She didn't love him.. did she?

Ian lazily rolled to the other side of the bed, facing her. He grabbed her hand and placed it on his chest in response to their skin contact she got the hiccups but she covered her mouth with her other hand.

"I'm sorry," he muttered in his sleep. Her eyes widened in shock, he wasn't dreaming about her, was he?

"I'm sorry, Ivy.. I've been a horrible jerk and I've hurt you alot.."he muttered again but his voice slowly trailed off and she found herself struggling to fight the body given to her. Her eyes were slowly getting watery but she didn't want to cry.

Since she got married to him, she became a lot more sensitive and emotional; she kept crying even when she didn't want to. She bit her lower lip and closed her eyes tightly before tapping him softly on his cheek.

He sprang up immediately and looked at her with a raised brow, she pointed to the alarm clock.

"Oh, I'm late already."he said and she pointed at her hand which was still interlocked with his.

"Oh my, I'm so sorry," he apologized releasing his grip. She stood up and left the room immediately while he stood up and got ready for work. She tried her possible best to hide her bloodshot eyes but it was almost impossible so she went to the bathroom.

Jacob and Niel were outside waiting for Ian at the garage so they didn't notice her changed expression.

After Ian went to work with Ivy left her room. With the help of Amelia she went to the basketball court at the back of the house to find Jacob. The court was rarely used by Ian, he frequently played games with it when he moved in but due to his tight schedules the use of the court was reduced.

"Hey!" Jacob greeted, jogging towards her. He woke up late for his morning run so he decided to jog around the court for a few seconds.

"You play basketball?"he asked and she shook her head in disagreement. "Oh, so what are-"

"I was looking for you," she typed with her phone.

" Oh, is anything wrong? Or does your head hurt? "He asked, keenly looking at her bandage.

" Why did she die?"

"Who?" He inquired and was too quick to assume that she missed her parents. But her mom didn't die she only ran off or maybe she was probably dead wherever she was.

"Kira..the girl in the book you gave me. Why couldn't you make the ending more happier? Why did you have to kill her and her baby?"she asked and stared at him while waiting for her answer.

Jacob was a well-known writer but he wasn't into it for publicity and stuff, he loved writing when he was younger and his parents helped him develop his gift. Many of his books were adapted into mind-blowing movies but he rarely came for movie premieres and award ceremonies.

The reason the public bombarded him with was that - it was because he was always compared to Ian. Ian was the owner of a men's clothing line but he was more wealthy and popular due to the natural handsome features mother nature showered on him and his brains too.

He also had other investments aside MOVE corp, whenever Jacob got his chance to 'shine' with a thrilling romance novel adapted into a movie, huge number of reviews always kept wishing that Ian was the male lead. He wasn't referred to as - Jacob Kim author of Safe Haven. He was referred to as 'Ian Kim's cousin the guy who wrote that book called Safe Haven '.

People also assumed that he earned his share of the popularity amulet because of the man of the year - Ian Kim. So, to avoid toxic and heartbreaking articles and blogs he decided to stick to being the ghost walking behind Ian.

"I-I... why are you looking at me like that?"he asked, placing his hands on his waist when she frowned.

"I don't know, you don't want to give me an answer,"

" Alright fine, some stories are just bound to be tragic. I'm sorry for making you read one of those but you insisted, remember? "

"But... the world wants happiness not sad -"

" Yeah, yeah that's why there are sad stories and happy ones as well, "he explained and she pouted.

" You should have left the baby, Mr. Murderer,"

"Hey, stop calling me that, "he said with a chuckle.

" And if I don't? "

"I'll tell Ian that you dipped his toothbrush in the toilet seat yesterday,"

"Hey! that was supposed to be a secret and he won't believe you anyways because he didn't see me," she typed and stared at him with a bold smile.

"It's okay darling because you took a picture of it and it's still on your cellphone, "he reminded, taking it from her grasp and she chased after him to get back.

" Come on, Ms lazy catch me if you can! "He dared when she stopped to catch her breath.

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Hey guys,

I'm feeling a lot more better, so updates will be back to normal. Thanks to everyone who checked up on me♡.

We got to 24 power stones last week.. this may seem 'little' but I'm really happy y'all are voting for heat, I was so happy seeing Heat sharing a spot with other AMAZING webnovels on several rankings. If We could make it to 28 Ps this week, I'll do a mass release of five chapters the following weekday (which is monday).

[REALLY IMPORTANT] I've been losing motivation and confidence in heat lately but a peculiar soul and her beautiful book inspired me to continue. Guys if you're into fantasy romance please give this book [Dancing with the last black dragon by Jeri_] a try and promise me you'll leave a review (I don't need to tell you it's worth more five stars).

Thank you so much ♡˖