Buying My Forever Wife novel Chapter 54

He was asking her for money again.

Hadn't Gemma said the insurance company had covered the cost of their dad's accident?

Besides, she had already given all the $10,000 she had on her to Gemma, telling her to use it when their parents needed it.

Why would they have Toby ask her for money again?

Ivy called Toby back, her voice cold. "I don't have money."

Toby said, "But Dad is lying in the hospital and needs life-saving treatment. Ivy, you have to think of something. The insurance company said Dad intentionally caused the accident and refuses to pay."

"If Dad doesn't get treated, he's going to die. I'm begging you, Ivy."

Listening to her brother's words, Ivy felt an eerie calm deep within her.

It reminded her of the time her parents had forced her to marry the disabled old man for that $200,000.

She had cried and begged them, promising she would work hard to earn money so they could live comfortably, begging them not to be so cruel as to marry her off.

Her brother was still young and didn't even need a house right now.

But what had her parents said? They told her that because she was young, getting $200,000 for her was already a good deal, and that when she got older, no one would offer that much.

At the time, Ivy wondered how there could be such cruel parents in the world.

How could they push their own biological daughter into a pit of fire just for their son?

Thinking about how her father had gotten into the car accident while trying to track down Hazel to force her into marriage as well.

Ivy felt it was God's way of helping them.

Perhaps even God couldn't stand a father who was addicted to alcohol and gambling, constantly using his daughters as sacrifices.

And now they wanted her to give them money for his medical bills? Where was she supposed to get any money?

Ivy told her brother:

"I'm married now, and my husband is incredibly fierce. He refuses to give me another dime, and he strictly warned me not to be a piggy bank for my brother, or he'll break my legs.

I don't have a single cent right now. Tell them to sell the house they bought for you, and then you'll have money."

Toby didn't believe her and tried to continue begging.

"My husband is incredibly fierce. He refuses to give me another dime, and he strictly warned me not to be a piggy bank for my brother, or he'll break my legs."

When had he ever said such things to her?

This girl was truly full of lies, spouting nonsense, completely unreasonable.

Alaric stepped closer to her, his aura overwhelmingly powerful.

"I didn't give you money? When did I ever say I'd break your legs?"

Ivy swallowed hard, standing rigidly with her head bowed, her legs trembling uncontrollably.

She hurriedly shook her head in denial.

"I-I'm sorry, Mr. Foster. I-I didn't mean to say that about you. It's just that my family keeps asking me for money, and I didn't know what else to do, so I tried to scare them."

She was terrified that Mr. Foster would get angry again and kick her out, losing her the hospital job along with it.

In order to keep her job with its full benefits, Ivy gritted her teeth and collapsed in desperation.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Foster. I was wrong. I'll never use you as a shield again."