Chapter 428

Ian didn't say a word, but his cold expression spoke volumes.

"You've already cut off all business dealings with my dad and taken over my projects. Isn't that enough? What more do you want?"

Ivy choked out, "I don't have any good projects in Bolton, and I'm being looked down on by everyone at work because of the scandal online.

"I know I shouldn't have provoked Sage, but I've paid the price already. Be honest, Ian. If I hadn't done what I did, could you have stomached Sage's child?"

His gaze remained cold as he looked at Ivy's aggrieved expression. "How can you be so sure that the baby isn't mine?"

"The baby is yours?" Her eyes widened in disbelief. "But… didn't Sage say the baby was Shane's?"

"It doesn't matter whose child it is. It has nothing to do with you," he said apathetically. "Stop harboring any hopes or feelings you might have for me.

"Even if I've divorced Sage, I won't marry another woman, let alone develop feelings for you beyond those appropriate for our profess