Sent away

"Papa, you have it all wro-wrong. Ple-please, let me explain." Ivy choked on her tears as she fell to her knees to beg her father.

Her eyes were still fixed on the picture on the phone in her hands. Her hands trembled as she soaked it in once more unable to believe her eyes.

It was a picture of her taken at the club the night before as she walked to Alexander 's car with his hand around her waist.

"You may want to check the next picture, you uncultured swine!" Her father growled angrily.

She swiped unto the next, wiping away her tears with her left hand, Ivy let out a soft gasp. There was another picture of her and Alexander walking into the hotel with his suit jacket draped over her shoulders and her head lovingly leaning on his shoulder.

"And the next." Her father scowled at her.

Ivy gulped loudly. She fidgeted, taking in the last picture. It was a clear picture of the hotel she and Alexander had lodged in the night before.

 Hot tears rolled down her face, blurring her vision as her father hurled accusations at her. How did her father get the picture? He would never have known about last night unless someone who knew had snitched on her. But who?

 Immediately she announced her presence, he didn't even return her greetings before pouncing on with different questions as he reached for his phone as evidence to support him.

"Tell how this is a lie! Prove to me that you aren't the one I can see in that picture!" Her father raged, shaking her by the shoulder violently.

"I…"

"Shut up! The more you speak, the more you repulse me. I should have listened to Medusa all these years. You are a disgrace!" He spat out hurtful words, digging his fingers into her arms as he spoke.

Ivy winced in pain however she was too hurt to speak. From a corner of her eyes, she could see a smirk graze Brandon 's face. 

She blinked the tears away and turned to reconfirm if she had actually seen the smirk.

He leaned on the wall by a corner in the living area acting as if he wasn't concerned.

The realisation of his words hit her as she raised her head to meet his gaze. 

Come in, big sister. I guess you will find out yourself.

She didn't need anyone to tell her that Brandon had instigated all these. He had double-crossed her by getting something which implicating thereby rendering whatever she had to say to her father about what she saw between Jack and him useless.

Why did she have to pay for his betrayal? 

Anger stirred in her and she flicked her gaze back to her father's to pour her mind.

Alexander couldn't wait to get back into the room after the business call. He had called her to assign some duties to her because he had no plans of going to the office today when something else had caught his interest.

Vivid images of the night before filled his head and a smile twitched on his handsome chiseled face as he entered the suite.

"Ivy." Her name rolled off his lips perfectly as he headed for the bedroom through the spacious living area.

Soon they would have breakfast since he had ordered it before coming back into the room.

"Ivy." A frown appeared on his face and he stopped in his tracks when she didn't reply. Again.

He pushed the door back and scanned the room in surprise. The bed was empty. Where was she? He traipsed towards the far end of the room where the bathroom was.

Pushing the door back, he discovered that she wasn't there too. Letting go of the doorknob, panic roiled in him. Did she leave already? Why?

 He turned his neck around and squinted his eyes to see her small silver earrings on the bedside table. It dawned on him that she was gone.

However, he couldn't let her go just like that. Alexander had to look for her. He had the best night with her and he was even contemplating canceling his schedule to stay in with her today.

His phone chirped with a familiar sound, interrupting his trail of thoughts. He shoved his hands into his pocket to retrieve his phone as he headed out of the room. 

"Alexander, where are you?" His sister's voice trembled with panic.

"What is it?" Alexander wondered, still darting his eyes around the room.

"You need to come back to Miami immediately. Mother just had another heart attack." His sister broke down into tears.

"What?" Alexander exclaimed.

"It's critical. Please, Alexander. Ple-please." 

"I will be in Miami in a few hours." Alexander hung up.

Piper was running out of her mind. It was almost ten am and since Ivy had walked out of the bar with the sexy stranger she hadn't seen nor heard from her except the last message she received from her stating the hotel they lodged in for security purposes.

 She paced the mini apartment she lived in downtown trying to get across to Ivy while wondering why she wasn't home yet and if she was safe. Piper would have no choice but to go to the hotel if she got the same results this tenth time.

Letting out a groan, she decided to try it one last time before giving up since it wasn't usual for Ivy's phone to be unreachable.

Luckily this time, it went through. 

"I-" She paused and her brows knitted in confusion when she heard familiar choking sobs.

"Papa, that's not a lie. Jack was cheating on me with Brandon . I have proof. Ple-please, listen to this. Just this once." Ivy clasped her hands in a pleading form as her body wracked with fresh tears.

"Enough! I have put up with your waywardness for too long. You can choose to live your life as you wish now. I don't care anymore!" Her father pulled her up with force.

"Get out of my house! From this moment onward, you cease to be my daughter, harlot." Her father said, pushing her towards the door.

Ivy gasped in shock. Where would she go?