Fear gripped Josie as she instinctively stepped back, “So, it was you all along! You conspired with Claire to smear my name!”
“Took you long enough to realize. Tsk. I wonder why Dexter would fall for an id ot like you!” Ivy said while forcefully pushing Josie, causing her to trip and fall to the ground, leaving a bloody mark on her scraped elbow.
Josie felt a burning sensation in her elbow. She bit her lips and glared at Ivy, “Why did you do this? Even if Dexter has no feelings for you, you can stay by his side as his personal assistant. Isn’t that enough?”
“No! No! It’s all because of you! It’s your fault!” Wielding a hemp rope in her hand, Ivy ruthlessly assaulted Josie.
“If it weren’t for you, Dexter wouldn’t have sidelined me! Josie Warren, you’re good at your deceitful and despicable antics!”
Tears welled up in Josie’s eyes as the pain in her wounded elbow intensified. She took a sharp breath, realizing that Dexter had removed Ivy from her role. It now made sense why Ivy had become so unhinged.
“Have you ever thought that your repeated boundary-crossing led him to make that decision? You betrayed his trust, and that’s why things turned out like this. No one forced you to make those choices!”
Ivy’s fixation and infatuation with Dexter sent chills down Josie’s spine.
Josie’s confrontation stirred up Ivy’s anger. A cruel smirk formed on Ivy’s face as she retorted, “We were always in sync, like soulmates. No one in this world understood each other better than us. But ever since you came, everything changed…”
Ivy’s demeanor and words revealed her unraveling state, with her head shaking frantically and her body swaying uncontrollably..
“It was you! It was you who took away his love for me!” Ivy’s voice echoed through the room as she relentlessly lashed at Josie with the hemp rope. Beads of sweat rolled down Josie’s face from the intense physical torment.
Ivy turned away, her gaze fixed on the lush trees outside. She sighed and reminisced, “I remember I first met Dexter; it was spring. He asked if I wanted to be his assistant with a charming smile.”
A tender smile graced Ivy’s lips as she recalled that moment. “I know deep in my heart that we would end up with each other if things had gone as planned. But you… Josie Warren! You robbed him away from me!”
Josie’s eyes remained cold and unwavering. “You’re delusional.”
“No, you’re the one who’s delusional!” Ivy’s disheveled hair added to her frenzied appearance as she squatted down, forcefully. gripping Josie’s face.
“Why do you think he asked you for the recording pen? It was to protect me, Josie. Between you and me, he chose me!”
“Stop fooling yourself. He would never like you!” Undoubtedly, this incident left a deep emotional wound in Josie’s heart. However, deep down, she knew Dexter didn’t do that to protect Ivy.
Ivy simply didn’t hold enough significance in Dexter’s life. Josie’s words triggered a wave of anger within Ivy. She forcefully pushed Josie away, a sneer forming on her face, “Today, I want to see if you truly matter to him!”
Confusion and worry filled Josie’s mind. What did Ivy mean? Had she told Dexter about their kidnapping?
Josie turned her gaze towards Summer, who was forced to kneel nearby. A sense of dread washed over her, “What are you going to do to us? Why involve an innocent person in our grievances?”
“Well, she’s not just anyone, Ivy remarked, lifting Summer’s pale face with the tip of her high-heeled shoe, “Let’s see if Dexter will choose you over her. Or vice versa.” Josie’s thoughts raced in chaos. Ivy had gone insane, resorting to extreme measures!
“But she’s the only daughter of the Olsen family. You ought to pay with your life if anything happens to her!”
“Do you think I still bother about my life at this point?” Ivy retorted, her voice filled with determination. Desperate, Josie ignored the pain in her body and shouted, “Wake up! Wake up, Summer!”
But Summer remained motionless. Ivy gloated, saying, “Don’t bother. I drugged her. She won’t wake up anytime soon.”
“Ivy! No!”
