CHAPTER 12: CHAPTER 12: REUNION WITH MASTER BLACKWOOD

At this moment, Ivy Kensington has already returned to the Kensington Family.

The Maybach is still parked there. Before stepping inside, Ivy turned back to look, maintaining a distance neither too far nor too close, and Sebastian Blackwood smiled at her.

Ivy’s heart inexplicably felt both sour and painful. She waved goodbye to him and finally went inside.

"The task is complete, give me the Peace Locket."

Ivy didn’t waste words with them and went straight to the point.

Anne Linden and Dahlia Kensington were sitting on the sofa, especially Dahlia, whose eyes were bloodshot as she examined her up and down several times.

When her gaze landed on those unmistakable kiss marks, she almost went mad: "Ivy, I will never let you go!"

Then, Dahlia put on a mask and walked out the door.

Ivy had already changed into her own clothes by now. She ignored Dahlia’s behavior and stubbornly asked, "My Peace Locket."

"Ivy, I’ll exchange a secret for your Peace Locket."

Anne suddenly spoke, her eyes deep and profound. Without waiting for Ivy to respond, she directly said, "Your mother isn’t dead!"

What?

Ivy stood frozen on the spot.

It took about a minute for her to respond, "Anne, what nonsense are you talking?"

When she was six months old, her mother jumped to her death. She had never seen her.

"Hmph," Anne seemed unsurprised by her reaction, directly tossing over a stack of photographs, "See for yourself."

They were all photographs of Stanley Kensington entering the psychiatric hospital; Stanley Kensington is the director of Veridia Psychiatric Hospital, which isn’t unusual.

Until Ivy flipped to the back──

Photos of Stanley Kensington with a woman.

More accurately, photos of Stanley Kensington taking care of a woman.

In the photos, the woman looked very frail as Stanley fed her, combed her hair...

And this woman was the person Ivy had wished countless times to appear in her life since childhood.

Yasmin Irvine, her mother!

"Do you believe now? Your mother didn’t die; she has been imprisoned by Stanley Kensington all these years."

Anne deliberately used the word imprisoned; she was seething with hatred.

All these years, she had believed Yasmin Irvine was truly dead, never expecting Stanley Kensington had committed such an atrocity behind her back. He had always loved Yasmin Irvine!

The reason she told Ivy was to get Ivy to find Yasmin Irvine, so Stanley would be enraged.

At that time, Ivy would suffer, and based on Yasmin Irvine’s physical state, she certainly wouldn’t live long once released from the hospital, a perfect two-pronged outcome!

"I’ve finished speaking; you understand what to do deep down."

After saying this, Anne told Ivy to get out.

Walking out of the Kensington Family residence, Ivy’s mind was in chaos, utterly unable to believe Yasmin Irvine was still alive...

"Sebastian."

Suddenly, she heard Dahlia Kensington’s voice.

Sebastian Blackwood hadn’t left yet; Dahlia, wearing a mask to cover the rash on her face, leaned at the car window, talking to him.

Ivy paused in her steps. Somehow, she moved to the side of the greenery, hiding her figure.

"Sebastian, I’m so happy tonight. If my mom hadn’t asked me to stay home with her for a few days, I would have wanted to go home with you."

Dahlia spoke as if it was truly her who went out with Sebastian today.

Sebastian’s delicate brows furrowed slightly as he looked at Dahlia’s exposed eyes, actually feeling a bit repulsed.

They didn’t seem as bright and dazzling as they did that morning.

"Sebastian?"

Dahlia coquettishly shook his arm. Sebastian came back to his senses, his gaze falling on the jade pendant hanging around her neck, his expression softened slightly, and he asked, "Why weren’t you wearing it this afternoon?"

The one who went out with him this afternoon was Ivy, and of course, she wasn’t wearing the jade pendant!