Ivy swallowed, looking uncomfortable 'I don't know Christian. There's always going to be a huge elephant in the room isn't there?'. Christian sighed, looking down at his hands, twiddling his thumbs 'Ivy please, you're my sister. I've got Elliot and Mia but I need you in my life as well...I want a family again, how we were'.
Ivy was biting the inside of her cheek 'Christian...the person you are...I mean... I don't think we should do this here, we can go back to my place, I don't really want my employees overhearing all of this'.
Christian simply nodded and followed Ivy over to the reception desk where Elizabeth was still pretending not to watch Christian.
Ivy smiled at her 'Liz, this is Christian, my brother. We're gonna head back to mine, can you have my calls taken by someone?'. Elizabeth nodded, writing a note on a post it and picked up some sheets of paper 'Jenkins sent the algorithms down, wanted you to sign off on them'.
Ivy took the sheets of complicated math and nodded 'looks about right. I'll contact him tomorrow'. Elizabeth nodded 'and what if lover boy rings?'. Ivy snorted with laughter 'he's out till late, he'll be straight home tonight, it's fine'.
Christian followed Ivy out of the building, heading down a main street of San Francisco
'So you're still living with Daniel?'. Ivy nodded and quickly tapped at her phone before glancing at her brother.
'So how's Mia?' Christian was surprised that Ivy was actually making conversation with him and smiled slightly 'she's looking at opening a restaurant in Seattle actually' Ivy nodded vaguely 'And Elliot?'. 'Still creating the Eco homes all over Washington State'.
Ivy smiled slightly and started to walk up into a huge apartment building, Christian directly behind her, the two of them getting into an elevator. She looked over at Christian 'why come? Why now?'.
The lift was quick and the doors opened as Christian finally answered her 'I want to ask Ana to marry me. And I want my little sister to be okay with it'.
Whatever reaction Christian was hoping for, the look of horror and shock on Ivy's face as she stared at him probably wasn't it. Her voice was dark and she shook her head 'you've got to be fucking kidding me?'.
How would you take it if you were Ivy?
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