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As the elevator doors opened, a frostiness descended through the whole place, as Ivy visibly froze up, her eyes darkening as she looked over her mother.

Zara Viljoen looked the splitting image of Ivy, none of them had previously realized from grainy CCTV images and driving licence images.

She had stunning green eyes but was otherwise nearly identical to Ivy, not looking old enough to be her mother at all.

She was wearing a black maxi skirt and an emerald green top, all teamed with a pair of black high heels, her hair in a long side ponytail, slightly curled down her side.

Christian was shocked that the woman in front of him was even old enough to have a child Ivy's age; awkwardly part of him was finding her very attractive.

Zara smiled sweetly at her daughter 'Oh Ivy, it's so lovely to see you'. The reaction she got was unsurprisingly dry and cold 'cut the shit, what are you doing here?'. Zara narrowed her eyes a little 'I wanted to see my daughter'. Ivy laughed loudly 'yeah, sure, you suddenly want to be a parent to me?'

Zara's nice tone dropped dramatically and suddenly 'Lewis wasn't a good husband to me Ivy'. She glared at her mother, tone icy 'but good enough to abandon your daughter to though?'. Zara swallowed 'I didn't abandon you Ivy, I wanted to spend more time with you, but I couldn't-'.

Jade cut her off sharply 'I know, I know, you wanted to run off with Johannes to Pretoria, priorities and all that'.

Zara looked like she was well aware she was losing this argument and shook her head in a lost looking way. 'No, darling, I didn't 'run off', I just couldn't be with your father anymore. I tried to find you more often sweetie but your father made it difficult'.

Ivy snorted with laughter 'well that's interesting because as Van Rensberg's we've been in the South African newspapers constantly for years, Dad's been the director of one of the biggest companies in this country...we've hardly been on the down low have we'.

Zara chewed her lip with some clear disdain on her face 'I had your sisters to look after too, I could hardly just leave them!'.

Christian blinked in surprise, unaware that she even had sisters.

'Isabella and Karina aren't my sisters, you're barely my mother, so they're barely my half sisters. You got divorced from Johannes didn't you? - interesting to notice your other two kids aren't with you'.

Ivy narrowed her eyes, looking even more pissed off and stepping forward slightly

'so no, I don't believe your bullshit about wanting to see me, I don't believe you ever tried, and I don't think you even know how to be a mother- how are Izzy and Karina then?. I think you're here because I've got my inheritance and you seem to think you can get your grubby little paws on my money'.

Zara's eyes flashed 'I'm your mother-' Ivy scoffed loudly and Zara was only made more angry with her daughter 'Ivy you've made a name for yourself, you've managed so much, you need your family around you'.

Ivy rolled her eyes 'for fucks sake- you ABANDONED me with a father who resented my presence and somehow you think you can just waltz back in my life, get your filthy little hands on my money- MY money- and just pretend that you haven't failed me all my life? I've been through so much and you've never been there for me!'.

Zara snorted derisively 'and who's fault was all your problems, eh? You were shooting up and snorting anything you can find, neither me nor your father forced you into doing that.

'I think you should take a moment to think again, I think maybe the heroin has addled your brain a bit'.

Everyone gaped at how cruel Zara's words were but Ivy simply slapped her, doing it so hard that she left a deep red hand print on the side of her mothers face.

Her voice was stone cold and her face showed absolute hatred

'if you don't leave now, I'll have you thrown out. If you ever contact me again I'll sue you for anything I can think of, my fiancée is a lawyer and he's fucking good at what he does. If you contact me again I'll destroy you, okay? And I hope you're happy that you've not only destroyed any possibility of a relationship with your oldest daughter, you're also never going to be allowed near my baby- ever'.

Zara opened her mouth to speak but Ivy cut her off 'Taylor, can you escort her out, an make sure she fucking leaves?'. Taylor nodded 'with pleasure'.

Without a backwards glance at her mother, Ivy stormed out of the room and into the living room and open plan kitchen area. After about a minute, Christian followed her through.

He glanced at her warily 'so that...I don't even have any words for what just happened. How are you doing?'. Ivy actually looked incredibly happy 'how do I feel? Elated, I've finally said what I wanted to say for years. God I feel like a huge weight is off my shoulders now'.

Christian smiled slightly 'good. Well Taylor's happily throwing Zara out, Gail's putting some food on and Ana's making tea... So you've got some news I heard?'.

Ivy blushed slightly, following Christian's eye line to the impressive ring on her finger. It was two white gold diamond bands with a rectangular diamond as the centre piece. 'Yeah...and uh, I'm pregnant' Christian's mouth twitched into a smile. 'I heard...are you sure?'.

Ivy nodded 'pretty sure, unless your mother isn't very good at her job. Daniel didn't ask me because I'm pregnant- he was already going to ask me'.

Christian found himself rolling his eyes 'I know, I've seen the way he looks at you, that's a man who's in it for the long haul'. There was a pause as Christian seemed to digest the news, looking up with a smile.

'God, you're having a baby'. Ivy grinned, also slowly digesting the news 'yeah...you're going to be an uncle'. He smiled, a full, genuinely happy smile that Ivy didn't get to see often.

Frankly it warmed her heart and she found herself hugging her brother tightly.

Christian wrapped his arms around his much smaller little sister and kissed her hair 'congratulations'.

Ivy started crying slightly and Christian pulled back a little, looking at her with worry. 'Ivy, what's wrong?'. She shook her head, smiling as the tears rolled down her cheeks.

'Nothing, I'm just happy, it's nothing bad'. Christian had never really understood tears of happiness personally but nodded, holding her arms and looking at her closely.

'Are you sure you're okay? You're pregnant, if something's wrong-'. Ivy shook her head, wiping away the tears

'No, no, no, I just...I want to move back...move back to Seattle, I Just don't think I can...Dan's work and my offices...I just want to come back, Christian, I want to come home'.

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