Ivy was sure she looked like she had seen a ghost. Carter had been the last person in the world she expected to show up at Coen’s party. She couldn’t move, hell she wasn’t even sure she could breathe. Ivy was standing there frozen in place by fear. She was listening to Carter speak but the words weren’t registering in her brain. Carter knew Lexie? He knew Rowen, Coen, and he even knew Coen’s sister Adira. What the f**k was going on? How on earth had she gotten associated with people her ex knew?!
“What are you doing here, Carter?” Ivy managed to say sounding braver than she actually felt. She could hear the little break in her voice, like a little hiccup that she couldn’t control. What was he doing here? How did he find her?
“I came to bring you and the girl home. You belong to me. You
