Chapter 73. Searching

Ivy bounded down the stairs and made her way to the table where her mum sat having a breakfast of chai tea and toast.

“Morning mum,” she placed a loud smack on her mum’s cheek and her mum chucked.

“Good morning, my baby. You seem very happy,” she contemplated for a few seconds before picking up an extra toast then stole a glance at Ivy who shook her head at her.

“I honestly don’t know why you even bother with dieting mum, you never add even a few pounds. You could pass off entirely as my older sister.”

Her mum’s sheepish look turned sassy as she flipped her hair and crossed her long, slender legs and Ivy’s eyes narrowed in annoyance. Three, two, one…

“Well of course, dear. All those hours doing Pilates should pay off so I can show off.”

“I shouldn’t have bothered, you become a peacock whenever we talk about this,” she mock glared at her mum.

“Well at the very least, my efforts always paid off during sexy time with your father,” she si