Chapter 185: Jealous Jo

"Noah, stop. That's my sister Ivy." Aria held him from punching Ivy's, who was disguised as a man, face.

"Aria, why did you reveal the truth this soon? You killed the fun." Ivy wailed as she removed her wig and her beard. 

"If I didn't stop him, Noah would have killed you, stupid." Aria gave her a glare making Ivy chuckle.

The three men were still flabbergasted with the turn of events. They still could not believe that Ivy was the man whose limbs they were about to break. She had mimicked the character of a man so good that they got fooled though they were smart and intelligent. Her style, her voice, even her charisma was that of a man's. She had done a great job, they had to give her credit. If Aria had not stopped Noah, they could not imagine what would have happened to her.

"Brother-in-law, I apologize for my behavior right now. It was fun to see you all flustered and angry." Ivy grinned at him as she held Aria's hands. "It was such fun. I should do it again some other time."

"Ivy, I am sorry too." Noah apologized. He was still in a state of shock. He was just short of hitting her if Aria had not stopped him. Just the thought of its after effect made him shiver.

"Nah, that's okay. Nobody other than Aria can find out it's me when I am in a disguise. So, you were not in the wrong and my god, what luck. Aria, you have got the best boyfriend ever. He is quite good." Ivy stated loud and clear for everybody to hear and Aria blushed, cursing her in her mind. "He loves you, a lot actually. I could see it in his eyes."

Noah cleared his throat awkwardly. "Shall we go in?"

"Definitely. By the way, who is this?" Ivy asked looking at Ian.

"Ivy, this is Ian, Ian Davis, a friend of mine. We are also colleagues. And Ian this is my sister, Ivy." Aria introduced the two of them.

"Ah, this Dr. Ian. My sister talks a lot about you. Hello, nice to meet."

"Nice to meet you too." Ian shook her hand and Joshua looked at them.

"Aria, blessed is your life," Ivy said, her eyes twinkling. She looked as though she was worshipping someone with the way her eyes were filled with admiration.

"Why?"

"You have such handsome men around you. First, there is my brother-in-law, who is godly handsome. Then, there is Daniel who is smartly handsome and now Dr. Davis is geekily handsome. Happy you."

Ian chortled hearing her words. By then, the group of five had started walking towards the restaurant entrance.

"Excuse me. What about me? You missed my name." Joshua butted in forcibly in the sisters' conversation. He had been observing her and listening to her attentively since the time she had arrived.

"In what?" Ivy asked, her eyes blinking in confusion.

"In the list of handsome men. I am handsome too."

"Is it? Since when?"

"What do you mean by since when? I was born handsome." Joshua boasted.

"I don't see that." Ivy denied immediately.

"Are you kidding me? Ask anybody out there and they will tell you that I am one of the most handsome men in the world."

"Let's just say I am not anybody."

Joshua narrowed his eyes, trying to make Ivy succumb to him. But she being a bold woman, did not even budge. She walked away with her sister without a care in the world.

"Ivy, accept that I am handsome."

"Whatever makes you sleep at night."

Ian and Noah gave each other a knowing look while Aria just laughed looking at them bicker. They were inside the restaurant and the maitre'd led them to a private room seeing Noah come in. He was a regular at this restaurant. So, he had a room exclusively reserved for him.

"What's with these two?" Ian asked Noah, taking a glance at Ivy and Joshua. They were leading the others. So, nobody else heard what Ian had whispered.

"There is an obvious spark between them. But neither of them is ready to make the first move." Noah answered. 

"Is Jo still hung up on that girl from the past?"

"No. He is not ready to accept any other girl also."

"Why? Not everybody is like her. There are some fabulous women too."

"That's true. But who will explain that to him? Also, he doesn't want to take the risk again. So, I am no position to advise him, he knows what is better for him."

"I just hope he realizes what is good for him."

"Me too." Noah took another glance at the duo. "I don't think he would meet anybody better than Ivy. She is the one who can handle him and I can see that she makes him happy."

"Let's just hope he does not avoid his feelings any further. I don't want him to go through the pain again."

The five people went inside the room and placed their orders one by one. There was some time for their food to arrive. So, they were just casually chatting with each other.

"Ivy, why did you disguise yourself today?" Noah asked the question he was wishing to since he found out about it.

"As you already know I have a man stalking me. So, I cannot go out normally. I disguised as a man today to come out. I don't want him to keep following me everywhere I go." Ivy stated with a shrug and Noah nodded. It was fair.

Though it was not necessary for her to disguise as she was not doing anything suspicious. She was only going out to have dinner, Noah was happy that she had decided to do so. If Tim found out about him or even the fact that Ian and Joshua knew Ivy, then it would become a huge problem for them. It was best that they keep it a secret as long as possible.

"What do you mean somebody is following you?" Joshua asked baffled. Even Ian was perplexed hearing it.

Ivy was about to answer him, but Noah intervened. "It's a long story. I'll tell you about it later." He gave a silent signal to them that he tell them everything later and the two men stopped the topic then and there. At that moment, the waiter arrived with the food and everybody became busy in eating it.

"By the way, where's your bodyguard Noah?" Ivy asked swallowing a spoonful of rice.

"Who?"

"The guy who came to our house yesterday."

"Ronnie? I sent him home early."

"That's sad. He is a cute guy."

Now not only Joshua, even Noah looked at her surprised. 'What was with the West sisters and Ronnie? How come both of them found him to be cute? He was anything but cute. If the twins saw him slaying people in the base, they would even forget the definition of cute and run for their lives.'

However, Joshua had a completely different thought in mind. 'How did Ivy get to know Ronnie and she finds him cute, how hilarious!' He had no idea that he was feeling jealous of a man who was not even present in the room at that moment.