Chapter 1 Ivy's boring life

She felt it, her world, it was crumbling. He shoulder felt like it carried the weight of a million heavy trucks. She gasped for breath, the little life she had in her seemed to have left her in a heartbeat. Ivy knew this day would come, little did she know it would come this soon . She was only twenty two for Goodness sake! Why won't those who lived among the heavens allow her stay a little bit longer? "Ivy? Are you okay?" Doctor Saraphina called after noticing she had blanked out for quite a while. Ivy didn't even hear that her name was called. All that went on in her head was how miserable she was and how she never even got to live life as she wanted. She was born with a heart disease, this meant being in out out of hospital buildings for majority of her life up until this moment. I mean here she was sitting in front of a doctor after receiving the worst news anyone could ever receive. About a week ago, she had one of those fainting spells and was rushed to the hospital by her worried sick parents. The doctor had carried out some tests and she had only come here today to get the test results when the doctor decided to drop the bombshell on her. The doctor had just told Ivy that time was no longer on her side Dr Saraphina had sounded so sorry and she wished she wasn't the one to have given Ivy the news. She had been Ivy's doctor since she was little. Telling the poor girl that she had just six months left to live felt like a severe punishment on her part. Little wonder Ivy blanked out after hearing the news "Ivy?" Doctor Saraphina called again, this time loud enough to bring Ivy out if her reverie. "Ye...yess?" She responded..her voice shaky like she was struggling to hold back tears. "Are you okay?" The worried doctor asked. She felt like it was her fault. She shouldn't have told Ivy without anyone else around.. She had thought Ivy would prefer to find out personally and in private. "I'm fine, it's okay... Not like it's the end of the world. 6 months is a very longggg time" She knew she sounded like she was trying to give herself false hope but that was all it was actually. Not like she could change her fate in some way, or could she? She wiped the tear that was falling down her left cheek. "Doctor, I need this to stay between me and you" The last thing Ivy wanted was for her parents to find out or anyone for that matter. She had lived most of her life receiving special attention and being treated like an egg. She knew that attention would triple should they find out her condition. She also didn't want them to feel bad just yet. She knew her mother would pretty much blame herself if Ivy eventually dies. Saraphina nods in agreement, she had no idea what the right words to say in situations like this even after about thirty years of practice. There were simply no right words. During the walk to the bus stop from the hospital. One step felt like a month to Ivy. She felt like time would suddenly start running really fast and then it would be six months in the blink on an eye and then, every atom of life that she had in her would suddenly disappear and then she would close those deep blue eyes of hers never to open them again and That should be it. THE END OF IVY BENNETT'S BORING AND PAINFUL LIFE. She was brought out of her nightmare by the sound of a car honk, she looked up to see that she had almost been hit by a car. The thought of even dying before those six months were completed gave her chills. She was thankful that the car had stopped just before hitting her. She looked around to see that she had pulled quite a crowd, they all gathered to see what was wrong with the lady that was walking freely in the middle of a busy road. The car that almost hit her was a Tesla car, latest edition. The owner was obviously a billionaire to be able to afford a car like this. Whispers about who owned the car could be heard among the crowd. Suddenly there was a moment of silence as people watched the owner of the car. The expected some big shot of A list Celebrity of some sort but were disappointed to see some old man who looked weak to the bones. Most of them hissed and left the scene. The old man gradually walked to where Ivy had fallen and bent to speak to her. Ivy could here the crowd murmur about how an old man like this could be driving such an expensive car. What confused her was where this people saw an old man. The man coming out of the car was breathtaking. He could beat Omar Al bokar hands down on the runway. Even Zayn Malik didn't stand a chance. His beauty was otherworldly. Every step he took oozed royalty and so where the fuck did this people see and old man? The man bent over to talk to her as she had felt lazy to stand from the road where she fell. She smelt his perfume and it reminded her of the jungle, in a good way..she wondered what brand he was wearing. "I know you're not hurt but here's my card, call me if you need anything" The handsome young man said to her and made to stand up but she held his shirt's sleeve. "Why do they think you're an old man? You're so young and damn hot" She said, lost in the beauty of his eyes . They weren't brown or hazel. Ivy knew gold and this young man's eyes were truly golden. 'he's a god!' she screamed in her head. Ishmael looked at the rather frail lady laying on the floor and drooling at his beauty. 'No one was able to see through his false appearance. It had never happened' It surprised him how this lady saw through the old man appearance he put out. He knew he needed to engage this woman in a conversation. Ignoring the stares from people watching, he bent over and carried her bridal style. He took her in his car and drove off with her sitting beside him.... He stole glances at her every once in a while. He even tried to read her mind to see what she was thinking. Nothing.... How's that possible? He was going crazy.