A few days later,
Ivy had begun to accept her mother's departure. She had also returned to school to finish her final semester before graduating and working.
Today, she was leaving with a friend named Niki, a fashionable and sexy woman. Someone who could transform Ivy into a complete woman.
She left her room wearing only a tank top that covered her upper body and cargo pants. Sexy enough for David, but for most students, this was already covered up.
Ivy's body, which was naturally a little curvy due to the stress of her mother's death, had further accentuated her figure in areas like her breasts and buttocks.
It made David's mind wander. Now he was beginning to realize that something was growing inside him that he shouldn't be feeling. But it was too difficult to suppress it.
"Good morning, David," she greeted cheerfully. She had tried to fall asleep early last night, and well... she had succeeded. The color on her face had returned from the bitterness she had experienced.
David was silent for a long time. But he wasn't completely silent. His eyes scanned Ivy's body up and down, then back up again just to confirm his vision was correct.
"You... want to wear that understuffed fabric?" he asked, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Ivy raised an eyebrow, then looked down at her own appearance.
"What's wrong?" she asked, raising her arms so David could see the tank top barely able to accommodate her breasts. "This is normal!" she continued casually.
"...y...you..." David couldn't even finish his sentence, overcome with anger, a sense of entitlement he shouldn't have.
Ivy chuckled and walked past David to pick up the toast he had prepared earlier that morning. "This is perfectly normal at my university, David. Even my friend who's coming over can wear a bikini if she wants." She chuckled at David's amusing reaction, though she was aware that something inside her was currently trembling.
David only came out of his stupor after Ivy managed to lull him to sleep with the perfume she smelled on him. "Take off those clothes, and change into something more covering." he said firmly.
Ivy turned her head, biting into her bread. "Oh, come on! You're too protective of me..."
"LET IVY GO, or do you want me to help you, hm?" The man initially snapped, but his tone changed to a cold, flat tone at the end of his sentence, and something inside her almost made her collapse.
Her knees nearly buckled, but luckily, she was sitting in a chair, so she still had control.
This was the first time she'd heard David's more dominant and possessive voice. He'd never reacted this way with his mother before.
Annoyed, she slammed the bread onto her plate and stood up, wiping the edges with a tissue. "I don't want to be in a bad mood this morning, David. So if my studies don't go well today, you're the one to blame," she said firmly and irritably, then walked past David without looking back toward the main door and disappeared.
David lay there, his hands clenched into fists at his sides until his knuckles turned white, while his eyes stared intently at the main door, which had just slammed shut.
The scent of Ivy's musky vanilla perfume lingered in the air, as if it were trying to control his self-control, which was nearly crumbling at the sight of her bare shoulders and the curves of her now much more mature body.
A burning sensation spread through his chest, a combination of burning anger at the girl's disobedience and possessive desire that was beginning to erode his sanity.
He took a deep breath, trying to clear his mind of the thoughts that were beginning to cloud his mind, but the image of the thin tank top tracing every curve of Ivy's breasts, compressed by recent emotional stress, only grew stronger in his mind, making him feel like a sinner awaiting execution.
Outside the house, Ivy stomped her feet with a hint of annoyance, though deep down, the tremors she had felt upon hearing David's low tone had yet to completely subside. He stood at the curb in front of the house, occasionally adjusting his cargo pants, which felt a little tight around his hips, as he waited for Niki's car to appear.
Shortly after, a bright red sports sedan pulled up right in front of her with a commanding roar, followed by the window rolling down slowly, revealing Niki in large sunglasses and a very daring minidress.
Niki smiled broadly, showing off her pearly whites as she gestured for Ivy to get in before they were late for their first class. "Oh my, Ivy! Look at you, you look absolutely stunning today with this slightly naughty style, though I'm sure your strict stepfather must be about to have a heart attack," Niki chirped as she sped through the increasingly crowded city streets, her voice cheerful yet full of teasing that made Ivy blush slightly.
Niki was the type of friend who always encouraged Ivy to explore her feminine and sexy side, a woman who believed that beauty was the ultimate weapon for conquering the world, and today she felt incredibly proud to see Ivy emerging from her pretentious shell.
Ivy leaned back in the plush leather seat of the car, trying to distract herself from the dining table by gazing at the rows of shops that were beginning to open along the sidewalk. "You're right, Niki. David almost exploded earlier, he even yelled at me and ordered me to change my clothes like I was a child who didn't know how to dress properly," Ivy replied with a tone of annoyance that was still clearly felt, she played with the ends of her hair that was tied in two, trying to convince herself that what she was wearing was normal for a final semester student.
However, the memory of David's eyes scanning her body with such intense intensity made Ivy feel a strange sense of satisfaction hidden beneath her anger. "Oh, come on, honey, he's a normal grown man, of course he'd be protective if he saw his 'daughter' turn into such a beautiful woman, or maybe... he just can't stand the thought of another man looking at you the way he looks at you," Niki said, glancing at Ivy from behind his glasses, a mischievous grin that made Ivy's heart race with the feeling of her secret being nearly revealed.
Niki didn't know what was really going on between Ivy and David, but her womanly instincts often detected an unusual tension whenever David's name was mentioned in their conversation.
Upon arriving at campus, the bustling atmosphere and the bustle of students passing by paid little attention to Ivy, though she did notice that a few pairs of male eyes were beginning to catch her eye, sending them interested glances. She walked down the hallway to her classroom with her head held high, trying to ignore the whispers complimenting her new look, but every time she felt someone staring at her slightly exposed chest, she remembered David's cold warning.