The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1905

The door swung open from the inside, and there stood Balfour, clad in a sleek black tracksuit, the epitome of casual luxury.

“Your guy said you… you wanted to see me?”

Without a word, Balfour turned and sauntered deeper into the house, leaving Ivy no choice but to follow him inside.

The interior was a study in minimalist elegance, the kind of understated opulence that made her family’s attempts at grandeur look like child’s play.

Standing in the living room, Ivy maintained a careful distance. “So, what’s up? Why’d you call me here?”

“Take a seat.” Balfour slid a folder across the table toward her. “If there’s anything you don’t like, we’ve still got time to change it.”

face was a mask of confusion as she flipped the folder open. The bold letters on the first page left her speechless,

said nonchalantly, taking a sip of his coffee as if proposing a business merger rather than a lifelong

it out for a year, and walk away with a million-dollar annual compensation. Was

agree to marry you?” Ivy scoffed at the absurdity of the contract, closing the folder with a snap and sliding it back across the table. “I’m not interested in what’s written here. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be on

just then, her phone buzzed. It was her mother,

her go, making no move to stop her, no attempt

appease his grandparents, he’d never even consider

that morning, after Ivy had left the hotel, Alyssa Howard’s call had

and increasingly anxious about his bachelorhood, setting him up on blind dates left and right, hoping he’d tie the knot soon.

setups, but now she merely informed him

looking to