The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1920

Still, Balfour decided to follow Leila’s tracks with Ivy.

The taxi pulled up to the Howard Mansion, and Leila rushed to pay the fare before dashing through the gates.

After high school, her family couldn’t afford to send her to college. With no other choices, she started job hunting and struck gold with at housemaid position at the Howards’, simple work with generous pay.

But more importantly, it was here she met Balfour Howard.

She had fallen in love for Balfour!

To her, he was a man high above her reach. She never dared to dream, just content with admiring him from a safe distance.

Then came Ivy, an ordinary girl who managed to become Balfour’s wife. Why Ivy?

Ivy was clever, indeed. Who would have thought of fingerprint analysis to prove her innocence?

had to hurry home and wipe away all

prove she hadn’t

house, Leila didn’t bother to take off her shoes, heading

the evidence away, Ivy walked in, pushed her aside, and snatched the

Leila tried to grab the

holding the pot, backed away as Balfour suddenly appeared. He pulled her behind him, standing protectively

too. She fell to the ground, unable to get up.

arrived, somewhat bewildered by the scene. “Mr. Howard, my apologies for being late. What do

the counter and looking down at Leila. “But I think there’s no need

I just came home to get some

Ivy squatted before her, lips pursed, eyes questioning. “I’m confident in my cleanliness when I cook. How could Dean and Alyssa get poisoned?”

ensured the best ingredients for his aging grandparents,

have been my mistake that caused their illness? But your accusations cleared my self-doubt!”