The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1944

“No worries.” The boy said, turning to leave.

Ivy quickly called out to him, “Hey, what’s your name? I need to repay you for these.”

“Nolan, but forget about the money; it wasn’t much,” Nolan said, leaving behind a bright, sunny smile before walking away.

Ivy looked down at the pack of sanitary pads in her hands, a warm feeling coursing through her heart as she silently repeated the boy’s name, “Nolan.”

The boy from her memories had grown into a handsome, suave man, now walking towards Ivy with a drink in his hand. “Here, have some juice.”

Just like years ago, Nolan placed a drink before Ivy. “I don’t know your preference, so I just grabbed one at random.”

“Thank you.” Eighteen-year-old Ivy and the present Ivy said the same words, but it felt as though everything had changed.

Sometimes she wondered, if she had been braver back then, maybe things with Nolan wouldn’t have ended up like this.

all too late now.

still haven’t told me,” Nolan sat down and asked her again, “what’s your

reverie, still unsure how

Nolan to know about her current ‘married’ status, selfishly wanting to preserve the better image he had of her.

still so quiet, just like in the

forehead, and Ivy looked up at

silent,” Nolan said, swirling his glass elegantly. “You’d get picked

not that I disliked

looked at her meaningfully, his eyes seemingly

“Nolan, what have you been

business. But my mom’s on my case now,

her, she

thought of Nolan’s mother whom she had seen

then, Nolan was always at his mom’s side, nodding along as she