The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1943

However, as Ivy rifled through every corner of her backpack, the pads were nowhere to be found.

She was certain she had packed them.

Since she was young, Ivy had always taken care of her own belongings, cultivating a nightly routine of preparing for the next day.

Thus, she could vividly remember slipping the pads into her bag. Yet, after just one gym class, they had vanished. With no other option, she turned to her classmates for help.

“Hey, does anyone have a spare pad?”

“Could I borrow a pad from someone? I’ll pay you back.”

No matter how she phrased it, the response from her peers was uniformly the same: “Sorry, I don’t have any.”

Sitting back at her desk, pad-less, Ivy felt the sting of helplessness.

cash to buy a new pack. Even the money Tessa gave her wasn’t enough, with

she to do?

soon, she’d surely stain her

Clara plopped down in the seat in front of her, her tone mocking. “Little sis, how can you be so careless, forgetting

but was in the same

and silence, Clara’s generosity and lively personality

inevitably snubbed Ivy, as if by an unwritten rule of the

Ivy pleaded, “Clara, could you

“Ivy, it’s not that I don’t want to help, but I don’t have the money to buy pads for you!”

just took the allowance Mom gave

did I take your money? You must have

don’t

why do you always push

and the other students quickly sided with her, pointing fingers at Ivy.