The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1941

“I know everyone around here. Just tell me who you’re looking for, maybe I can help ya out!” The man blocked Ivy’s path as she tried to sidestep him. “Hey, lady, hold up! Don’t be so cold. I’m just trying to lend a hand here! Why the silent treatment?”

Ivy, finding herself cornered, reluctantly engaged in a verbal dance. “I’m meeting someone, my date actually. Would you mind stepping aside?”

She thought her request was polite enough, but for some reason, the man bristled, “And who’s this date of yours? Do tell.”

“Sorry, that’s none of your business,” Ivy replied, not keen on entertaining his advances.

Yet the man remained an unyielding obstacle.

With a sigh, Ivy’s patience wore thin. “Sir, what will it take for you to let me pass?”

a glass of wine from a nearby table and held it out to

with no intention to take it. While she wasn’t adept at drinking, managing a single glass of wine was within her capacity. However, after a couple of

into that drink? She was not naive enough to believe that it’s

she takes the first drink, there will be a second, a third, until she’s

don’t drink,” Ivy said, lifting the hem

was his name, reached out and yanked her back. “Not so fast, Miss High-and-Mighty. It’s

stumbled from the push, about to make a

she braced for embarrassment, a man appeared behind her, his arm snaking around her waist, steadying her

and turned to see a familiar face that

come to her aid, Nolan Harris, looked coldly at the

had been so forward with Ivy suddenly shrank back, shrugged, and slunk away with his