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?”

Simple.” He casually grabbed a glass of wine from a nearby table and held it out to her. “Just down this drink, and

managing a single glass of wine was within her capacity. However, after a couple of bad experiences, she

was not naive enough to believe that it’s as straightforward as having just one

first drink, there will be a second, a third,

said, lifting the hem of her

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

Ivy stumbled from the push,

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

her balance and turned to see a familiar face

man who had come to her aid, Nolan Harris, looked coldly at the interrupter. “This lady is a

had been so forward with Ivy suddenly shrank back, shrugged, and slunk away with his glass of wine.