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?”

grabbed a glass of wine from a nearby table and held it out to her. “Just down this

a single glass of wine was within her capacity. However, after a

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

be a second, a third, until

Ivy said, lifting the hem of her

her back. “Not so fast, Miss High-and-Mighty. It’s

push, about to

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

balance and turned to see a familiar face that left her

her aid, Nolan Harris, looked coldly at the interrupter. “This lady is a friend

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