Chapter 1953

Giselle had been Balfour’s childhood friend, and his attitude towards her was markedly different. It was clear to Ivy that Balfour probably holds Giselle in his heart.

With the thought, a heavy cloud settled over Ivy’s heart.

This wasn’t her true home. In a year’s time, this sham of a marriage would come to an end, and she would leave the Howard residence and Balfour behind forever.

“Ivy, what’s got you so lost in thought?” Alyssa’s voice pulled Ivy out of her reverie, prompting an awkward smile.

“Oh, Grandma, it’s nothing much. Just thinking about what to whip up for breakfast tomorrow!”

“Darling, you cook up a storm, but you won’t need to worry about that kind of thing anymore. Balfour didn’t bring you here to slave away in the kitchen, he brought you here to live a life of comfort,” Alyssa said with a touch of gravitas.

her to wear herself thin

the house.

help feeling guilty. Cooking for the elderly woman, after all, was one way she could

the urgent matter he had to attend to at the office?

that Balfour was off dropping Giselle

dodged Alyssa’s piercing gaze. “He mentioned… there was some

if there was,

wasn’t in her nature, especially not to someone who had been so

always been so good to her, and Ivy

sure Quinton escorted me home.

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