The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1950

The whiskey had a kick like a mule, and just a tiny sip felt like a flame licking down Ivy’s throat.

“I’m not used to these kinds of gatherings, so I feel a bit out of my element. Giselle, just go and enjoy yourself. Don’t mind me. I’ll be fine sitting here on my own.”

Giselle offered a wry smile, “No way, if you’re a friend of Balfour, I’ve got to make sure you’re taken care of. But…”

She tilted her head slightly, leaning in close to Ivy, “Balfour’s never been much of a social butterfly, let alone with women. You’re the first lady friend he’s ever brought to a party. It sure has me curious. How did you two meet?”

How did they meet?

That was a tricky question.

Ivy frowned, at a loss for words.

She couldn’t exactly spill the beans that her first encounter with Balfour had been in a hotel bed, could she?

blow Balfour’s carefully maintained bachelor image out of the water, and Ivy didn’t want to tick

through work, and that’s it. Giselle, we’re not close or anything, just

expression was inscrutable, her smile unwavering, but she said

the question,

all about him, his habits and all. You could say we’re childhood friends!”

smile didn’t reach her eyes as she stared intently at Ivy, as if

nothing, Ivy raised her glass and downed

and Balfour, childhood sweethearts, huh?” Ivy commented, keeping her

“Yes, we know each other better than

someone called

over to join her friends, leaving

of place, Ivy slipped out of the private room, sensing that

she found