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?

bachelor image out of the water, and

not close or anything, just acquaintances, really. Don’t pay it any mind.”

inscrutable, her smile unwavering, but she said nothing more.

question, “how do you know

all about him, his habits and all. You could

stared intently at Ivy, as

a long look that revealed nothing, Ivy raised her glass and

Ivy commented,

lowered her gaze, her smile turning suggestive, “Yes, we know each

someone called from across the

to join her friends, leaving

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

in the main hall, she found a quiet corner to stand