The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1972

Chapter 1972

Balfour wasn’t in the mood to probe further, simply murmuring a response as his gaze shifted to the gashes on her arm. “What happened to your arm?”

“I accidentally scratched it.” Ivy had been so emotionally scattered that she hadn’t even noticed her own injury. It was only when Balfour’s grip tightened that she felt the sting.

She had scratched Clara’s face in the heat of an argument, and Clara had retaliated with equal measure, leaving several deep gashes on Ivy’s arm.

Balfour’s brow furrowed. “Hurting that bad from just a scratch? Come on, tell me the truth!”

“It was Clara, my With a resigned sigh, Ivy relayed what happened earlier to Balfour. “It was Clara, half–sister. She accused me of being loose, completely messed up my interview, and then she hit me. I lost it and hit her back.”

The look in Balfour’s eyes was hard to decipher.

What kind of life had this woman led to grow up into the person she was today? What had she been through?

“Why didn’t you tell your family about your current status as Mrs. Howard? If you did, they wouldn’t dare lay a finger on you.”

Ivy fell silent at his question.

the Howard family could

knowing her connection with the Howards would only make them more eager to exploit her for climbing the social ladder.

wasn’t the real Mrs. Howard and didn’t want to cause trouble

do anything for their own benefit. Not even three million dollars would make them leave me alone. If they knew about my connection to the Howards,

use the Howard name for a year, and then fill be back to nothing. Why bother

mysterious smile. You seem quite clear–headed now! When

ivy off guard, she had pegged him as an ice

him to have such a pleasant

moment, she suddenly realized it was impolite to keep

the Howards. I’m sorry.

continued to watch her with an unfathomable gaze. “Next time something like this happens, feel free to reveal

seemed like permission for Ivy to use the Howard name as

that was a blessing. Having the Howards backing her, she

at him and stayed silent.

protection had an expiration date of one year, and that year

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