The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1997

“Look, I’ve told you that you don’t need to work,” Balfour said exasperatedly. He had already let her off the hook for the three million debt and yet there she was, stubbornly insisting on job hunting.

Couldn’t she ever just chill out?

Ivy replied, “Balfour, right now I’m living under the Howard’s roof, and sure, I don’t need to work to eat, but what about when our divorce comes through in a year? I won’t be a Howard then. What will I do? Unlike you, I don’t have an endless stream of cash. I need to work!”

That was something Balfour hadn’t taken into his mind.

Their contract marriage was set for one year, after which they would amicably divorce, and Ivy would leave the Howard family.

Now that she had severed ties with the Dunhills, she couldn’t return there after the divorce. That was out of the question.

Without the Howard home or the Dunhills’ to turn to, where would Ivy stand?

give you a lump sum when we

– a house, a car,

really went as he planned, Ivy wouldn’t

shook her

enough salary from you, and we’re not really husband and wife. I can’t keep taking from you.”

Balfour had paid them three million on her behalf and

didn’t expect Ivy to refuse. After all,

accept. “So, what kind of job do you plan on looking

now off-limits, and without a clear alternative, she’d have to play it by ear.

said with a wry smile, looking down at the plate in

the Dunhill residence.