The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2121

Ivy let out a bitter chuckle, a sound laden with defeat and self-mockery.

Hearing it, Balfour felt a pang of sourness in his chest, which was an indescribable sentiment.

He couldn’t explain it, but sometimes the human heart was just that peculiar.

Before he met Ivy, he could hardly fathom that a mother could truly be indifferent to her own child.

“Clara did such awful things to me, and they never asked me about it once. They only care about my sister! Why was that?

Am I really that inadequate, that even though I’m her flesh and blood, she still can’t find it in her heart to like me? It’s just so exhausting.”

Ivy sighed deeply, then closed her eyes, feigning sleep.

Only she knew that within the confines of her heart, she was silently crying again.

her; instead, he looked at her

tears only meant something when shed in front of someone

had to do was put on a fake sob in front of Tessa, and Tessa

Ivy had accidentally missed a step on the staircase and tumbled down, scraping her knee raw. The pain was so intense that she cried out

it hurts so

out like that, but her mother…

cornflakes and

was the nanny who noticed Ivy’s mangled knee

passed by, she cast a glance at lvy, who was reaching out for a comforting embrace. Ivy only heard Tessa say with

didn’t care about the pain. She only felt that it was an

Ivy dared not cry out openly every time she was

so useless. If only she

As she grew older,