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.

instead, he looked at her with eyes full of complex

had learned from a young age that tears only meant something when shed in front of

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

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

it hurts

like that, but

cornflakes and watching TV, not sparing her a single glance.

Ivy’s mangled knee and scooped her up to

heard Tessa say with a disgusted tone, “Seriously, you can’t even handle walking down the stairs. Be more careful next

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

out openly every time she was hurt.

for being so useless. If only she had been more careful,

made Ivy doubt herself more and more. As she grew older, she began to realize that not everything was her