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

a young age that tears only meant something when shed in front of someone

in front of Tessa, and Tessa would drop

scraping her knee raw. The pain was

it hurts so

out like that,

mother was perched on the couch, digging in cornflakes and watching TV, not sparing her a single glance.

was the nanny who noticed Ivy’s mangled knee and scooped her up to tend to the

comforting embrace. Ivy only heard Tessa say with a disgusted tone, “Seriously, you

She only felt that it was an

dared not cry out openly

herself for being so useless. If only she had been more careful, she wouldn’t have gotten

doubt herself more and more. As she grew older, she began to realize that not