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

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

sob in front

accidentally missed a step on the staircase and tumbled down, scraping her

hurts

remembered calling out like that, but her

cornflakes and watching TV, not

it was the nanny who noticed Ivy’s mangled knee and scooped her

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

care about the pain. She only felt that it was

Ivy dared not cry out openly every

she had been more careful, she wouldn’t

As she grew older, she began to realize that