The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2133

“Don’t tailgate too closely, just keep a tight follow on the car ahead,”

Ivy mumbled to herself as she sat in her nondescript sedan, her gaze fixed on the police station that Giselle had just sauntered

into.

Initially, Ivy had doubted herself, wondering if the toughs from the other day had rattled her nerves enough to make her jumpy at shadows.

Maybe Giselle just woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

But all those suspicions evaporated the moment Ivy saw Giselle turn into the same precinct she’d visited yesterday.

What on earth did Giselle need at the police station that she was so hell-bent on going there? That woman was indeed scheming something fierce.

she cozy

could be swayed with a few smooth words to turn against her

sat in her car, quietly piecing her thoughts together. She had mentioned going to the bookstore yesterday. Other than Balfour, only the crew

right place at the right time on her route back from the bookstore. She couldn’t believe there was no involvement

her

the answer seemed painfully obvious-it had to be

words she had tossed out this morning had turned out to be true. It seemed Giselle had been coveting the role

instigated Clara to act

hit Ivy particularly hard. They’d never been close. Clara clearly despised her, and the feeling was mutual. But Ivy had never imagined Clara would be so ruthless as to land such a blow-hiring thugs to tarnish her reputation, to ruin her

that Clara might show a little sisterly affection towards her. But Clara was heartless, emboldened by the blatant favoritism of their mother

And Clara wouldn’t have grown

Ivy owed her a lifetime of servitude, that Ivy deserved to suffer for displeasing Clara.

should that