Chapter 2194

Sometimes, Balfour could swear he felt a flicker of affection from Ivy, a softness in her eyes that suggested she might still harbor feelings for him. So why on Earth wouldn’t she reconsider the tangled mess they called a relationship?

In a fit of exasperation, Ivy’s voice broke through her tears, “How can you be so blind to respect, Balfour? Why would I want to be with someone who doesn’t get that basic concept? Do you even know what respect means, or is it just a word you skim over in your fancy business books? Because you’re the great and mighty Mr. Howard, you think you can just stomp all over my dignity?”

As she shut her eyes, tears rolled down her cheeks, her shoulders trembling with each stifled sob.

Balfour paused, his hand halfway to her face, wanting to wipe away her tears, but she reflexively pulled back.

“Enough, Balfour. Stop mocking me… stop lying to me…”

Her voice was barely a whisper, drained of all its usual vigor.

“Lie? When have I ever lied to you, Ivy? You’ve got to give me more than this-I have no clue what you’re on about!”

darkening as he towered over

didn’t understand how his plea for her to reconsider their feelings had twisted into an accusation of

laugh. “You still

don’t get it! How can I

talk in riddles? If only she’d laid out all her thoughts, how could he possibly

wasted, and here

of the problem that I feel disrespected! Tell me, Balfour, did you treat Mara with

hard to steady her voice, trying to keep the bitterness

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