The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2291

“It’s the least I could do. Let’s go, I’ve asked Althea to whip up your favorite dish. You must be peckish after the hospital, right? Maybe start off with a light chicken soup to settle your stomach?”

Alyssa was pulling Ivy towards the dining table, but Balfour intervened, “Grandma, don’t let her drink anything yet. She’ll be too full for dinner. Her appetite’s pretty delicate these days, and she needs to stick to the lighter fare. That hearty soup might be a bit too rich for her right now.”

During Ivy’s hospital stay, Balfour had been in charge of her meals and knew all too well that her current condition was nothing like her usual self.

She could barely manage a few bites of her once-beloved spicy-sweet dishes, and she’d feel full after just a little nibble.

Balfour had to coax her every day just to get her to eat a bit more.

The mention of eating made Ivy blush a little; in the hospital, it had been just the two of them.

Balfour cajoled and enticed her like a parent coaxing a child to eat, and thinking back on it now, Ivy felt a touch embarrassed.

Alyssa offered her the soup earlier, Ivy had wanted to refuse, but she

made by the Howard family chef was naturally not greasy, but after finishing that, she

was quite pleased; a couple should be just

it is, then. If you can’t eat or don’t feel like it, just tell me. I just want you to be healthy and happy. If you don’t fancy it, we won’t have it. We

at Ivy was full of flawless affection, while

done to earn such favoritism from

to her, so why was Alyssa so set

what was going through Alyssa’s

spend more time with Alyssa, and now that she wasn’t

the others

in, mentioning she hadn’t had

the while, Ivy avoided looking at Mara; she was afraid that seeing her and Balfour’s overly familiar manner would betray an emotion