The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2318

If Mark’s mom hadn’t been cooking for the Howard family, he might never have had such an opportunity.

He was forever grateful to the Howards.

He had heard the story countless times from his mother-how when she was pregnant with him, times got tough, especially after his father walked out on them.

If it weren’t for Alyssa’s kind heart, taking them in when they had nowhere else to go, the outcome could have been grim, possibly even tragic.

Balfour drove Ivy straight to the hospital, back to the same room, the same doctor.

The doctor was surprised to see them back so soon. “Didn’t you just get discharged yesterday? What happened now?”

noticing Ivy gingerly lifting her foot, revealing a swollen mass, his brow furrowed with

of your body, Mrs. Howard.

expression tightened. He hadn’t realized in the woods just how badly she was hurt. No

urgency in her voice.

critical juncture, she couldn’t afford to be sidelined with a broken bone which would take months to recover. If it was broken, who knew how long before she could return to the cameras?

was weighing on

with Ivy, even angrier with himself.

told him about the pain she was in? Would she rather bite her lip and bear it than share

off on her earlier that day, would she have followed him into the woods? No, even if he hadn’t lashed out, Ivy would have followed. He

He regretted his harsh words, even more so because he knew exactly the kind of person Ivy was, and yet he

have been