The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2345

Mara’s cryptic text, complete with a selfie, buzzed on Ivy’s phone just as she was engrossed in reviewing the next day’s script sent by Colton..

Sometimes, Ivy had to hash out plot points with Colton, and had she decided to go to bed. early that evening, she would have missed Mara’s bombshell photo. But as fate would have it, she was in the midst of a late-night chat with Colton.

Curious about what Mara could possibly have sent her, Ivy tapped into the conversation thread only to find a selfie of Mara and Balfour!

Disbelief washed over her as she zoomed in on the photo. It was unmistakably Balfour, and there was Mara, grinning like the Cheshire Cat.

Mara send her such

the chat, Ivy attempted to open the message again, only to discover Mara had retracted

the wrong person] came Mara’s

a smug smile, Mara powered off her phone, content in the

filled Mara with an unspeakable glee, a rush more intoxicating than the moment the picture was taken.

girl must be sulking in her shabby dorm on set by now. Oh, Ivy, my dear, Balfour is mine. I’m just giving you a heads-up to face the music sooner rather than later. Bail out now, and you might spare yourself some misery, or stick around and watch the show,” Mara mused before drifting off, lost in her fantasy of Ivy’s despair.

one thing: Ivy had been staring blankly at her conversation with Mara for a solid half-hour, reeling from the shock.

prided herself on seeing through facades, discerning genuine emotion from performance. Yet how could Balfour, within mere days, be so intimately cozy with another woman? Could it be that even she, the actress, had