The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2414

Olivia tilted her left cheek towards the camera for Mara to see. The faint red marks were still visible, traces of a recent altercation.

But that wasn’t even the main issue. The woman who slapped her was a mob boss’s daughter?

“Olivia, tell me you haven’t gotten tangled up with the local gang?” Mara’s voice was laced with concern and a hint of disbelief.

“How was I supposed to know! I thought getting slapped was the end of it, but she threatened to get her dad’s goons on me. Mara, what do I do? I’m freaking out. What if, when you get back, I’m… I’m just gone?” Olivia’s voice trembled, teetering on the edge of panic.

Mara tried to keep her irritation in check. “Calm down and stop crying. Did that guy even tell you he was single when you met him?”

how I get when I drink, I just… I don’t pay

“I’ve told you a million times not to get wasted when you’re out, but you never listen. Now you’re in trouble because you didn’t even bother to find out if the guy was available before you jumped into bed with him? You made your bed, now lie

purpose! If you were here, would I

but laugh at the absurdity of Olivia’s logic. How was her partying her fault? And now, Olivia was turning it around on her? “So, what’s your grand plan? You’ve already stirred up trouble. What do you expect me to do? You just called to vent,

change in Mara’s expression-her eyes had shifted,

to address a masculine voice, saying, “I’m on the phone with a friend, I’ll

could tell by his voice-deep and resonant, like a cello-that he

later then,” he

Balfour had left, Mara turned her attention back to Olivia, noticing her

you looking at?” Mara snapped, a hint of jealousy in her