The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2387

Alyssa gazed into the distance with a depth in her eyes that betrayed her inner turmoil.

If it weren’t for the lingering respect for Balfour’s feelings, she would have banished Mara from their home without a second thought!

“It’s beyond me how Ms. Lewis could stoop to such despicable tactics. Thank goodness it was only sleeping pills this time. But who’s to say she won’t escalate her schemes in the future?”

Althea shared the concern, her face etched with worry. They were servants, yes, but they had watched Balfour grow up into a man, and their affection for him ran deep.

“Don’t fret,” she reassured the household staff, “from now on, I want all of you to remember: nothing that goes into our family’s mouths should pass through Ms. Lewis’s hands. I’ll find a way to send her out soon enough.”

After getting to the bottom of the incident, Alyssa dismissed everyone to their quarters.

beside his wife and let out a heavy sigh. “How did e so complicated?”

I sometimes wonder if Mara’s sister had her sights set on our family fortune she rushed to save Balfour, only to meet her own untimely end and leave

sister, Victoria Lewis, had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Saving

strong feelings and loyalty. We wouldn’t want to drive a wedge between us over an outsider.”

no fool either. He wouldn’t turn against his own grandparents for a woman with such a manipulative streak.”

Ivy. “It’s such a shame we pressed Ivy into revealing this affair. Who knows how long she

generation’s troubles were beyond their power to mend. They could only hope that Balfour and Ivy

ask him to come home tomorrow. And he should bring

connected, and Balfour, who had been at Mara’s