Chapter 2488

He pulled her back to lean against his shoulder, “Do you remember what I told you? I’ll never make you do anything you don’t want to. If you don’t like the questions those people are asking, then next time, I assure you, they won’t be in your face again.”

When Balfour said he could do something, he meant it.

Ivy’s heart raced at his words. She knew it wasn’t right, but when she was cornered by that relentless bunch, she too had wished they would just vanish.

And Balfour certainly had the means to make it happen.

“Let it be,” she sighed. “They have families to feed.”

Balfour let out a weary breath. Ivy was still as innocent as ever, considering the well-being of others even when they had been nothing but pests to her.

Did they even give a moment’s thought to her situation when they hounded her with their questions?

like flies, swarming wherever

long lost any semblance of

slaves to the almighty

uneasy about it, “Just keep them away from me, okay?

the very least, he wanted those vultures to know the difference between what’s fair game

see Ivy demeaned like that

anything about her family on

unprofessional and too lazy to do the

‘facts’ spun by Clara because lies generated more heat, more spectacle.

certain narrative, and

buzz. Any

circus. Balfour wouldn’t watch her

needed to do was to

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