The Kiss that Sparked it All

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?

flies, swarming wherever the heat

themselves reporters, they had long lost any

to the almighty dollar.

it, “Just keep them away from me, okay? Let them chase after whoever

but his mind was already plotting. At the very least, he wanted those vultures to

couldn’t stand to see Ivy demeaned like that

truly dig up anything about her family on their

were simply unprofessional and too lazy to do the legwork.

spun by Clara because lies generated more heat,

online crowd craved a certain narrative, and these so-called

buzz. Any slip-up, and

had already suffered once from this circus. Balfour wouldn’t watch

career to pursue, and all he needed to do was to silently clear a muck