The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2497

Ivy set her bowl down. She actually wanted to give a serious answer this time.

“Truth is, no one can really be sure who they’re gonna walk hand in hand with forever.”

Balfour pricked up his ears quietly, listening intently to Ivy’s words.

Hearing her say that wasn’t a shock to him. For Ivy, emotional reliance was always shaky ground.

She never felt that sense of security from her biological parents; if she couldn’t count on them, what more from Balfour, whom she had only known from a stranger to a lover?

He wasn’t hurt, just felt the need to give Ivy more love, and to help her slowly build that feeling of safety.

“Mr. Howard, do you feel the same way?” asked Olivia, genuinely surprised. She thought that lovebirds like Balfour and Ivy wouldn’t say such melancholic things.

“I don’t believe in forever, but I do know that I want to walk with her, the longer the better.”

and Ivy blinked, “You’re not mad

there to be mad

Ivy knew he got her, and that

you to

worry about foThere was no need to think so far ahead. They just needed to hold

distracted,

Howard Mansion, his room was a stark mix of

master bedroom was nothing like that. Every little detail was carefully decorated with charming trinkets, and even the bed sheets were Ivy’s favorite

to mention the photos of Ivy

do you deserve

center of the desk. It was a selfie

time, Balfour had grown especially fond of that photo. Because the moment the shot was taken, Ivy had gently kissed his cheek.

one tucked away in Balfour’s wallet.

just a sleek black card. But ever since that photo found its home, he took his wallet everywhere.