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.”

“You’re not mad

be mad

each other without words. Ivy knew

just want you to be happy.”

far ahead. They just needed to

seizing the moment when they were distracted, sneaked into Balfour

In the Howard Mansion, his room was a stark

detail was carefully decorated with charming trinkets, and even the bed sheets

the photos of Ivy scattered all around the room.

you deserve all

and picked up a photo from the center of the desk. It was a selfie Balfour had begrudgingly

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

was the treasured one tucked

carry a wallet, just a sleek black card. But ever since