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.”

blinked, “You’re not mad at me, are

to be

each other without words. Ivy knew he got her, and that

you to

ahead. They just needed to hold

the moment when they were distracted, sneaked into Balfour and

fan of minimalism. In the Howard Mansion, his room was a stark

like that. Every little detail was carefully decorated with charming trinkets, and even the bed sheets were Ivy’s favorite

photos of Ivy scattered all around the room.

you deserve all

center of the desk. It was a selfie Balfour

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

that photo was the treasured one tucked away

sleek black card. But ever since that photo found its home, he