The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2546

Ivy reached out without thinking, gently massaging the tension from Balfour’s furrowed brow.

“These past days, with all the stress about your grandma, you’ve been all knotted up,” she said softly, her voice tinged with concern. “It kills me to see you like this, but I feel helpless to share the load.”/

With a slight exertion of strength, Balfour pulled Ivy into his embrace. Their bodies pressed face to face. He buried his face in her shoulder, taking a deep, calming breath. “Just having you here with me is the support I need. Ivy, promise me you’ll take care of yourself. Don’t get hurt, don’t fall ill.”

Ivy wanted to offer more words of comfort, but they seemed to get stuck in her throat.

“Okay.”

Love always comes with a sense of debt.

how destitute Ivy had appeared when he

of her own parents weighed heavily on him. Sometimes, he tormented himself with the thought that had he fallen

faced online stemmed from those very familial connections. Ivy just wanted to sever all ties with the Dunhill family once and for all.

his hold around her neck and

could, he wished he could shrink Ivy down to the size of

helplessness was rooted in his love for her. It was both touching and heartbreaking.

wholeheartedly, it pained her to see that love tinged with guilt. She resolved

words they flung at her. Why did these strangers hate her as if she had personally wronged them? Even if

truly mattered to her were those of her fans

to cause them

car hummed quietly along the road to the hospital, the two of them holding each other tightly, the