The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2556

“No matter how outlandish my demands were, she had to agree, for fear of being the talk of the town. But no matter what she did, she was still my stepmom.”

Nobody in this family had their happily ever after.

Why should Clara think she’s entitled to everything? And to take it all for granted!

Clara let out a derisive snort, eyeing Ivy with disdain. “You’re getting exactly what you deserve. You know it’s karma, right? All because your mom married my dad.”

Ivy lay face down, paralyzed. She clenched her eyes shut, no longer wanting to engage in anything Clara had to say.

“Why the silent treatment? Feeling guilty, are we? Even you can feel the shame. It’s all down to your wretched mother. So, everything I’m doing to you now is just claiming what should’ve been mine all along. Had you not stolen my spotlight, had you not taken what was rightfully mine, how could you possibly be with Balfour now? Go on, gloat, you bitch!”

grabbed Ivy’s hair and slapped her hard across the face. “There, two slaps that balance the books, perfectly symmetrical, how beautiful. Oh, I wonder what

now utterly confused about what Clara really wanted. If this was just a

pulled out her phone and snapped a picture of Ivy in her sorry

taste of iron filled Ivy’s throat as she

a shame if I were the only one

lost in her fantasy, spiraling out of control, forgetting the instructions Mara had given her.

plan was simple: snap some compromising photos of Ivy with another

had planned to take photos of Ivy with another man and use them to blackmail

money seemed less appealing to Clara compared to watching Balfour and

Ivy’s response to Clara’s