The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2557

Ivy was yanked back and forth by the collar, but her response was eerily calm. “Look at yourself. You’re acting like a madwoman. Where’s the poise of the former Dunhill heiress? No matter how much you push us, he will only ever love me, and I bet that reality is driving you insane.”

Ivy had hit the nail on the head, pinpointing the very thing that mattered most to Clara.

Clara couldn’t fathom it-why on earth would Balfour fall for penniless Ivy? What did he see in her?

She thought that once Ivy was cast out of the Dunhill family, her life would spiral downwards, and Clara would finally breathe easy after years of pent-up frustration.

But she never anticipated that Ivy would turn to Balfour and, worse, that he would genuinely fall for her!

“You’re not suggesting I’m jealous of you, are you? What would I be jealous of? That even your own mother doesn’t love you?

With no father’s affection and no mother’s care, you’re no better off than an orphan. Do you actually believe Balfour loves you? He’s just infatuated with your looks for now. Once your beauty fades, he’ll be gone without a backward glance.

You think you’re something special to him? The entertainment industry is teeming with gorgeous actresses. Don’t flatter yourself!”

Balfour a picture of you right now. I want to

her throat

received this message, he would surely know

Balfour’s end, the

against Ivy, he would never have left her alone

after disaster strikes that

where they’ve gone?” Balfour asked, staring at the vehicle license plate on the

fake plate. They vanished after leaving

clock to gather

already on the brink of a breakdown without

submitted all relevant information to the police, who were

for a full twenty-four hours, they couldn’t officially

up. Balfour glanced at it irritably, but that glance nearly made him lose his

photo, bound hand and foot, unable to move, with two glaring slap marks on her face and blood trickling from-the corner of her mouth, a clear testament to the ordeal