The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2569

“Mara, dare you swear to me that you’ve got nothing to do with this mess?”

Mara let out a scoff and stepped back, “Oh, Balfour, you’ve gone mad. I get it, she’s hurt, and it’s tearing you up inside. But you’ve got the wrong one to blame. Who snatched Ivy? Go hunt down that culprit! Why the hell are you grilling me?

After all these years, our friendship doesn’t mean jack to you, does it? Can’t you muster a sliver of trust for me? If I were behind this, why would I waltz right into the lion’s den, visiting Alyssa today?”

Mara’s brain was racing, scrambling for any reason to clear her name.

Balfour’s brow furrowed as he listened, his eyes clouded with doubt, “Is that so? You’d better not be pulling a fast one on me! You get it, right? I didn’t want to drag you into this mess, that’s why I came to you for the truth.”

Hearing Balfour’s words, Mara breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed he was starting to buy her story.

“Alright then. Do you have any idea how much your interrogation just now hurt me?”

“I guess I’m just a mess of worry. Ivy’s still not out of the ER, and it’s been one damn thing after another. I’m sorry.”

except forgiving you? We’ve been tight for years, and I get where you’re coming from. But how’s Ivy doing now? Is she alright? How did she end up kidnapped again? The kidnappers didn’t hurt her,

money. Ivy took some knocks and was

so?”

then

task, getting greedy over

was plain on Mara’s

with that look? You don’t seem

Mara back to reality, and she plastered on an exaggerated smile, “What?

hands, “I mean, Ivy and I aren’t exactly BFFs, but she’s your girl, of

every flicker of

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