The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2631

He took a few swift steps forward and struck Mara’s wrist with a sudden flick of his hand. She let out a shriek as the knife clattered to the floor, her last weapon now gone.

Ivy’s smile was fragile, her face pale with the weakness that only comes after a long illness.

“If I hadn’t pushed you to your limits, how else would you have willingly walked into our trap, revealing your true colors like this? Oh, Mara, dear Mara, I’ve suspected you for so long, and now, at last, I have the proof. After killing your own sister for so many years, you still didn’t get what you wanted in the end.”

Mara, taken aback, retorted, “What do you mean?”

“Don’t you see? After all these years playing the doting sister, you still don’t get it. The biggest difference between you two is her genuine kindness. And that’s something you can never match.”

always the understanding, caring, and compassionate one, but the truth? She drove me into a corner. You’ve never lived with her. You can’t imagine how suffocating it was to share the same space with her. If it

Ivy, not sparing Mara a

descent into mad desperation, offered a look of pity. “That’s why I keep saying you never really knew your sister.

coldly, “Don’t be so smug. You have no

inconsistencies? Do you think your acting was so convincing that you could fool everyone?

knew she had to stop Ivy from talking. She didn’t understand the whole story; how could she possibly know the truth about what had happened

away in her arms, the sensation

past behind to start anew, everything had been simpler than she expected. Even the police wrapped things

her and Victoria, it was always Victoria who took

a rare moment since their father’s death