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.”

better than I do? Kindness? That was just a facade she put on for others, her greatest act. To the world, she was always the understanding, caring, and compassionate one, but the truth? She drove me into a corner. You’ve never

to Balfour, but his attention was wholly fixed on Ivy, not sparing Mara

“That’s why I keep saying you never really knew your sister. You have no idea what she did, nor why your

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

tell me, how did a girl like you, not yet of age, manage to stage the perfect scene? Why didn’t the detectives pursue the inconsistencies? Do you think your acting was so convincing that you could fool everyone? If you believe that faking a suicide would stop an investigation, you’re sorely

story; how could she possibly know the truth about what had happened back then?

the moment Victoria’s breath slipped away in her arms, the sensation still vivid

all been too easy? From drugging the meal to staging the scene and then leaving her past behind

never cooked; she admitted that between her and Victoria, it was always Victoria who took care of her more. That was her debt to repay.

Mara had made an exception and cooked a Thanksgiving meal. It was a rare moment since their father’s death that the two sat down together for a proper dinner, let alone one prepared by her