The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2635

Ivy looked at Balfour with an apologetic expression and gently pulled his hand into her own, holding it tenderly. “No more dangers. Mara’s been caught, and it’s all over now. Today was a bit of a shocker, wasn’t it? If you hadn’t contacted me earlier, I might not have come up with the plan to finally deal with her. It took a bait and switch to bring her down for good. You’ve been amazing, Mr. Howard.”

Her eyes were full of affection as she gazed at Balfour, resting her cheek softly against his palm.

The morning had barely started when Ivy came to her senses, and learning that she was

expected to get such a bombshell

awake had filled Balfour with joy. However,

from Olivia.

He told Ivy about it and it was indeed her own clever idea, but Balfour was opposed to it at first. She had just woken up; how could she go along with such

had actually hurt her? There was no way he would gamble with Ivy’s

catch Mara now, were

their guard down. Mara might pull another dirty trick, and Balfour couldn’t be by lyy’s side every second of every day. So,

and agreed, on the condition that Ivy would be safe. “If anything had happened to you, I can’t even imagine how Grandma would have chewed me out. She asked about you, and Grandpa and I didn’t dare tell her the whole truth. We’ll wait until she’s completely well before we break it to her gently. Knowing her temperament, she’d have leapt out of bed to give us a piece of

light with his tone, not wanting them to dwell on

emotions.

days of recovery. I don’t want to

back under the blankets. “You just focus on getting better. I can’t stand being on

a bit tired. I’ll take

In the meantime, she had already postponed her fan meet-and-greet, which had been arranged

lavish goody bags as a way of making up for