The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2653

Ivy was muttering to herself, lost in her own thoughts, without noticing that Balfour had fallen asleep beside her.

His company had been caught up in a crucial acquisition deal for the past few days, which had Balfour running ragged at work.

Noticing the faint dark stains under his eyes, Ivy felt a pang of concern. She gently caressed his face before carefully getting up, turning off the light, and opting to lie down on the couch instead. She didn’t want to toss and turn in bed and disturb his much-needed rest.

“Ah well, what’s done is done; there’s no use crying over spilt milk.” she thought to herself.

Ivy’s concerns weren’t unfounded. The night before her big roadshow presentation, the incident in which a ruckus caused by a so-called fan at the meet-and-greet resurfaced.

against Ivy, accusing her of disrespecting her fan as she refused to answer their

surprisingly felt a

knew something was up.” she mused. “Looks like it’s just the usual smear campaign. I’m almost used to

equally accustomed to the baseless slander

Ivy’s privacy, bringing up her relationship with Balfour in front of the public was

Ivy is an actress, doesn’t she have the right to privacy? Is it really okay to

fans immediately flooded the comment sections with screenshots detailing Ivy’s responses at the meet-and-greet,

began to notice the truth as well, with many leaving comments like; [Ivy’s been on the hit list a lot lately. Seems like someone’s paying to tarnish her name. I’m just an onlooker but I feel for

is about to hit the cinema, Honestly, it’s the only movie I’ve been looking forward to this year. After all, it’s Colton’s magnum opus after five years of dedication,

shared Ivy’s behind-the-scenes clips in the