The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1905

The door swung open from the inside, and there stood Balfour, clad in a sleek black tracksuit, the epitome of casual luxury.

“Your guy said you… you wanted to see me?”

Without a word, Balfour turned and sauntered deeper into the house, leaving Ivy no choice but to follow him inside.

The interior was a study in minimalist elegance, the kind of understated opulence that made her family’s attempts at grandeur look like child’s play.

Standing in the living room, Ivy maintained a careful distance. “So, what’s up? Why’d you call me here?”

“Take a seat.” Balfour slid a folder across the table toward her. “If there’s anything you don’t like, we’ve still got time to change it.”

she flipped the folder open. The bold letters on the first page left her speechless, “Marriage

his coffee as if proposing a business merger rather than

pretty straightforward – marry Balfour, stick it out for a year, and walk away with a million-dollar annual compensation. Was this some kind of arrangement? Did this man really see her as someone

agree to marry you?” Ivy scoffed at the absurdity of the contract, closing the folder with a snap and sliding it back across the table. “I’m not interested in what’s written here. If there’s nothing else,

then, her

making no move to stop

if it weren’t for the need to appease his grandparents, he’d never even consider marrying

that morning, after Ivy had left the hotel, Alyssa Howard’s call had come in, nagging him about settling down,

his bachelorhood, setting him up on blind dates left and right, hoping

merely informed him of the time

told you, I’m not looking to get married just

to be the death of us? At our age, all we want is