The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1943

However, as Ivy rifled through every corner of her backpack, the pads were nowhere to be found.

She was certain she had packed them.

Since she was young, Ivy had always taken care of her own belongings, cultivating a nightly routine of preparing for the next day.

Thus, she could vividly remember slipping the pads into her bag. Yet, after just one gym class, they had vanished. With no other option, she turned to her classmates for help.

“Hey, does anyone have a spare pad?”

“Could I borrow a pad from someone? I’ll pay you back.”

No matter how she phrased it, the response from her peers was uniformly the same: “Sorry, I don’t have any.”

Sitting back at her desk, pad-less, Ivy felt the sting of helplessness.

leaving her without cash to buy a new pack. Even the money Tessa gave her wasn’t enough, with Clara inventing reasons to

she

solution soon,

seat in front of her, her tone mocking. “Little sis, how can you

than Ivy but was in the same grade due to poor

Ivy’s introversion and silence, Clara’s generosity and lively personality made her the darling of the

snubbed Ivy, as if by an unwritten rule of the

brimming in her eyes, Ivy pleaded, “Clara, could

that I don’t want to help, but I don’t have the money to buy

you just took the allowance Mom gave me yesterday.”

I take your money? You must have lost it yourself. Why blame me?”

Ivy, don’t wrong Clara.”

always push the blame onto

quickly sided with her, pointing fingers at

as if she was the one who had done something