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.

a new pack. Even the money Tessa gave her wasn’t enough, with Clara inventing reasons to snatch away her

she to do?

she didn’t find a solution soon, she’d surely

front of her, her tone mocking. “Little sis, how can you be so

a year older than Ivy but was in

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

inevitably snubbed Ivy, as if by an unwritten rule

eyes, Ivy pleaded, “Clara, could you

it’s not that I don’t want to help, but I don’t have the money to buy pads for

took

frowned, disdain coloring her voice, “When did I take your money? You must have lost it yourself.

don’t

do you always push the blame onto

voice carried, and the other students quickly sided

if she was the one who had done