The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1962

Clara burst through the door with a grin plastered across her face, catching the interviewers off guard. “Sorry to interrupt, but there’s something you just need to know!”

Ivy shot up from her seat, her heart sinking with a bad feeling. “Clara, what are you up to now?”

With a sly smirk, Clara glanced at Ivy before turning to the interviewers. “I just can’t bear to see you weary souls go through the trouble of interviewing all these stellar candidates, only to hire someone who’d drag the good name of the Harris Group through the mud.”

The interviewers exchanged puzzled looks until the one in the center spoke up. “What do you mean? Why shouldn’t we hire Ivy? She seems to fit the requirements perfectly.”

“Oh, Ivy?” Clara chuckled darkly. “She’s no simple girl. She’s got a sordid past, defied her parents’ wishes, cut ties with them, and now she’s involved with a married man!”

shaken by Clara’s allegations, their gaze shifting to

seeing her hard-earned opportunity slipping away, was seething. “That’s not true! I’m not involved with any married man.

million dollars in front of your parents demanding a break from them. Unless you were being kept as a mistress, who’d

urge to lash out at Clara’s outrageous lies, knowing

smugness only grew as Ivy remained speechless. “See? Lost for words? Admit it, that

“Mistress?”

this gets out, it’ll

someone like her even

room buzzed with disbelief and relief that Ivy hadn’t been officially hired yet.