The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1970

Nolan had been closely observing Ivy’s face.

If Ivy’s expression during the phone call raised suspicions for him earlier, now her demeanor was practically screaming at Nolan that something was off about her supposed marriage to Balfour.

“Balfour seems a bit cold, doesn’t he? It must be tiring dealing with him on the daily, huh?” Nolan casually probed, masking his intense scrutiny as idle

chit-chat.

Ivy nodded vigorously as if she had found a kindred spirit, “Oh, absolutely. He’s really aloof, and his mood swings! Like, one minute he’s all ice and the next he’s a tempest. It’s frustrating!”

“Mood swings?” Nolan arched an eyebrow, “Balfour might be like that with strangers, sure, but he married you. He’s gotta like you, right? How can he be cold to you too?”

Ivy let out a sigh of resignation, “Who knows! Sometimes I don’t even know what ticks him off. Communicating with him is like walking through a minefield!”

him?” Nolan’s suspicions were thickening like a plot in a dime

have no idea how difficult Balfour can be, If it wasn’t for…”

suddenly sensed

down around Nolan, and in a rare moment of solidarity against

for the sham contract it was. That was

in time and didn’t let slip anything incriminating.

verge of unraveling the mystery when Ivy clammed up.

Of course, I married

sensed that Ivy had intended to reveal something else entirely.

Nolan was about to press further when the office door swung open, and in strode Balfour, his presence commanding as

from her seat, “Balfour, what

Weren’t