The Kiss that Sparked it All
Chatper 1972
Chapter 1972
Balfour wasn’t in the mood to probe further, simply murmuring a response as his gaze shifted to the gashes on her arm. “What happened to your arm?”
“I accidentally scratched it.” Ivy had been so emotionally scattered that she hadn’t even noticed her own injury. It was only when Balfour’s grip tightened that she felt the sting.
She had scratched Clara’s face in the heat of an argument, and Clara had retaliated with equal measure, leaving several deep gashes on Ivy’s arm.
Balfour’s brow furrowed. “Hurting that bad from just a scratch? Come on, tell me the truth!”
“It was Clara, my With a resigned sigh, Ivy relayed what happened earlier to Balfour. “It was Clara, half–sister. She accused me of being loose, completely messed up my interview, and then she hit me. I lost it and hit her back.”
The look in Balfour’s eyes was hard to decipher.
What kind of life had this woman led to grow up into the person she was today? What had she been through?
“Why didn’t you tell your family about your current status as Mrs. Howard? If you did, they wouldn’t dare lay a finger on you.”
Ivy fell silent at his question.
name of the Howard family could keep the Dunhills at
greed, knowing her connection with the Howards would only make them more eager to
Mrs. Howard and didn’t want to cause trouble
of the Dunhills‘ shamelessness. They’d do anything for their own benefit. Not even three million dollars would make them leave me alone. If they knew about my connection to the Howards, they’d come knocking for favors. Better to
the Howard name
When push comes to shove, you still know to
slight smile caught ivy off guard, she had pegged him
have such a
she suddenly realized it was impolite
Group pursuing my responsibility, potentially embarrassing the Howards. I’m sorry. I’ll be more careful from now on to avoid causing
gaze. “Next time something like this happens, feel
the Howard name
Having the Howards backing her, she wouldn’t have
Ivy glanced at him and stayed silent.
not use the Howard family as a shield; that protection had an expiration date of one year, and that year would
“If you knew that the CEO of the Harris Group was Nolan, would you have still messaged me?”
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