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.
Howard family could keep the Dunhills at
Dunhills were insatiable in their greed, knowing her connection with the Howards would only
wasn’t the real Mrs. Howard and didn’t want to cause
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
name for a year,
seem quite clear–headed now! When push comes to shove,
guard, she had pegged him
him to have such a
it was impolite to keep a
“I was concerned about the Harris Group pursuing my responsibility, potentially embarrassing the Howards. I’m sorry. I’ll
unfathomable gaze. “Next time something like this
use the Howard name as
Having the Howards backing her, she wouldn’t have to fear anything.
at him and stayed silent.
a shield; that protection had an expiration date of one year, and that year would
she needed to learn to stand on her own feet and grow. “If you knew that
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