The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2121

Ivy let out a bitter chuckle, a sound laden with defeat and self-mockery.

Hearing it, Balfour felt a pang of sourness in his chest, which was an indescribable sentiment.

He couldn’t explain it, but sometimes the human heart was just that peculiar.

Before he met Ivy, he could hardly fathom that a mother could truly be indifferent to her own child.

“Clara did such awful things to me, and they never asked me about it once. They only care about my sister! Why was that?

Am I really that inadequate, that even though I’m her flesh and blood, she still can’t find it in her heart to like me? It’s just so exhausting.”

Ivy sighed deeply, then closed her eyes, feigning sleep.

Only she knew that within the confines of her heart, she was silently crying again.

to console her; instead, he looked at her with eyes full

from a young age that tears only meant something when shed in front of

on a fake sob in front of Tessa, and Tessa would drop everything to

staircase and tumbled down, scraping her knee raw. The pain was so intense that she cried out

it hurts

remembered calling out like

digging in cornflakes and watching

it was the nanny who noticed Ivy’s mangled

at lvy, who was reaching out for a comforting embrace. Ivy only heard Tessa say with

She only felt that it was an

cry out

only she had been more careful, she wouldn’t have gotten hurt.

she grew older, she began to realize that

had shaped her upbringing, and her feelings of worthlessness and neglect had taken root. She felt she