The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2483

Ivy paused mid-step as she prepared to leave, turning back to look at the woman. “What’s that? You got something to say?”

“I’m… I’m so…”

Even though the sentence hung unfinished in the air, Ivy could guess what the rest would

have been.

She simply offered a faint smile, feeling a sudden sense of relief. Whether Tessa truly felt remorse no longer mattered.

The hurt had been done; the years of pain Ivy had endured couldn’t be undone with a mere apology.

“It doesn’t matter anymore. It’s been years,” Ivy said with an air of indifference. “And don’t think your sorry carries that much weight. I just want you to know that my life’s pretty great now. And that’s because I’ve kept my distance from you all. I’ll make sure everything is taken care of for you here, considering you did give me life. But as for the rest, well…”

Ivy didn’t feel she was being cold-hearted; she was just honest. It was this very release from the past, no longer a shadow looming over her, that allowed her to speak so calmly

to Tessa,

harbored were of no

Ivy took a deep breath and her smile returned when she saw Balfour.

tied only to the man before her, not the specters of past agony.

to greet her. “How’d it

feeling that the Dunhills are heartless. Not even

would sigh over Tessa’s fate. She held less animosity toward Finn, having long since been disappointed by him. Her father

Ivy knew her father

told herself it didn’t matter. She wasn’t particularly fond of Finn

hand, Ivy was ready to depart, discussing

could even leave the building, they ran into Clara,

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waiting for quite some

“Ivy?”

followed the voice and was taken aback; she

happened to