The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2519

“Do you think if I tell them the truth about what happened back then, they’ll be so grateful that they’ll treat me the same as you? But would they still treat you like the savior after that? I really can’t say,” Olivia said with a smirk as she paced around Mara, her stride confident and self-assured. It was a rare moment of triumph for her, after years of playing second fiddle to Mara’s lead.

For so long, Olivia had been under Mara’s thumb, but now she had her moment in the sun,

her chance to call the shots.

Alyssa was listening from the sidelines, utterly confused by the young women’s conversation. Hadn’t Mara died trying to save Balfour all those years ago?

“What do you want from me?” Mara asked, her voice low, fists clenched. She didn’t know how much Olivia had gleaned from her sleep talk, or what sort of ‘evidence’ Olivia thought she had. Despite being certain she had destroyed every last photograph before she left, it was possible she had missed something. If there was any trace left from those days that Olivia could hold over her, then everything Mara had carefully built over the years could come crashing down.

Mara couldn’t let that happen. She had

and her old friend

you’d treat me like I was the enemy. I’m a living, breathing person, not your servant, get it? But I guess you wouldn’t understand how I feel, since you’re the one who started this whole mess.

softly, almost as if she found

sister just to win a man’s heart. If you were in my shoes, wouldn’t you find this

shoved Olivia away violently. “What do you know? You don’t understand

on her handkerchief, shocked to her core. So Mara had been hiding this dark secret all along. It wasn’t

really don’t get it, Mara. Why don’t you enlighten me? Why would

you loved Balfour that much, couldn’t you have just

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