The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2524

He was consumed with regret. If only he had been by her side, perhaps this tragedy could have been averted.

Had he been there, at the very least, he could have caught her-prevented her from lying here all alone, so vulnerably sprawled on the cold floor.

At that moment, his thoughts were a whirlwind. He had talked about life and death with ease when discussing it with the kids. They had made a pact, he and she. Whoever was left behind would carry on, get the other’s funeral in order, and then swiftly follow the

other.

But now that it was all happening, he found that he couldn’t. He simply couldn’t accept her departure.

“Why aren’t you bossing me around now, huh? Get up and nag me, will you? I just had a couple of beers with Stellan, and you’re not here to scold me?”

Dean’s face, lined with age, crumpled with grief, his tears welling but not falling, was heart-wrenching to behold.

next to Balfour. She gazed at Alyssa before her, wanting to help but afraid to touch, “Grandma, wake up.

reverie. With his eyes red with sorrow, he stood up and scanned the

you

the stairs like t Balfour’s promise stirred the crowd, but as luck would have it, they had all been busy mingling with other guests

the security cameras,” someone suggested amid the clamor

voices.

ambulance siren cut through the air, and Ivy

and neither Balfour nor Ivy

the situation, and Ivy couldn’t

was meant to be a celebration, and

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Chapter 2524

tip to my email. But I have one condition: no rumors, no falsehoods. This evening’s festivities were cut short, and once Grandma is back on her feet,