The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2629

Balfour paused at the threshold of Ivy’s hospital room, taking a deep breath before he turned the handle and pushed the door open.

To his surprise, he found Mara inside!

Seeing Balfour’s stern expression, Mara sneered, “What? Haven’t seen me in a short while and you’ve forgotten who I am?”

Balfour’s face turned a shade of thunderous gray as he shot a furious glare at the bodyguard stationed at the door.

“Why blame them?” Mara taunted. “I insisted I was a friend of Mr. Howard. Who would dare turn me away? You only have yourself to blame for being so careless, listening to that old woman talking so much and not rushing back to your precious wife’s side! It seems she doesn’t mean that much to you, does she? Just like how you moved on from your past love for my sister, Victoria?”

Balfour’s pupils dilated slightly, shocked that before he could even confront her, Mara was admitting to everything on her own.

“So, you really killed Victoria, did you?” he asked, voice steady but brimming with

accusation.

What are you talking about? I simply gave her a taste of her own medicine, quite literally. She took the pills herself;

in it. “She was your own flesh and blood. Aren’t you afraid that in the dead of night, her ghost might come seeking vengeance? After all the terrible things you’ve done, how can you stand

a conscience?”

these years, all because of you? Do you think I wanted this? You never even glanced my way when she was alive; only after she was gone did you start to

your sister, why would I have ever bothered with you? You want to

who approached me. You handed me this handkerchief, and I’ve kept it close

but Balfour had no recollection of it.

know what you’re talking about. I have

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why you’re so fixated on me. Your so-called love has been nothing but a shackle weighing me down. I don’t like you, and I will never have any affection for

woman like you!”