Chapter 2195


    Chapter 2195


    She turned around in fury and said, “This has nothing to do with Ryan! And you, what’s the big idea,


    going after him like that? He’s my coworker. We were working, and you don’t even have a clue about


    what we were doing!”


    “I may not know what you were doing, Ivy, but I’ve got eyes, okay? I saw what I saw. I’m not blind,”


    Balfour retorted, clearly agitated as he yanked at his necktie.


    “So, you think I’m fooling around behind your back with another guy?” Ivy couldn’t believe the absurdity.


    She hadn’t even started on the whole Mara situation, and here he was, turning the tables on her!


    What was she to Balfour anyway?


    Just some pet kept at home for his amusement, to be yed with when he felt like it and tossed aside


    when he didn’t?


    The more Ivy thought about it, the angrier she got. She pointed towards the door, her arm trembling. “I


    don’t care what you think, and I can’t make it clear to you right now. Please, Heave. I don’t want to see


    you at my workce again.”


    Balfour was taken aback.


    Was Ivy kicking him out for some stranger?


    “What did you just say? Say it again!” He was livid.


    Taking a deep breath, Ivy repeated herself.


    “Balfour, let me be blunt with you – don’te to my set again! I want you to understand the difference


    between public and private spaces. Whatever is between us should stay within the family gatherings.”


    Ivy had obligations towards Balfour, sure, but she wasn’t about to dedicate every waking moment to


    him.


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    “Fine, Ivy. Remember what you said. Next time you need something, don’t expect me toe running


    back!”


    With those harsh words, he still didn’t leave.


    There was a deathly silence between them, neither willing to back down.


    Then his phone rang, piercing the stillness of the room. He nced at it and picked up immediately, as


    if he couldn’t bear the thought of making the caller wait a second longer.


    Seeing his haste, Ivy knew it had to be Mara – that girl he cared so much about.


    Despite his earlier fury, his face softened instantly as he answered the call.


    May he said, pulling the door open and stepping out


    Balfour hadn’t left whes luy asked him to, but Mare’s call had him instinctively avoiding


    men


    by was left alone to face the empty room and the bitterness welling up inside her..


    She listened to Balfour’s retreating footsteps and felt a sense of relief mingled with a newfound sense


    of defeat She sank to the floor


    Once, y could have fooled herself into believing that Balfour harbored some fondness


    for her


    But now she couldn’t lie to herself anymore.


    If he really cared for her even a little bit, would he trample on her dignity so recklessly?


    Where did she stand in Balfour’s life


    She was tired ofpeting for affection, of chasing after something that seemed forever out of reach.


    The past with ra had been enough of a bitter lesson.


    It was only through her family that Ivy understood that there are times when you don’t get as much as


    you give, especially when ites to love-love always flows towards those who are not in need of it


    She had striven for straight A’s, wan schrships,peted and took home the gold, but to her


    parents, those achievements might never weigh as much as ra’s whimsical charm.


    These painful memories rushed at lvy and shellet out a long sigh.