Chapter 2458


    Chapter 2458


    ra sat there with her arms crossed, giving off a ‘keep out’ vibe like she was some kind of celebrity.


    But Ivy? Ivy was the picture of ease and confidence, sitting across from her, forcing ra to admit that


    she was outssed.


    Ivy’s makeup was minimal, her lipstick barely there, and she was dressed in what looked like a high


    school costume for some low-budget y. Yet she didn’t seem the least bit out of ce.


    “You seem to be doing well.” Ivy said. Her hands were sped casually on the table, her demeanor as


    rxed as ever.


    Well, of course, she was at home here, in this set, while ra was the outsider.


    ra twirled a brand-new designer watch around her wrist, a smug smile ying on her lips. “Aren’t


    you going to ask why I came here today?”


    One of Ivy’s eyebrows arched as she said, “If you have something to say, you’ll say it. See, you already


    can’t wait, am I right?”


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    Thatposed smile on Ivy’s face was like a red g to ra. She hated how Ivy always acted so


    nonchnt!


    ra’s temper red, and she yanked her sunsses off, mming them down on the stone table.


    “Cut the act, Ivy. It’s not like I don’t know you.”


    Ivy’s eyebrow quirked again; she knew her sister all too well. Just a bit of patience and ra’s true


    colors would show.


    “And what is it that you think you know about me?”


    ra snorted. “The inte is blowing up over you. Surely even you can’t be oblivious to the fact that


    you’re like the town pariah everyone loves to hate!”


    Ivy nodded thoughtfully. “I’m aware of the drama. And I also know that my dear sister here has been


    fanning the mes while I’m getting dragged through the mud!”


    ra felt a chill run down her spine. Ivy was still calling her ‘sister’-this was definitely not a good sign.


    “I was just riding the wave of the scandal to get a little spotlight for myself. It’s not like I started the


    rumors!”


    ra leaned back in her chair, a calcted look in her eyes. “And let’s be honest! If you hadn’t given


    me the ammunition, how could I have seized this opportunity? Thanks to you, my endorsements have


    gone through the roof!”


    “But how do you n to face the bacsh now? Some of the things you’ve pinned on me were your


    doing. I know you’re an old hand at this game, but ying the victim? That really turned my stomach.”


    In the past, such usations from ra would have sent Ivy reeling with shock and anger.


    But now, Ivy could talk about it all with a calm detachment. Their parents, Tessa and Finn, always


    believed their elder daughter could do no wrong.


    ra acted as if Ivy’s words meant nothing.


    “What are you talking about? The damage is done. What’s this about ying the victim?”


    Ivy scoffed internally, saying, “No one else is here. Why keep up the facade? Haven’t you done this for


    years? Apart from putting on a pitiful act, what else can you do?


    But then again, Finn and Tessa are blind when ites to you. You cry, and they believe every word.”


    ra’s smile held a touch of triumph. “Do you know why they believe me when I cry? Because they


    love me more. Oh, sister, did you think I was oblivious to what you care about the most?


    What a shame that you, poor little thing, will never get the love you crave. Just keep hiding your corner,


    envying me.”


    Had Ivy heard those words before Tessa’s arrival, she might have been hurt. That kind of wound,


    inflicted by one’s own parents, never truly heals. It festers, hidden beneath the surface, a gap that


    could only be filled with even more love.


    But now, Ivy didn’t need the love of such irrelevant people. She no longer needed their affirmation to


    know her worth.