Chapter 2475


    Chapter 2475


    “Alright, since it’s all been settled, let’s not meet again. We wouldn’t want Ivy to get suspicious,” Mara


    said cautiously, her voice barely more than a whisper across the diner’s booth.


    ra rolled her eyes, her voice dripping with contempt. “Scaredy-cat. What’s she gonna do, huh? You


    think she’d even dare to step out without her entourage these days? Hah, just you wait. I’ll find the


    perfect moment. And then, Ivy would better brace herself. Next time, it won’t be a p in the face but


    something a lot more… permanent.”


    Mara shivered at ra’s venomous tone, the sinister edge making the hairs on her neck stand on end.


    “You can’t make a move now. She’s never alone. How do you expect to get away with it? If you can’t


    keep your impulses in check, I can’t work with you. Period.”


    ra’s head snapped up, indignation ring in her eyes as she raised her voice. “What? You’re


    backing out on me?”


    Mara winced at the volume, painfully aware of the other patrons ncing their way with thinly veiled


    annoyance. “Keep it down! Do you want the whole ce to hear us? Control yourself. Or have you


    forgotten why we’re doing this? Look at yourself—you’re a mess! You won’t even get close to Ivy, let


    alone exact your revenge.”


    ra breathed heavily, her chest heaving with barely controlled rage. “I want revenge, Mara. There’s


    not a second I don’t crave it. I dream of shing her pretty little face, making her feel a fraction of my


    agony.”


    Seeing the fire in ra’s eyes, Mara smirked, satisfied. She needed someone who could be reined in,


    not an untamed beast liable to snap at any moment.


    “Keep a cool head, and trust me, I’ll make Ivy suffer far worse than you could imagine.”


    “Really? You’ve got a n?” ra clung to Mara’s words like a lifeline, her every thought consumed by


    the desire to ruin Ivy.


    “If I can’t watch Ivy fall from grace, I don’t see the point in going on,” ra muttered darkly. “We’ll see,”


    Mara said cryptically.


    As soon as Balfour clocked out, he made his way to Ivy’s studio. He knew something was amiss the


    moment heid eyes on her. Despite the rift, Tessa was still her mother, and blood ties aren’t so easily


    severed.


    It wasn’t until Ivy’s hand found Balfour’s that she seemed to return to the present. “You heard the news,


    right?”


    “Evadne told me before she contacted you,” Balfour said, gently caressing Ivy’s palm. Nothing would


    have reached Ivy without his say-so.


    Ivy sighed deeply, her soul heavy with weariness. “I’m so tired, Balfour. I don’t know if I should see her.


    She wasn’t a good mother. So why does it hurt this much?”


    Tears welled as Ivy grappled with her emotions, the pain of her upbringing surfacing once more. “Am I


    a terrible person? Is this some kind of punishment?”


    Balfour wrapped his arms around her, his heart aching. The sins of the parents always seem to fall on


    the children’s shoulders, leaving scars that never truly fade.


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    “It’s not your fault. None of this is on you. If you want to see her onest time, that’s understandable.


    Her mistakes are hers alone; she chose a different path.”


    If only he could, Balfour wished Ivy could cut ties with all that hade before and start anew with a


    clean te.