Chapter 2536


    Chapter 2536


    Ivy couldn’t understand why some people just couldn’t take a hint. She had cut ties with the Dunhills


    long ago, yet they refused to let her live in peace, even spreading their family disputes online.


    “I’m sorry, but ra’s not my sister. You’ve got the wrong person.”


    If they were going to ostracize her over this nonsense, Ivy decided she didn’t need to waste her breath


    on them. She wasn’t nning on returning to this dance studio anyway.


    “Hey, what’s with the attitude? You mess up, and we can’t talk about it? Even your own folks can’t


    stand you, can they? With that personality of yours, I’m baffled how someone like the CEO of the


    Howard Group could fall for you. What’s your trick?” Ophelia sneered,


    Though her domineering nature wasn’t exactly a favorite among the other dancers, her words did strike


    a chord.


    What did Ivy have that they didn’t? Why would such a catch be into her? Sure, Ivy was a bit prettier, but


    she wasn’t exactly Miss High Society.


    Why on earth did Balfour pick her? Weren’t the Howards about matching status and social standing?


    It was the talk of the studio. If Ivy came from a remarkable background, they wouldn’t dare to dream.


    But with the perceived gap narrowing, even the most ordinary among them fantasized about such a


    chance.


    It all boiled down to jealousy. Balfour was Ivy’s husband, and they couldn’t stand it.


    Ivy gave a faint, knowing smile. “I thought you might be defending someone’s honor, wondering who I’d


    offended. Turns out it’s just envy over my rtionship with my husband. Pity, all the jealousy in the


    world won’t change a thing.”


    Ophelia’s face turned beet red with embarrassment as her schemes wereid bare. She stuttered,


    “You, you…”


    “What about me? I’m telling the truth. Or would you rather hear some lie about my marriage being in


    shambles, that if you were in my ce, he’d fall for you too? Isn’t that what you want to hear? To be


    soothed by falsehoods?”


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    Ophelia had pegged Ivy as an easy target. She had been smeared online countless times without a


    public rebuttal, resorting only to legal letters through her work. Even in person, her greetings were


    polite,cking the assertiveness of other stars. Thus, Ophelia thought she had found someone to push


    around.


    The online vitriol painted Ivy as anything but moral, and Ophelia was convinced of it. At first, she had


    approached Ivy casually, feigning a fan’s interest. To her amusement, Ivy had taken it as a genuine


    attempt at friendship


    But thetest gossip had everyone exchanging gleeful nces. Ivy wasn’t just exceptionally talented;


    she had a boyfriend who picked her up after every session.


    To them, it was the ultimate envy-Balfour Howard, the ever-busy CEO, making time to quietly wait for


    her each day. Not once had they heard aint from him, and in their eyes, it was something to


    covet.