The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2119
Balfour furrowed his brow, ready to interject, but Ivy gently stopped him with a shake of her head, silently pleading for him not to
get involved.
Then, turning to face Tessa and Finn with an icy glare, she said, “Yes, I’ve met a rich man, and what of it? Even you two turned
your backs on me, remember? Don’t forget, we severed ties long ago, and you took three million from me! You have no right to
stand here and judge me now!”
“You!” Finn was enraged by Ivy’s audacity, his voice rising. “Ivy, no wonder you’re so brazen; you’ve found some sugar daddy to
back you up! Let me tell you, shame on you if you want to disgrace yourself, but don’t you drag the Dunhill name through the
mud! Now you’ve even gotten your sister locked up. What are your intentions? Are you set on ruining us, destroying our family?”
Tessa quickly comforted her husband, patting his chest. “Honey, calm down, don’t get worked up over such a lost cause.”
She then fixed Ivy with a resentful stare. “You ungrateful brat, won’t you apologize to your father? If it weren’t for you, our family
could live peacefully. It’s all your fault; we haven’t had a day of quiet, and now you’ve even implicated your sister. I swear, I could
just...
“Just what? Kill me, right? You think I ever wanted to be your daughter? Being born your child is the worst luck I’ve had! You
think my birth was a mistake? Well, guess what? I think having you as my mother is the biggest mistake!”
Ivy’s voice was cold and mocking, and she trembled with every word.
If Balfour had not been there to support her, she might have collapsed.
After hearing Ivy’s retort, her parents grew even more infuriated, hurling increasingly vile insults.
“You shameless piece of work, climbing into the arms of a man and thinking you’re on top of the world! Take a good look at
yourself in the mirror and see if you’re really a swan or just a pretentious duck.”
Balfour’s brow darkened, unable to fathom that these were the words of a mother to her daughter.
“Enough!”
At his limit, Balfour motioned to his security, who promptly stepped forward to escort the Dunhills away.
The nearby officers looked on, dumbfounded, questioning if these could truly be Ivy’s own parents and not her enemies.

As Balfour protected Ivy like something precious, Tessa realized her words no longer affected her daughter, and her frustration
boiled over.
“That little tramp, how did she ensnare this man? She’s heartless, not even lifting a finger to bail her sister out. Always causing
trouble. If I had known, I would have nipped it in the bud.”
Finn was dragged away, his pride wounded. “Enough, let go! We need to see Clara; she’s never had to endure such humiliation
in her life!”
Balfour had already escorted Ivy away.
Tessa continued to rant and rave, her anger far from spent. What had that wretched girl said? That being her daughter was the
worst fate? Ridiculous! Born a liability, she should be nothing but grateful, yet she dared to speak such words?
The next time she saw her, Tessa vowed to slap some sense into her, to show her who was the mother!
“This is a police station, not some mob hangout! Is there no law left? My daughter, an innocent girl, and you just lock her up? I
demand justice today, or I’m not leaving!”