The Kiss that Sparked it All novel Chapter 2378

"Look here, Balfour, how on earth am I causing trouble? I'm just looking out for Ivy! I wanted to check on her, but you and Dean kept interrupting me. Don't you two worry about her fending for herself out there?"

The very thought of Ivy alone, cooking her own meals, doing her laundry just tugged at Alyssa's heartstrings.

"Ivy's just moved out for a bit, not left us for good. Why have you all turned so cold? Balfour, you better tell me what happened today. Otherwise, how could you possibly refuse to let me see my own granddaughter-in-law?"

Alyssa's intuition was always spot-on, and Balfour was at a loss for words. He had planned to have Ivy video call Alyssa, ideally from his own phone.

That way, Alyssa would know he'd been to see her, but of course, life had to throw a wrench in the works just then.

"Granny, there's so much going on at the office every day. If I had to report every little thing to you, I'd work myself to the bone. You want to see Ivy? Just pick up the phone and call her, for heaven's sake. With technology these days, it's a piece of cake. Even if you're not up to speed, Grandpa can help you out, can't he?"

"Tsk, are you blaming me now? I just want you and Ivy to spend more quality time together, to hurry up and give us a grandchild, that's all. Not that we're fixated on a boy – a granddaughter would be just as wonderful. Dean and I would be over the moon either way."

Both Alyssa and Dean were getting on in years, and with only Balfour to carry on the family name, they were eager to see him settle down.

He'd taken care of the business side of things early on, but starting a family was dragging on.

Before Ivy came into the picture, Balfour seemed to have zero interest in women, to the point where the elders wondered if he was even into girls at all.

But with Ivy, everything clicked back into place.

Finally having a granddaughter-in-law, the old couple cherished her dearly.

"Granny, you're getting ahead of yourself. We're young, and we're not thinking about kids just yet."