Standing Her Ground

Everything seemed to slow to a halt.

It would still be believable if Donovan admitted that he had only taken Ivy's side for Valerie.

“You would do all that for that brat?” Miriam said disdainfully, her tone tinged with resentment.

Her resentment, however, was targeted at Valerie.

Donovan crossed his arms as his handsome face revealed a cold, somber expression. “If you had accepted her in the first