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A Tale of Two Hearts

Chapter 3 CLASH OF TITANS

Word Count: 1142    |    Released on: 04/12/2024

fully among the guests after leaving her mystery man Arnold and Freya from the awkward garden meeting, her eyes scanning around the room in search of her father. She

authority, his firm character striking fear into the hearts of many. Lord Wellington, on the other hand, showed

e booming as he saw Ivy. "My dear daughter, a

ly in her breast as she held out her hand. She was nervous, but her voic

se and shrewd. "The pleasure is all mine, Miss Taylor," he replied,

in the air soon eclipsed it. Between her father and Lord Wellington there wa

nce on Lord Wellington, his

his voice dripping with pride. "But enough pleasantries,

r. Taylor," he answered in an impartial tone. "But maybe we can put things off until

ere soon, a monument to the Wellington na

managed a pleasant grin and nodded. "Congratulations," he remarked, his voice clippe

ne with Lord Wellington. Ivy felt uneasy as she met Lord Wellington's ga

rd Wellington said, his voice low and measured. "B

aced with all the implications of what he had spoken. Her voice wa

your father is not the only one with ambitions in this city," he said, with a ve

ton's words, the realization that her family was in

ry. She needed a moment to collect her thoughts, to escape the suffocating atmospher

ng self-conscious under

"Nothing, it's just.... You seem different tonight

ion. "I am not hiding anything," she insisted,

plied "if you say so." Although Ivy c

could answer. Couples started to make their way to t

reya asked, holding

hat evening. However, she could not help but see an i

Freya's hand and letting her

mony were soothing to her worried nerves. She lost herself in the music

yes watching them from across the room. She looked in the d

ed. He was standing at the edge of the dance floor staring a

ced when she saw him. She experienced an inexplicabl

er eyes away from the direction of Arnold. She felt a hand on o

?" Freya asked, with

forcing a smile. "I am fine," she r

e and body for any sign of truth. Finding none, she

iving Ivy's hand a reassuring squeeze

k to Arnold, but he was gone. She trailed him

ut she could not help but feel butterflies

rnold towards the gardens. As it stands, the gardens looked like the p

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1 Chapter 1 THE MASQUERADE BALL2 Chapter 2 MYSTERY ENCOUNTER3 Chapter 3 CLASH OF TITANS4 Chapter 4 IN THE GARDEN5 Chapter 5 HEIR OF A PRINCE6 Chapter 6 A DAY IN MY LIFE7 Chapter 7 FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS8 Chapter 8 IN THE WAKE OF OTHERS9 Chapter 9 GRAVITY OF OPTIONS10 Chapter 10 MISS FREYA TAYLOR11 Chapter 11 THE MAYFAIR SCANDAL12 Chapter 12 THE MAYFAIR SCANDAL II13 Chapter 13 SHADOWS OF DECEPTION14 Chapter 14 THE THREE-WAY LOVE HATE TRIANGLE15 Chapter 15 THE THREE-WAY LOVE HATE TRIANGLE II16 Chapter 16 SPECIAL INVITATION!17 Chapter 17 THIS MEANS WAR18 Chapter 18 HIDDEN WOUNDS19 Chapter 19 A NEW NAME20 Chapter 20 END OF THE BEGINNING21 Chapter 21 SECRETS BENEATH THE CROWN22 Chapter 22 IVY TAYLOR, THE ARTIST23 Chapter 23 AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT24 Chapter 24 BEGINNING OF THE END25 Chapter 25 CLASH OF TITANS II26 Chapter 26 LET IT BURN27 Chapter 27 FOR WHAT WE SHARE28 Chapter 28 JUST THE TWO OF US29 Chapter 29 MOUNT HILTON I – THE ASPIRING JOURNALIST30 Chapter 30 MOUNT HILTON II – BREAKING POINT31 Chapter 31 MOUNT HILTON III – RATEL AMONGST MEN32 Chapter 32 THE JOURNEY UP NORTH I – IVY & ARNOLD33 Chapter 33 THE JOURNEY UP NORTH II – DUTY OR DESIRE34 Chapter 34 THE JOURNEY UP NORTH III – DESTINY ARRIVES THE SAME35 Chapter 35 OUT OF OPTIONS36 Chapter 36 GUINEA PIG37 Chapter 37 SO FAR, SO SCARY38 Chapter 38 I WILL LET HER KNOW......39 Chapter 39 DREAD IT, RUN FROM IT!40 Chapter 40 DESTINY ARRIVES THE SAME.41 Chapter 41 WELCOME TO THE GAME42 Chapter 42 PRINCE EDWARD HAS ARRIVED!43 Chapter 43 THE NIGHT BEFORE IVY WENT MISSING44 Chapter 44 THE DAY IVY WENT MISSING I45 Chapter 45 THE DAY IVY WENT MISSING II