The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2446

After waking up, Mara’s first instinct was to search for Balfour’s whereabouts. She caught the arm of an attendant in the hospital room. “Where’s Balfour?”

Her tone was brusque, leaving the attendant feeling a tad ruffled.

Still, as an employee, the attendant tried to respond with patience. “Mr. Howard has been gone since last night. He asked me to tell you to rest easy. He’ll be back once he’s done

with his work.”

Mara knew that was just a polite way of saying he was avoiding her. Impatiently, she waved her hand dismissively. “Off you go, don’t hover.”

“Mr. Howard instructed me to look after you…”

hardened. “Who’s in charge here, you or me? If I say leave,

attendant left the

deeply, anticipating a more amiable patient this time, only to find

Mara now awake, began plotting her next move. She knew Balfour’s ‘busy with work’ excuse was a smokescreen. He was avoiding her because of their last interaction. She needed to figure something

annoyance. “What now? Didn’t

online friend, and now she’s talking about suing me. What should I do? You promised to

have you gotten yourself into now? I told you to play it cool online. Did you get addicted to the drama? Look, I said I’d get you a lawyer, so just sit tight. I’m still in the hospital, for goodness’ sake. Can’t

consider

been paid enough to keep

seems really wealthy. She mentioned her family name is

“What? Which Merrick?”

daughter who enjoyed social media, but she never