The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 501

How could Hailie possibly say no to the man she fancied? She nodded gently and said, “Sure thing, Balfour. Don’t you worry, I’ll get Patricia right away.”

A feeling of indescribable joy washed over her. The fact that Balfour entrusted her with taking care of Patricia affirmed her special place in his heart.

As for Ellinor, she was just an average secretary.

After Haillie left, Balfour glanced at the remaining crowd. His eyes were polite but cold, “Anyone else here for the show?”

The crowd fell silent. Everyone quickly caught his drift and left.

Balfour turned to Ellinor, “Ms. Mendoza, how do you feel about running into someone you’d rather not see?”

Ellinor could sense the sarcasm in his words, but she simply replied, “Not great.”

Balfour smirked, “Ms. Mendoza, you’re brutally honest.”

sighed, “Mr. Howard, if there’s nothing else for me to do

hard to come by around here. How do you plan

was aware that it was indeed hard to hail a taxi in this affluent neighborhood. She initially planned to call Chase for a ride, but she couldn’t let Balfour know about her connection with the Crescent Society. Otherwise, she’d lose her job as a secretary.

worry, I can book a ride online.”

on your way home, the company will not only be responsible but

would she get into an

safety of his employees, Balfour could have arranged for someone to give her a lift

didn’t. That proved he wasn’t genuinely concerned her; he

wait until the party’s over and

and stood

a while,

I need to use the restroom.”

“Go ahead.”

entered the restroom, locked the door, and let out a long sigh of

lid, lifted her skirt, and saw a large scrape on her thigh

She hit a broken window edge, which hurt so bad, but she kept a poker face, afraid that someone might find