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.”

for me

looked at her, “Taxis are hard to come by around here. How do you

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

worry, I can book a

you’re a full–time employee of the Howard Group now. If something happens to you on your way home, the company will not only be responsible

she

truly concerned about the safety of his employees, Balfour

proved he wasn’t genuinely concerned her; he was

I’ll wait until the party’s over and

nodded and stood

After a while, she spotted a

need to use

“Go ahead.”

and let out a long sigh of relief. She

and saw a large scrape

edge, which hurt so bad, but she kept a poker face, afraid that