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.”

“Mr. Howard, if there’s nothing else for me to do here, can I knock

come by

indeed hard to hail a taxi in this affluent neighborhood. She initially planned to call Chase for a ride,

can book a ride online.”

ride?” Balfour scoffed, “Ms. Mendoza, 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 but also be blamed

would she get

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

genuinely concerned her; he was just being difficult.

wait until the party’s over and

nodded and stood up

him. After a while, she spotted a

to use the restroom.”

“Go ahead.”

out a long sigh of

skirt, and saw a large scrape on her thigh that was raw

the window from one room to another. She hit a broken window edge, which hurt so bad,