Chapter 494

Balfour paused slightly, looked towards the source of the voice, and sure enough, Ellinor was weaving her way through the crowd, casually strolling up to him. “Mr. Howard, did you need something?”

York Maves, Patricia, and Haillie all looked surprised

What was going on? How come Ellinor was coming in from outside?

Balfour looked at her seriously. “Where have you been?”

Ellinor replied calmly. “Nowhere in particular, I was waiting for you downstairs. I saw a bunch of people running up here, so I thought something had happened and came up to check it out. And lo and behold, you’re here looking for me! Mr. Howard, why are you looking for me here?”

Balfour struggled to find a response.

How was he supposed to respond to that?

Say that he thought she was fooling around with another guy?

Haillie, looking incredulous, stepped forward to call her out, “Ellinor, quit playing innocent. I saw you go into this room with York Mayes! You must’ve snuck out and are now pretending to just be coming in!”

at Haillie, her expression as if she had no clue what she was talking about, “What? Who’s York Mayes”

made up, went

have no grudges against each other. Why do you always try to sully my reputation? Is it because you’re bitter because you’re not Mr. Howard’s date today?”

work-related events next time. It seems to make your admirers see me

her nonsense. I’m not

Haillie with a hint

was well aware of her feelings for him, but because she was Patricia’s good friend, he’d always been lenient with

caused him no small amount of

incident was likely due

around at everyone, ‘Can I

Mayes looked a bit confused and awkwardly stood

‘Hello, I don’t

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