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!”

as if she had no clue what

went wide, ‘You’re still playing dumb!”

other. Why do you always try to sully my reputation? Is it because you’re bitter because you’re not

time. It seems to make your admirers see me as an

immediately turned sour, and she hastily explained, “Balfour, don’t listen to her nonsense. I’m not like that! I really did see Ellinor go

looked at the incessantly noisy Haillie with a

was well aware of her feelings for him, but because she was Patricia’s good friend,

small amount of trouble over the

likely due to her

‘Can I ask who Mr.

and awkwardly

him, ‘Hello, I don’t know you Do you know me?

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