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.”

Ellinor sighed, “Mr. Howard, if there’s nothing else for me to do here, can I knock off early?”

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

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

worry, I can book a ride online.”

happens to you on your way home, the company will not only be responsible but also be blamed by the public. Are you trying to cause trouble for the company?”

she get into an accident so easily on the road?

his employees, Balfour could have

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

until the party’s over and leave with you.”

and stood up to

After a while, she spotted a restroom.

need to

“Go ahead.”

out

her skirt, and saw a large scrape on

out of the window from one room to another. She hit a broken window edge,