The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2149

Balfour waved a dismissive hand, signaling that he didn’t need a menu. “I’ll have what the lady across from me is having,” he said casually.

The words sent a thrill through Giselle, and she quickly flagged down the waiter.

“Another spaghetti bolognese, but hold the celery on his. He doesn’t eat celery,” she instructed.

The waiter nodded, jotting down the order. “Alright, one regular and one without celery. Just a moment, please.”

Clearly, the waiter took them for a couple out for a lunch date, which only made Giselle’s smile bloom wider.

It wasn’t until she had settled comfortably at the table in the restaurant that she realized Balfour had really invited her out for lunch!

unapproachable as an iceberg, had finally succumbed to her charms.

There was not a man she couldn’t charm when she put

to ask me out today?” Giselle asked, her cheeks flushed, her gaze lowered shyly as if she hardly dared to lock eyes

tapping a finger on the table as

strange? We haven’t had a meal

it was always out with Ivy. He hadn’t attended any trivial social gatherings for a long

busy with the company. I tried to ask you out a few times, but Quinton always

but why did his assistant have to act so

all sorts of excuses to show that Balfour was indeed too busy to have lunch with her.

he had silently been blacklisted. There were too many like Giselle who he had to turn down, and the number of people wanting to dine with Balfour

his wife’s invitations,