The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2264

Diana never imagined that her perfectly orchestrated evening would crash and burn like this. Everything was going so smoothly. She had even managed to deal with that thorn in her side, Kael. Until she found herself bound hand and foot alongside him, completely blindsided.

“Guess it’s true what they say, ‘play with fire, and you’re gonna get burned, huh?” Kael sneered with a mocking laugh as Diána glared at him furiously.

“Was it you? Did you rat me out? You backstabbing jerk!”

It wasn’t until now that she even noticed Kael’s presence in the lounge. Moments before, she had been flirting with Balfour, utterly oblivious to the average Joe sitting across the room.

Especially when Kael saw that blush on her face, that look of a woman obsessed- something he had never been privy to. She probably would not have noticed his presence if he had not spoken up.

How pathetic.

This unrequited love had cost him his self-respect and his future.

matter if I did or did not rat you out? You’ve already made up your mind about me, haven’t you?” Kael knew Diana better than

good would his denial do? It would end the same

can’t even handle a woman

me!” Diana’s facade had crumbled, revealing a look of

feel anything for me, even for

never come. Diana scoffed at him, looking him up and down with contempt. “Look at yourself. I’m destined for the stars. My future’s bright. Why

than they did. Their deepest cares and greatest hates were

a flicker of emotion for him? Even she did not believe

Alter

in Desserts the

industry the fuel nan

Have once felt for time