The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2259

“Come on, man, it’s not too late to turn back. Your mom is still waiting for you to come home.”

However, Kael’s mind was fixed on the stack of greenbacks that Balfour promised him and the escape plan he had all set up. He was past the point of returning.

“Save your breath,” Kael said with a scoff. “I’ve already taken the point of no return. In my next life, maybe I’ll be the good guy!”

As Kael lunged at Colton and the others with a knife in his grip, Balfour sprinted over with unexpected agility. Before Kael could even process what was happening, this towering figure had him stumbling backward in retreat.

Caught off guard, Kael’s grip on Thalia’s hand slackened.

“You…”

Margot dashed over to catch Thalia, while Colton and the producer wasted no more time, rushing to Balfour’s aid.

Kael had pegged Balfour as some kind of corporate figurehead, all height and no muscle. But before Kael could even throw a punch, Balfour was on him, landing blows to his ribs.

Kael was reeling, with

“Argh!”

swung wildly. “I’ll take you all down with me, we’ll call it even!”

swipes, ready to kick the knife from Kael’s grip. However, in a desperate move, the craven man jabbed the blade toward

to take

could a man be so

want to be

and Colton approached, frowning at the sight. The wound wasn’t fatal; Balfour had already

fathom why someone with potential would

put you up to this? You had no beef with

had caught Kael, he suddenly played the martyr, refusing to utter

own. Go ahead, arrest me.

Even if Kael wouldn’t

knew something Diana didn’t want out. The priority was getting Thalia to a