The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2310

“Balfour, what took you so long to find me? Do you have any idea how scared I was?”

Balfour’s eyes finally found Mara amid the shadows, and it felt like a massive weight lifted off his chest.

The last thing he wanted was for a sister of the Lewis family to come to harm on his account!

He didn’t push her away. Instead, he gently patted her shoulder and said, “There, there, I’ve found you now, it’s all okay.”

Ivy watched their tender embrace with a bitter taste in her mouth. It seemed like there was no room for her in this picture.

After calming Mara down for a while, Balfour finally let her go, “Are you hurt anywhere?”

Mara mumbled something about not knowing where she had run off to and then mentioned her foot was aching a bit.

“Your foot? Let me check, did you twist it?”

Once Balfour had checked her over and was confident she wasn’t seriously injured, he started guiding her back.

just twisted a bit. Let’s get a doctor to take a

off her flashlight when they started to leave. She leaned against a tree, unsure whether

woods out of concern for Balfour and Mara, only to end up twisting her own

scolding Balfour had

hadn’t walked far when she

him when he dashed into the woods, and

me out. I’m worried if I keep walking, I’ll worsen the injury on my ankle,” Mara said, feigning embarrassment, her expression hidden by the dark

seeing her limp,

often this close to Balfour, was thrilled. She held her breath and carefully climbed

dark. It’s not safe,” Balfour said, glancing back at the thickening shadows of the woods. He was right; they couldn’t stay any longer; otherwise, both

Ivy is still waiting outside; she’d

go a bit faster?

was sharp, “If you hadn’t insisted on running into these woods, you wouldn’t be in pain. Consider it a lesson,

Mara took it as

at the tree they had passed; good, Ivy had seen everything and wisely turned

wanted to make it clear to Ivy that she was the closest