The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2368

“Dad must be freaking out at home by now. The chauffeur would’ve had me back ages ago, and here I am, still missing. I wonder if my sister is worried,” she mused, her voice tinged with fear.

Just thinking about her father and sister – the possibility that she might never see her loved ones again – brought tears to her eyes.

“Hey, don’t cry,” Balfour consoled her with a steady voice. “Doesn’t this place remind you of that hill we used to climb as kids? Just stay cool, let’s pretend we’re just out for a hike! Trust me, we’ll make it home!”

They were from wealthy families who usually avoid getting their shoes dirty; being thrown into such a dusty and run-down house was probably their first experience of this kind.

Balfour’s calm was contagious, and Victoria found herself drawing strength from it.

“Do you really think we’ll be okay?” she asked, a quiver in her voice.

Balfour

always been strong and composed. Whenever he was around, she felt a sense of

it didn’t hurt that he was also easy on the

to break out

to her throat. “Isn’t it enough to just wait for your grandfather to come? Why do we need to escape? If we anger them, won’t we be putting ourselves even

where she was coming from. He’d considered waiting for a rescue too. But the conversation he’d overheard made it clear that their captors

and do nothing, they

us? You don’t think they’d really do that,” she interrupted, her voice pitching higher in alarm.

young lady and gentleman, been chatting away, have you? Throat dry from

revealing the unmistakable

was trying to figure