The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2663

“Easy on the pedal, take your time.” she slurred slightly, a warm smile spreading across. her flushed face. “Even if everyone else bails, I’ll stay there and wait for you.”

Just a couple of drinks into the evening – a toast with the director, all because of the adrenaline rushing from Ivy’s successful roadshow – and already she was trying to put a cap on her intake. She had overestimated her tolerance, and those mere two drinks were hitting her hard. Her cheeks burned a bright crimson, her eyes shimmered with a tipsy sheen, and she couldn’t tolerate even a tiny sip,

Evadne, quick to spot her plight, swapped out her wine for a soda and instructed the kitchen to whip up a bowl of soup to suppress the alcohol.

Colton, too, leaned in with a concerned furrow between his brows. “You okay there?”

He was, of course, worried about Balfour’s reaction rather than her well-being.

“I’m just hoping she won’t have a nasty headache tomorrow,” Evadne lamented, “That would really throw a wrench in things.”

told this girl not to have that drink. She just

annoyance, “Please don’t pin this on me showing off. Can’t I handle a

us to keep an

“What are you talking about? You’re just afraid of Balfour, but I am not! I’ll say it to his

had the words left her mouth than the room fell into an eerie silence. Colton was barely containing his chuckles as he gestured toward someone

a familiar voice sounded from above her, “Oh, really? You

heart skipped. “I, uh…”

they wouldn’t overindulge before heading out tonight. So how did we end up here with a drunkard?”

overpowering scent of alcohol. Thankfully she hadn’t overdone it, and it seemed she had

a different story –

urge to tease her a