The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 133

Sure enough, he saw it.

Before Ellinor Mendoza could explain, the man approached her and said sternly, “Didn’t I tell you not to drink anything strangers give you when you’re out? Are you just ignoring what I say?”

Since he was much taller than her, Ellinor had to tilt her head back to look at him, which was uncomfortable. “No, I remember what you said

The man held her face in his hand, forcing her to look at him. “So you’re deliberately going against my words, is that it?”

Ellinor explained uncomfortably. “It’s not what you think.”

The man’s face remained calm, but there was some displeasure in his eyes. “As my wife, you’re drinking toasts with another man. What should I think?”

Ellinor knew she was wrong, but she was helpless. So she explained, “Because he has something I want.”

a bit, “What’s that?”

in his gallery that I want, but he won’t sell them to me. He said if I drink a toast

moment and let go of her, “You can just tell me you want something You don’t have to drink under someone

her head and said, “We’re not really married. I didn’t want to bother you or owe you anything”

anything but love, as long as

in mutual indebtedness. Whether it’s emotional or financial, owing and repaying create a complex dynamic. If I owe someone or

seem to be constantly waiting for the

deeper relationship with him. Ellinor was

smirked. She was still upset about her chin being pinched by him. To get back at him, she tiptoed and provocatively hooked her arm around his neck, “Well? Do you want me to cling to you? You’d probably be more afraid of me clinging to you, wouldn’t

at her pretending

good today. She was dressed in a ridiculous

still clear and bright on her yellow face, like the moon in the sky.

annoying, but