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.”

loosened a bit, “What’s that?”

three paintings in his gallery that I want, but he won’t sell them to me. He said if I drink a toast with him, he would give

can just tell

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

doesn’t count as owing. I’ve said that I can give you anything but love, as long as you play the part

and repaying create a complex dynamic. If I owe someone or they owe me, it becomes challenging to part ways easily. Therefore, I try my best to avoid such situations.*

“You seem to be constantly waiting

wished for a deeper relationship with him. Ellinor was

him. To get back at him, she tiptoed and provocatively hooked her arm around his neck, “Well? Do

looked down at her pretending to

look good today. She was dressed in a ridiculous outfit, her face painted yellow and her hair in two small

bright on her yellow face,

said things that were annoying, but she