The Kiss that Sparked it All

Theo held back his discomfort, giving a silent nod. He had a hunch about what was happening

Ellinor looked at him with a hint of sympathy, asking. “Can you still drive? Or do you want me to take over?”

“No need.” Theo restarted the cat, gripping the steering wheel tightly “You, backseat, now”

“Okay”

Ellinor understood why Theo had asked her to get out of the car suddenly, so she wasn’t mad

However, she didn’t actually get out because the rain was coming down hard. She just hopped from the passenger seat to the back.

Just as she settled down. Theo raised the divider between the front and back seats, isolating them in two different spaces.

Although they were still in the same car, they were separated by a thin partition, close enough to hear each other’s breathing.

Ellinor was in turmoil, knowing full well that Theo was struggling to keep his composure, unable to play it cool.

too risky to keep driving, so Theo pulled into a motel on

there

them in an awkward

normal circumstances, sharing a room with Theo wouldn’t be an issue. After all, they had a similar arrangement back at the Blanchet

today. Theo had accidentally consumed something, and was grappling with an overpowering

mulling it over when Theo

at him, on high

pallor, Theo showed no emotion. He took the room key from the receptionist, then took her

confined space of the elevator, Ellinor was on edge.

him, only to find him staring at her

and he knew what she was wary of. Their thoughts were all too clear in their

awkward, Ellinor blinked and looked

went straight into the bathroom and closed the door with

sitting down to collect her thoughts and figure

she had only told Theo that he was poisoned by some kind of fungus, but left out the most crucial

within the day would suffer severe consequences. Depending on the dosage, the worst case scenarios