The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 490

York Mayes was leading Ellinor down the gallery on the second floor, planning to take her to a bigger room

Ellinor stopped in her tracks, eyeing the painting hanging on the wall. It reminded her of her mother’s style

Seeing her pause, York Mayes looked confused ‘Ms. Mendoza, is something up? Why the sudden halt?”

Eyes still on the painting, Ellinor asked, “You’re a part of the Howard family, right? You must know the ins and outs of their business?”

York Mayes chuckled. Wanting to come off as clever in front of this intriguing lady, he replied, ‘Absolutely! How could I not?’

Ellinor decided to test him. I’ve heard that the current Mrs. Howard is McNeil Howard’s second wife. Is that true?”

York Mayes knew the answer to that. Yup! McNeil Howard’s first wife is no longer with us. The current Mrs. Howard has a son and a daughter. She’s the apple of his eye”

“I see” Ellinor continued probing “Did McNeil Howard’s first wife pass away from illness?”

has it, she ran off with another man. No news since then. Given how long it’s been,

pressed on. Really? Who did she run off with?”

about the Howard family. So he changed the subject. ‘Ms. Mendoza, why waste time on this nonsense? Let’s move on to the next

on,

impatient as his mind filled with thoughts

Howard family have a child named Pearl Howard?”

that she’s

daddy for

could do such a thing

didn’t know and was uninterested in further discussion. “Ms. Mendoza, let’s move on! Enough with prying into other people’s business. We should focus on

us? What are