The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 524

Patricia came over with a joyful expression, holding her child, “Ellinor, what a coincidence, you’re shopping here too!”

Ellinor responded with a neutral face, “Yeah, sorta.”

Patricia tumed her gaze to Bartlett, who was standing next to Ellinor, with a subtle look in her eyes. She laughed, “Bartlett, how come you’re shopping with Ellinor?”

Bartlett put on his usual smile, “Because Ellinor got promoted to Sales Manager of the Howard Group today. My brother handed over all sales cooperation between the Howard Group and Rex Enterprises to Ellinor. So, I brought her to this distributor to get a feel of the market.”

Ellinor had been worried that Bartlett would intentionally be vague but was relieved to hear him give Patricia a straight answer

Patricia blinked in surprise, “Ellinor, you got promoted! Congrats!”

Ellinor knew Patricia wasn’t genuinely congratulating her, so she just smiled slightly. Thanks.”

“Theo and I just popped into a baby store, but unfortunately, we couldn’t find the product our child needs. We’re about

beside her, showing a pure smile,

with his handsome and deep face, responded indifferently, “Whatever you

warm gaze back to Ellinor and Bartlett, “Bartlett, Ellinor, let’s go! We’ll

willing to join them for lunch, but he couldn’t just agree without consulting Ellinor. He turned to

lunch with Patricia. She said, “Mr. Rex, thank you for taking the time to show me the market. As you’ve bumped into your friend here, you should have lunch and catch up. I’ll pass; I have work to handle back at

saying this, Ellinor turned to leave.

about to leave with her, Patricia came running after

back to work after

your kindness, Ms. Howard. I’ll grab something back

looked a bit disappointed upon seeing Ellinor still insisting on leaving, “Ms. Mendoza, why do I get the feeling you don’t

Howard, you’re overthinking things. I just planned on having something light back at the company. I don’t want to influence everyone else’s meal with my personal preference.”