The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 509

Bartlett didn’t answer her, but he also didn’t try to shake off her hand.

Soon after, a light suddenly appeared in the darkness. The butler of the mansion hurried over with a flashlight, calming everyone down, “Guests, please don’t panic. The power outage is due to a circuit short–circuit! We have sent someone to fix it; it should be

back on soon.”

“Please fix it ASAP, my girlfriend is scared of the dark!”

“Man, you gave us

real fright!”

“Don’t worry everyone, it’s just a power cut!”

About a minute later, the chandeliers in the banquet hall lit up again.

Everyone finally heaved a sigh of relief. Everything was back to normal.

floor, having straightened his clothes and tie. He smiled at his friends, “Sorry guys, I finished my dance during the blackout. If you missed it, well, better luck

was suspicious. Could the blackout have

not, Jonah was quite lucky. A power outage right at the

he had obviously raised the stakes in the poker game just now on purpose. It

on, and Ellinor let go of Bartlett’s arm. She

bit

words suddenly stopped because when she looked up, she didn’t see Bartlett as she had expected. Instead,

Theo?

it be

standing there before

never expected that the person she grabbed in the dark was

stepped back, wanting to get away from him.

ordered a juice for Ellinor, the waiter bringing it was approaching from behind

sudden move, the waiter almost dropped the

“Watch out!”

reached out and pulled her back, preventing her from colliding