The Kiss that Sparked it All

Balfour was totally engrossed in the photos.

“Bartlett, were you guys taking pictures just now?”

Patricia’s voice suddenly came from behind Bartlett. Her voice was gentle and curious.

Bartlett was sitting on a single sofa, looking at the pictures he had just taken. Patricia had come downstairs and happened to walk behind him, seeing the photos on his phone.

Turning his head to her, Bartlett smiled, “Oh, it’s you, Patricia! Yeah, we were taking pictures. Wanna join us for a group shot?”

Patricia shook her head, “No, I didn’t put on any makeup today. I won’t look good in the pictures.”

Bartlett politely responded, “Nonsense, Patricia. You look great without makeup.”

Belinda looked at Patricia, stuck out her tongue, rolled her eyes, and muttered, “Yeah right, ‘no makeup. As if we can’t tell her face is refined.”

sipping her juice, uninterested. She was used to

too?” After seeing Patricia, who should have been at home at this

and sweetly said, “Balfour, Baber was fussing about wanting to see

he frowned slightly after hearing her words, “You

to see Theo. I couldn’t persuade him, so I had to bring

hurt yesterday. Why would you bring him out

to see Theo. No matter what I said, he wouldn’t

Ellinor was sitting here

was because of that

rubbed his brow helplessly,

is still upstairs with Baber. I thought he might be thirsty,

up a bottle of soda from

upstairs. Before she left, she said to Ellinor, “Ellinor, I’m going upstairs. You guys chat. Make yourself at