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.”

juice, uninterested. She was used to Patricia’s

turned to look at Ellinor and Belinda and also noticed her brother Balfour sitting there, “Oh, Balfour, you’re here too?” After seeing Patricia, who should have been at home at this time, suddenly show

over and sat down naturally as usual, leaning affectionately against her brother, and sweetly said, “Balfour, Baber was fussing about wanting to see Theo today. I called Theo, and he told me he

didn’t spoil his sister like usual. Instead, he frowned slightly after

was a bit scared by Balfour’s sternness. She quietly explained, “Baber wanted to see Theo. I couldn’t persuade him, so I had to bring him

yesterday. Why would you bring him out at this late

to see Theo. No matter what

understood why Ellinor was sitting here alone and Theo had gone

was because of that

his brow

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

she said this, she picked up a bottle of soda from the table, Tm going

she left, she said to Ellinor, “Ellinor, I’m going