The Kiss that Sparked it All

Patricia looked at him with clear eyes, “Bartlett, do you have a thing for Ellinor?”

Bartlett paused for a bit, “What makes you think that?”

Patricia replied. The first time I came downstairs, I saw you looking at a photo on your phone, and I saw you crop out just Ellinor’s photo and save it in your private album. If you’re not into her, why would you secretly keep her photo?”

Bartlett was caught off guard, and then he said frankly, “Well, yeah, I do like Ellinor. But she’s already taken; I missed my chance, and I can’t force it.”

Patricia shook her head. “If you’re really into someone, you’ll always find a way. Bartlett, we could join forces!”

Bartlett looked like he was deep in thought as he gazed at Patricia with a hint of a smile on his lips, “Join forces? Patri, how would we even tearn up?”

In the car, Belinda was driving and blasting rock music, totally enjoying herself.

Ellinor and Theo were in the back, his hand tightly holding hers, never letting go..

gently touched her head and spoke like he was praising a child, “You

indecisive! You’ve been morally blackmailed for so

Theo’s eyes darkened.

a point. Over the years, he was indeed tied

Patricia’s feelings for him were obvious,

mentioned what she had lost to save him, he would bear with it out of guilt, trying

just saved my life, that would be one thing. But Patricia got an irreversible disease because she saved me; she can never

childbearing was to a woman, especially to a woman who loved children. Being told that she could never have her own children was like

have kids because she saved him, then it was worth his

she doubted that was the

her head and looked at him, “Can you tell me where Ms. Howard saved your life? Can

her, “In a small mountain village in West Water Ridge, I was being hunted and got seriously injured. I was hiding in the bushes