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..

and spoke like he was praising a child, “You did well just now. You even

lazily glanced at him, “Because you’re so indecisive! You’ve been morally blackmailed for so many years; don’t you know

Theo’s eyes darkened.

knew Ellinor had a point. Over the years, he was indeed tied down by Patricia’s favor and couldn’t break

it. Patricia’s feelings for him were obvious, and many of her actions had crossed the

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

one thing. But Patricia got an irreversible disease because she

how important childbearing was to a woman, especially to a woman who loved children. Being told that she

to have kids because she saved him, then it was

that was

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

told her, “In a small mountain village in West Water Ridge, I was being hunted