The Kiss that Sparked it All

Dean jumped in, siding with his grandson, “Balfour, you’re spot on! Xenia, you scared off my savior here, aren’t you going to apologize to her?”

Xenia was a proud woman. There was no way she’d apologize to a young girl like Ellinor.

But Dean had spoken. She had to listen, right?

With all her extensive knowledge and experience, she knew she needed to suck it up sometimes to get things done. She’d wait for the right moment to deal with Ellinor.

So, Xenia forced a smile and said politely, “Ms. Mendoza, I apologize. I didn’t realize your importance earlier and was disrespectful.”

Ellinor smiled back, “It’s okay. I know it wasn’t intentional. No one told you I was the guest today.”

Xenia’s smile froze. What was this girl implying?

Was she hinting that Xenia wasn’t important enough to be informed about the guest?

kid had some tricks up her sleeve. Xenia couldn’t underestimate

in Ellinor’s words. If there was, then someone was

apologized, Balfour was relieved to see Ellinor’s

walked to a chair, pulled it out

Ellinor didn’t refuse Balfour’s kind gesture and

which

she saw Ellinor take her spot. She nearly lost control of her emotions and gritted her teeth.

next to Grandma. That was too much!

Ellinor sat down, Balfour pulled out another chair and sat next to

with her fork, “Ellinor, are you hungry? Eat

Grandma Alyssa. But there’s so much food, we cant possibly finish it

said, “Dean and I didn’t know what you liked, so we asked the kitchen to prepare

“Yes, Ellinor, don’t be shy! Eat whatever you like,