The Kiss that Sparked it All

“Ellinor what kind of nonsense are you spouting” My mom went out of her way to make fresh juice for you. If you don’t wanna drink it, fine, but why are you slandering her?”

Patricia quickly regained her cool, playing the innocent card

Ellinor straightened up, smiling. If your mom made the juice with such good intentions, then why did you sneak off to the bathroom to throw it up?

Patricia vehemently denied it, “I didn’t throw up, I just went to peel

Ellinor had expected her denial, “Is that so? How about I propose to your grandparents to have someone check if there’s anything extra in that pomegranate juice?”

Patricia looked flustered “Ellinor, enough is enough! Just so you know, this is my house, everyone here is my family, no one’s gonna buy your outsider slander Ellinor smirked. Wanna bet?

Patricia felt a bit guilty, she gritted her teeth, not daring to provoke her further, and changed the subject, ‘Ellinor, what the hell do you want? You’ve already stolen Thea from me, isn’t that enough? Why are you cozying up to our family?

Ellinor calmly approached her, “First off, correct your words. Theo was never yours, I don’t need to snatch him from you. Secondly, did I really cozy up to your family? They invited me over out of their own volition”

is mine! If you hadn’t shown

thing, nor would I do it. Your mother, Xenia, is the expert here. Not only did she become the third party, but she also succeeded in replacing

talking about?” Patricia frowned at Ellinor warily wondering how she knew about her

then, chatter from the

“Theo’s here!

had driven into the Howard family’s yard, stepped out

about Ellinor, she bolted to greet Theo first.

back to the dining table with

the house, Patricia was all over him, “Then, you’re here! We’re having dinner, you can

glanced at her, then walked past her into the dining room, his cold gaze sweeping over everyone, finally landing on Ellinor and locking onto her

at the elder members of

and wiped a speck of oil off her