The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1069

After Veronica finished speaking, the person on the other end of the call responded, “Is that Veronica? Your brother’s still snoozing, do you need something? Should I shake him awake? Or you wanna ring later?”

It clicked for Veronica after she heard the person say her name. This person obviously knew a lot about her brother. She sounded quite familiar, but she couldn’t make out who it was. She wasn’t sure if it was someone she knew.

But in front of Ellinor, Veronica felt like she shouldn’t say too much, “Nah, nothing urgent. I’ll call back later.”

After saying that, she quickly hung up the phone, then looked up to see Ellinor’s reaction.

Any other woman would probably snatch the phone and grill whoever the hell was on the other end. Why was she answering her husband’s call? Some women would even start cussing

But Ellinor didn’t react.

her eyes, not saying

to hastily explain for her brother, “Ellinor, don’t get the wrong idea! That woman is probably just

waltz into

maybe the assistant was being inappropriate and was trying to flirt with my brother. I bet she did it on purpose! My brother probably doesn’t know! My brother is quite attractive, but he would never do anything

“Alright, if you want to trust your brother, then trust him. I’m gonna go

house, and went upstairs to her room

stood there, feeling like she’d stepped in it again. After Ellinor had left, she pulled out

time, Theo picked

“What’s up?”

cool and deep, laced with a just–woken

dare raise her voice with her brother, cautiously

voice was clearly raspy and tired from just waking

“Bro, who was that woman who answered the phone just now? She… she’s not

night over there; aren’t you going to sleep?