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.

just calmly averted her

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

just gave a cool smile, saying, “So an assistant can just waltz

to flirt with my brother. I bet she did it on

trust your brother, then trust him. I’m gonna

sidestepped Veronica, headed straight into the house, and went upstairs to her room to

had left, she pulled out her phone and dialed back,

Theo picked

“What’s up?”

was cool and deep, laced with a

her voice with her brother, cautiously asking, “Bro,

voice was clearly raspy and tired from just

in. She took a sharp breath, “Bro, who was that woman who answered

while before he coldly said, “It’s night over there; aren’t you going to