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.

averted her

felt like she’d stepped in it and tried to hastily explain for her brother, “Ellinor, don’t get the wrong idea! That woman is probably just my brother’s personal

a cool smile, saying, “So an assistant can just waltz into your brother’s room while he’s still sleeping and answer his

was trying to flirt with my brother. I bet she did

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

into the house,

like she’d stepped in it again. After Ellinor had left, she pulled out her phone and dialed back, wanting to ask what the

time, Theo

“What’s up?”

cool and deep, laced with a just–woken

with her brother, cautiously asking, “Bro, did

His voice was clearly raspy and

felt a bad feeling creeping in. She took a sharp breath, “Bro, who was that woman who answered the

“It’s night over there; aren’t