The Kiss that Sparked it All

Xenia was thinking back, feeling the lack of solid proof. That’s when she spotted something under the bed.

What was that?

She set her child down and hurried over, pulling out a crumpled set of pajamas and underwear from underneath the bed.

Laughing excitedly, she took shots of her evidence and said, “Ha! Busted, aren’t ya? You two claimed nothing happened; then what’s this?”

When Ellinor caught sight of the clothes Xenia was holding, she realized that those were her clothes from the previous night. She felt her face heat up.

“Those are my private belongings; give them back!”

over to snatch her clothes back, Xenia hid them from her

“What evidence? They’re just clothes I

alone under the bed? Clothes only get tossed around in the heat of the moment, right? Ellinor, don’t hide it! I’ll let the

taken off herself, they were stripped

embarrassing to have them

in and said, “Mrs. Howard, you may have misunderstood mine and Ellinor’s relationship. I arrived at her room this morning, if

were sneaking around, you’d avoid being

sighed, “Mrs. Howard, do you really have to paint us in that

saw you this

playing innocent?” Xenia snickered, “If there’s nothing going on, why are you here at our villa? You weren’t here when Ellinor arrived yesterday, so

you

explain but