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!”

hid them from her grasp,

her brows, “What evidence? They’re just clothes I

you took off? Who throws their clothes on the floor, let alone under the bed? Clothes only get tossed around in

weren’t something she had taken off herself, they were stripped off by

embarrassing to have them

and Ellinor’s relationship. I arrived at her room this morning, if you don’t believe me; you can ask the servants.

fool? If you two were sneaking around, you’d avoid being seen! Even if the servants morning, it

Howard, do you really have

saw you this

here when Ellinor arrived yesterday, so how did end up in her

you

to explain but