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!”

back, Xenia hid them

“What evidence?

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

had taken off herself, they were stripped off by

to have them seen by

may have misunderstood mine and Ellinor’s relationship. I arrived at her

said, “Mr. Rex, do you take me for a fool? If you two were sneaking around, you’d avoid being seen!

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

saw you this

nothing going on, why are you here at our villa? You weren’t here when Ellinor arrived yesterday, so how did end up in her room this morning?

you

frowned, wanting to explain but not knowing where to