The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1252

Belinda looked around but didn’t spot Chase. All she saw was her phone charging on the bedside table. She picked it up, and the first unread message was from Chase.

“The only thing I did last night was bring you to my room and crash on the couch. Don’t think too much into it”

Her heart raced, and her cheeks flushed. What the hell was he playing at? She was all kinds of confused!

Then there were the 99+ unread messages from her boyfriend, Jacob.

Belinda cringed. She’d been so out of it yesterday that she’d forgotten to reply to Jacob.

She opened their chat to find a bunch of messages from him, asking where she was, what she was doing, and if she’d gone to bed.

The last one was from this morning. “Belinda, why aren’t you answering me? Reply when you see this!”

got caught up with something yesterday and

was just worried about you. Are

replied honestly. “I’m still at my aunt’s place. I’m okay;

pick you up for lunch? It’ll

replying. “Um… sure. Don’t

forward to it!”

out of bed and cleaned herself up in the

saw Ellinor sitting alone at the kitchen counter, eating breakfast and

“Aunt… I mean, Ellinor, what are

held a finger to her lips, then pointed at her laptop. Belinda got

see her own messy hair on the screen. She jumped

that Ellinor was on a video call. She was

on and not daring to disturb her, Belinda quietly picked

freshen up, then meet Jacob.

She finished her video meeting and