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!”

I got caught up with something yesterday and forgot to reply to your messages.”

just worried about you.

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

“Can I pick you up for lunch? It’ll be just

“Um… sure. Don’t bother picking me up: 111 come to you.”

forward to it!”

Jacob, Belinda got out of bed and cleaned herself up in the

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

her. “Aunt… I mean, Ellinor, what are you

at her

own messy hair on the screen. She jumped back, like she’d

on a video call.

not daring to disturb her, Belinda quietly picked up her

then meet Jacob. Afterward, she’d bring lunch back for Ellinor.

didn’t look up. She finished her video meeting and closed her