The Kiss that Sparked it All

Theo didn’t let go of her, and he whispered, “I didn’t mean to deceive you. I had forgotten about getting the marriage certificate for a long time and only remembered it because I wanted to get mamed to you here in our home country.

I just wanted to tell you about it in detail after I canceled the marriage certificate with Sophia. I was afraid that if I told you beforehand, you would get angry and ignore me. Especially now that you’re pregnant. I didn’t want to upset you.

Because I knew very well that it was a situation that would hurt you.”

After listening to Theo, Ellinor was silent for a long time before she spoke.

“Mr. Blanchet, you’ve never actually believed that I could understand you. Now, I don’t care whether you and Sophia have any real relationship. There’s no trust between us anymore.”

With that, she tried to push Theo’s big hand off her, eager to escape this disturbing car.

When Bartlett returned with the bottled water, Ellinor was nowhere to be found.

He got worried, so he started looking around the venue but still found no sign of her. Then he ran into Sophia, who was drinking heavily.

Sophia aside. “Have you

taken aback. “Ellinor? Wasn’t she with

honestly. “I went to get her some water, and when I

care about where Ellinor went, but it suddenly

Bartlett also realized this, so he asked, “Where’s

of and left! But I’ll give him a call and see if he’s

might have taken Ellinor away, but he didn’t feel it was his place to

and Bartlett moved to a quieter place, and

for a long time

again, and after a long

“What do you want?”

very low; he sounded somewhat