The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1573

“We’ll be at the restaurant in about half an hour.”

“Sounds good. Send me the address; I might swing by if I have time.”

Ida, unimpressed with his pretense, hung up the phone.

Ellinor, overhearing this, asked, “What’s Chase up to?”

Ida laughed lightly. “He’s having dinner with his girlfriend’s parents.”

A frown crept onto Ellinor’s face. “What’s he playing at?”

Ida shrugged. “Not sure. He asked for the restaurant’s address and said he might join us. Boss, which restaurant are we heading to?”

Ellinor was unsure. “Let’s decide where to go first, then send him the address.”

Ida agreed. “Alright.”

the

to help Belinda’s

Wesley declined politely. “Chase, I heard you on the phone earlier. Do you have some urgent

a friend inviting me to dinner. Restaurant food tends to be too greasy for my liking. I prefer to eat your home-cooked

pleased by his flattery. “Then stay here and wait for the dinner I’m preparing for

me help you with the dishes, Mrs. Wesley.”

Wesley and I can handle it.

vegetables, agreed. “That’s

wouldn’t let the opportunity to impress slip. “But Mr. and Mrs. Wesley, I need to contribute

thoughtfulness, and to make him feel included, she handed him a couple of garlic bulbs. “Then help me peel these. I’ll need them

grinned. “Sure thing.”

garlic and settled down

then, the

by the sight of Chase peeling garlic on her living room

eyes to make sure she wasn’t seeing things, she finally asked,