The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1397

“Ellinor, it’s me.”

The voice on the other end of the phone wasn’t Theo’s, but Collin’s.

Ellinor furrowed her brows as her suspicions grew. “Collin, why are you answering the phone? Where’s Theo?”

On the other side, Collin was standing in a guest room at Thaddeus Manor, anxiously watching as several doctors treated Theo’s injuries and cast his legs.

Theo’s face was pale, and his forehead was covered in a sheen of sweat as he endured the pain.

Collin had been with Theo for many years and had never seen him beaten up like this. It upset him greatly.

But if he were to confront Thaddeus now, all the pain Theo had endured would be for nothing.

Theo was not the type to let Thaddeus strut around in front of him, and Theo’s tolerance was solely for the sake of coming to an agreement with Sophia and successfully annulling the marriage certificate. Only then could he go back and explain things to Ellinor.

he handed him his coat, Collin took a deep breath and forced a casual

off. It should be morning in M

was probably still jet-lagged from the twenty-plus hour flight, he must have been

guys arrived at Sophia’s place yet?”

his best to lie without giving anything away. “Not yet. Mr. Blanchet is resting in the car. Ellinor,

a little longer. Have him call me back

worry. Mr.

as

up. After turning around, she saw Baber had fallen asleep while holding the bottle

put down her phone and touched her chest. Reminding herself not to be so sensitive, not to overthink, and to

had promised her he would come back, and

the phone and let out a huge sigh of

that Ellinor would notice that something was

more stress. If she

he didn’t