The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 133

Sure enough, he saw it.

Before Ellinor Mendoza could explain, the man approached her and said sternly, “Didn’t I tell you not to drink anything strangers give you when you’re out? Are you just ignoring what I say?”

Since he was much taller than her, Ellinor had to tilt her head back to look at him, which was uncomfortable. “No, I remember what you said

The man held her face in his hand, forcing her to look at him. “So you’re deliberately going against my words, is that it?”

Ellinor explained uncomfortably. “It’s not what you think.”

The man’s face remained calm, but there was some displeasure in his eyes. “As my wife, you’re drinking toasts with another man. What should I think?”

helpless. So she explained,

loosened a bit,

three paintings in his gallery that I want, but he won’t sell them to me. He said if I

of her, “You can just tell me you want something You

and said, “We’re not really married. I

at her coldly. “This doesn’t count as owing. I’ve said that I can give you anything but

rooted in mutual indebtedness. Whether it’s emotional or financial, owing and repaying create a complex dynamic. If I owe someone or they owe me, it becomes challenging to part ways easily. Therefore, I try my best to avoid such

constantly waiting for the day to

women wished for a deeper relationship with him. Ellinor was afraid

and provocatively hooked her arm around his neck, “Well? Do you want me to cling

down at her pretending to

good today. She was dressed in a ridiculous outfit,

bright on her

annoying, but she looked… attractive.

darkened, and a lump formed