The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 271

“Yesterday, I chatted with a friend, and it got pretty late, so I crashed there.”

Theo leaned in closer, “What friend? A guy or a girl? What’s their name? Where do they live?

His rapid fire questions left Ellinor feeling irritated, and she finally lost it

“Mr. Blanchet, can’t I have my own friends? Do I have no privacy here? Do I need to report every little thing to you? Is there any difference between being here and being in

prison?”

Theo paused slightly, then squinted at her defiant expression and actually burst out laughing his fatique instantly halved.

spinted but still had the energy to argue

silence for a while, not arguing back, but asked in a low voice, “Where’s

your phone. I don’t know where I dropped it last night, I will get you a new one.”

She didn’t realize it until she took a cab in the morning, luckily, she had cash

the phone from his coat pocket, holding it up to her face with his long fingers;

in surprise, took the phone, and confirmed it was the one she had lost!

curiously: “What’s going

found it by the Trent River, handed it over

wasn’t lost! Otherwise, I’d be worried, your bank card with large amounts is linked to this phone, if someone had swiped it, couldn’t afford

She rambled on..

“Ellinor”

suddenly called her

continue, but was

his deep voice told her, “I have no intention of imprisoning you,

Ellinor paused

as gentle as possible, he continued. “You can have your privacy, secrets you don’t want me to know about, and of course your own friends, but you absolutely cannot disappear without a word like