The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 401

Ellinor chuckled. “I don’t get it. If I leave, you get to go back to Mr. Blanchet. Aren’t you afraid he’ll get bored of you and ditch you?”

Patricia’s face was full of pride and nobility, with a hint of condescension. “Ellinor, you and I are not the same.”

“Oh? How so?”

a Balfour who’d shield me from the rain, and a Byran who guards me. And you? Your family? Do you have anyone who can give

was you who spilled the

“Yes, it

to the Mendozas, you could kick me to the curb?” Ellinor was calm.

will look down on you. But me, because my family is not to be messed with, the Blanchets would never dare underestimate me, and Theo wouldn’t dare cross me. Even if one day, things between Theo and I go south, I can take the

your “backing‘ is relying on your family’s protection?”

“Isn’t it?”

self–sufficient means I won’t be put in a passive position. I stay with the Blanchets because I have a thing for Mr. Blanchet. I don’t care about his family, status, or wealth, nor am I envious. Even if one day he gets tired of me or I get tired of him, 1 can walk away freely, without any unbearable consequences. Ms. Howard, I just want to remind you, don’t keep thinking this way. Be careful,

ready to check

Ellinor, I have something to

doggedly followed, blocking

was getting impatient, “What