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?”

parents who love and protect me, a Balfour who’d shield me from the rain, and a Byran who guards me. And you? Your family? Do you

was you who spilled the beans to the Mendoza family about me marrying into

shy away, “Yes, it

out to the Mendozas, you could kick me

with no one to rely on. Over time, people 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 hit. My safety net

your “backing‘ is relying

“Isn’t it?”

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.

got up, ready to check

on, Ellinor, I have

doggedly followed, blocking Ellinor’s way.

was getting impatient,