The Kiss that Sparked it All

hapter 509

Bartlett didn’t answer her, but he also didn’t try to shake off her hand.

Soon after, a light suddenly appeared in the darkness. The butler of the mansion hurried over with a flashlight, calming everyone down, “Guests, please don’t panic. The power outage is due to a circuit short–circuit! We have sent someone to fix it; it should be

back on soon.”

“Please fix it ASAP, my girlfriend is scared of the dark!”

“Man, you gave us

real fright!”

“Don’t worry everyone, it’s just a power cut!”

About a minute later, the chandeliers in the banquet hall lit up again.

Everyone finally heaved a sigh of relief. Everything was back to normal.

dance floor, having straightened his clothes and tie. He smiled at his friends, “Sorry guys, I

suspicious. Could the blackout have been Jonah’s doing?

A power outage right at

didn’t want to watch Jonah strip, but he had obviously raised the stakes in the poker game just now on purpose. It was of a letdown to not see him

let go of Bartlett’s arm. She looked up to

bit

because when she looked up, she didn’t see Bartlett as she had expected. Instead, she was met with Theo’s cold and expressionless face.

Theo?

could it

there before the

that the person she grabbed in the

back, wanting to get away from

Bartlett had ordered a juice for Ellinor, the waiter bringing it was approaching

almost dropped the tray, and the juice almost spilled

“Watch out!”

and pulled her back, preventing her from colliding