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.

and tie. He smiled at his friends, “Sorry guys, I finished my dance during the blackout. If you missed

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

was quite lucky. A power outage right

had obviously raised the stakes in the poker game just now on purpose. It was of a letdown to not see him get

and Ellinor let go of Bartlett’s arm. She looked up to thank him, “Thank you…”

bit

words suddenly stopped because when she looked up, she didn’t see Bartlett as she had expected. Instead, she was met

Theo?

could it be

clearly wasn’t standing there

never expected that the person she

back, wanting to get

for Ellinor, the waiter bringing

Ellinor’s sudden move, the waiter almost dropped the tray, and the juice almost spilled on her.

“Watch out!”

out and pulled her back, preventing