The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 822

Dean jumped in, siding with his grandson, “Balfour, you’re spot on! Xenia, you scared off my savior here, aren’t you going to apologize to her?”

Xenia was a proud woman. There was no way she’d apologize to a young girl like Ellinor.

But Dean had spoken. She had to listen, right?

With all her extensive knowledge and experience, she knew she needed to suck it up sometimes to get things done. She’d wait for the right moment to deal with Ellinor.

So, Xenia forced a smile and said politely, “Ms. Mendoza, I apologize. I didn’t realize your importance earlier and was disrespectful.”

Ellinor smiled back, “It’s okay. I know it wasn’t intentional. No one told you I was the guest today.”

Xenia’s smile froze. What was this girl implying?

Xenia wasn’t important enough to be informed about

had some tricks up her sleeve.

any double meaning in Ellinor’s words. If there was, then someone

was relieved to see

walked to a chair, pulled it out like a gentleman, “Ellinor,

Ellinor didn’t refuse Balfour’s kind gesture and

next to Alyssa,

spot. She nearly

actually invited Ellinor to sit next to Grandma. That was too much! Ellinor

Balfour pulled out another chair and

a chicken wing with her fork,

there’s so much food, we cant

what you liked, so we asked the

Ellinor, don’t be shy! Eat whatever you like,

felt a bit overwhelmed while looking at the spread, “But