The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 939

But at that time, she was a bit worried about what was next for Ellinor.

After Ellinor returned to her room, she took off her coat and lay on the bed, hugging her pillow, all tired out. Theo also took off his blazer and casually tossed it on the couch nearby. He unknotted his tie with his fingers, all the while saying in a low voice, “Don’t take what Grandpa said to heart. His words might not mean jack.”

Hearing this, Ellinor lazily lifted her eyes to look at Theo, “His words don’t mean anything? Weren’t you the one who listened to him and rushed into marriage in the first place?”

Theo looked down at the girl on the bed and said, “That was a different story. If I hadn’t gotten hitched, he wouldn’t have agreed to get the surgery”

Ellinor pouted, lightly kicking his leg. “So, your grandpa can still use his life to threaten you, to make you kick me, the troublemaker, out. You’re still going to listen to him?”

bed, pinning her under him, “You, you little troublemaker, are my life now. Unless grandpa doesn’t

said she was his life.

then she laughed with a pretend look of disgust, “I can’t trust a word men say!”

“I can’t trust women either. Why did you

I can handle all the fallout from this?”

her, deeply into her eyes, like he was teaching a kid, “I believe you, but what if things don’t

a moment. “Well, if it really comes to that, I’ll just take you

face. He laughed and said, “If

“Sure, I’ll support

with interest and said, “Oh? How are you going to support me

manner and said, “At least I won’t let