The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1069

After Veronica finished speaking, the person on the other end of the call responded, “Is that Veronica? Your brother’s still snoozing, do you need something? Should I shake him awake? Or you wanna ring later?”

It clicked for Veronica after she heard the person say her name. This person obviously knew a lot about her brother. She sounded quite familiar, but she couldn’t make out who it was. She wasn’t sure if it was someone she knew.

But in front of Ellinor, Veronica felt like she shouldn’t say too much, “Nah, nothing urgent. I’ll call back later.”

After saying that, she quickly hung up the phone, then looked up to see Ellinor’s reaction.

Any other woman would probably snatch the phone and grill whoever the hell was on the other end. Why was she answering her husband’s call? Some women would even start cussing

But Ellinor didn’t react.

She just calmly averted her eyes, not saying a word.

brother, “Ellinor, don’t get the wrong idea! That woman is probably just my brother’s personal assistant abroad! Collin didn’t go on this business trip with my brother, so he needed someone to

just waltz into your brother’s room while

being inappropriate and was trying to flirt with my brother. I bet she did it on purpose! My brother probably

laughed, “Alright, if you want to trust your brother, then trust him. I’m gonna go take a

gracefully sidestepped Veronica, headed straight into the house, and went upstairs to her room to

stepped in it again. After Ellinor had left, she pulled out her phone and dialed back, wanting to

time, Theo picked

“What’s up?”

and deep, laced with

brother,

was clearly raspy and

creeping in. She took a sharp breath, “Bro, who was that woman who answered the phone just now?

before he coldly said, “It’s night over there; aren’t you

she quickly explained, “No, it’s not like that. Bro, I’m fine. It’s