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.

super uneasy. She felt like she’d stepped in it and tried to hastily explain for her 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 help him

smile, saying, “So an assistant can just waltz into your brother’s

was being inappropriate and was trying to flirt with my brother. I bet she did it

brother, then trust him. I’m gonna go take a bath and rest.”

into the house, and went upstairs to her room

After Ellinor had left, she pulled out her phone

Theo picked

“What’s up?”

and deep, laced with

her brother, cautiously asking, “Bro, did you just

raspy and tired from just waking

feeling creeping in. She took a sharp breath, “Bro, who was that woman who answered the phone just now? She… she’s not with you, is

he coldly said, “It’s night

she quickly explained, “No, it’s not