The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1183

Theo gave strangers the cold shoulder most of the time.

The issue now was that she was eight months pregnant, and if she went out and about, she would stick out like a sore thumb. She was a walking billboard!

If she didn’t go, the Blanchet Corporation wouldn’t cough up the final payment, and Crescent Society would be up shit creek without a paddle; they would even be on the brink of going belly up.

This was the company she had busted her hump to build from the ground up. How could she bear to watch it crash and burn?

Besides, she had a kid on the way now and needed the company so she could bring home the bacon.

The more she thought about it, the more worried she became. She couldn’t figure out a perfect solution for love or money

Just then, the doorbell rang at the villa.

Ellinor snapped back to reality and was immediately on high alert. Who could that be?

was usually no one coming here except for the

just dropped off supplies yesterday. There was no way they’d send someone again

with a furrowed brow as the servant went to answer

the servant bow respectfully to the visitor, Ellinor finally breathed

It was Bartlett!

what the heck was he

the city. It took two hours to drive here and another two to

him before that she didn’t need him to check up on her all the time. If there was any problem, she would reach out to him.

if he started showing up more often than not, he would get on Theo’s

under lock and key, waiting to

not be here to stir up

walked in with a friendly grin, holding a takeout box. “Ellinor, guess what I

having a bee in her bonnet about the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and now she had to deal with Bartlett making a mountain out of a molehill. She couldn’t help but feel imitated. “Why are you here again?”

haven’t been here since last month! I thought you might be craving something to eat, so

‘Do you think I want to risk being found by Theo just for