The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1252

Belinda looked around but didn’t spot Chase. All she saw was her phone charging on the bedside table. She picked it up, and the first unread message was from Chase.

“The only thing I did last night was bring you to my room and crash on the couch. Don’t think too much into it”

Her heart raced, and her cheeks flushed. What the hell was he playing at? She was all kinds of confused!

Then there were the 99+ unread messages from her boyfriend, Jacob.

Belinda cringed. She’d been so out of it yesterday that she’d forgotten to reply to Jacob.

She opened their chat to find a bunch of messages from him, asking where she was, what she was doing, and if she’d gone to bed.

The last one was from this morning. “Belinda, why aren’t you answering me? Reply when you see this!”

Feeling guilty, she quickly replied. “Sorry, I got caught up with something yesterday and forgot to reply to your messages.”

worries! I was just worried about you. Are you okay? Where

replied honestly. “I’m still at my

you up for lunch?

sure. Don’t bother picking

forward to

got out of bed and cleaned herself up in

Chase’s room, she saw Ellinor sitting alone at the kitchen counter, eating breakfast and working on her

Ellinor, what are you up to?”

then pointed at her

laptop, only to see her own messy

out that Ellinor was on a video call. She was probably

to disturb her, Belinda quietly picked up her jacket and bag and left.

change and freshen up, then meet Jacob. Afterward, she’d bring lunch back for Ellinor.

She finished her video meeting and closed her

a sip of milk and picked up.

bought the Southside Haven property. They plan to turn it into a shopping center and want us to handle the project. What do you think?”