Chapter 74
The Kiss that Sparked it All (Ellinor and Theo) Chapter 74
"Any news from the cops?” Theo asked, cool as a cucumber, his eyes glued to his financial magazine. This sort of thing happens all around the world every day. Not exactly headline news or anything out Taking a sip of his coffee. Theo instructed, “Let's downplay the situation until the police
figure it out. We'll respond officially when the time comes
“Gotcha!” Collin nodded, but he didn't look as cool as usual. He even seemed a bit hesitant “Mr. Blan Theo looked up from his magazine, his eyes suddenly sharp.
Collin seemed regretful, “I didn't want to believe it when I first heard, but our hotel check-
in records show Ms. Mendoza did check into the Blanchet Hotel room 3201 this afternoon. And we ¢ Theo paused for a bit, squinted his eyes and said coldly. “Don’t jump to conclusions without solid pr “Right! Collin, you must be mistaken. Ellinor would never do something like that! Veronica chimed in Just a minute ago, she had received a message from Morgan, “Mrs. Blanchet, I've sorted
everything out. Don't forget what you promised me!”
“Don’t worry. I won't forget you if we succeed, Veronica replied, and chuckled to herself.
Now, she followed her plan and opened up her news app, clicked on a headline in the society news handed in the Blanchet Hotel suite!” and acted surprised, “Look at this! The woman they caught is we in—
law was today, and the guy with her has blonde hair. He looks just like the old friend she ran into at 1 She handed her phone to Theo..
Theo looked at the screen of Veronica's phone, the faces
of the two suspects in the news video were blurred, but the woman's
clothes were indeed identical to what Ellinor wore today
Veronica covered her mouth in “disbelief, “No way! Brother, this woman... is it really Ellinor? That's wt with her old friend this afternoon! They were up to no good, that's so out of line...”
Theo's face darkened, he didn't show any clear emotion.
Just then, Marissa, who had been resting in her room, came out, “Theo, Veronica, where is everyone? Theo was about to caution Veronica to keep her mouth shut, but Veronica blurted out, “Granny, we in-law was taken by the police!”
"What! Taken by the police?” Marissa almost lost her balance, barely held by a maid, “What's going o Veronica showed Marissa the news video on her phone, “Look, Granny! My sister—in—
law was taken by the police this afternoon!”
Marissa recognized the woman's clothes in the video, it was indeed what Ellinor wore when she left i Marissa was shocked, “No, that's impossible! Ellinor would never do such a thing!”
Veronica said angrily, “Granny, my brother and I don't want to believe it either, but it's the truth!” Suddenly, the phone in the house rang!
Seeing that everyone was too preoccupied to answer the phone, Devin went over to pick it up.
Devin was stunned for a second, then hit the speakerphone button...