Ellinor took a bath in her room in the Howard family’s mansion, which was said to be her room when she was a child.
The maid prepared her fitting pajamas, changed the bedding and pillow, and also brought a charger.
As she was drying her hair and charging her phone, she checked her unread messages.
Ellinor’s phone but the one who had mally
obating on whether to shoot in a message to let him know she was okay
nonstop was Bartlett.
was also hooded with messages from Bartlett, asking where she was and how she was doing.
touched, to she texted him back Tm okay, I just had a dead phone
Bartlett fired back night away. Ellinor, where are you?”
Don’t wanna say
If she told him, he would definitely come looking for her.
Given Bartlett was Balfour’s friend, Balfour wouldn’t dream of barring him at the door.
Bartlett fired off another message. “Why won’t you tell me where you are?”
You’ll find out. I’m beat, so I’m going to bed.”
After hitting send, Ellinor bailed out of the chat. She was about to lock her phone when she caught sight of a friend request. It was from Theo.
This was a new account she set up to ghost Theo after she axed her old one.
Why was this guy trying to friend her again?
After giving Theo the cold shoulder, she put her phone aside and started blow-drying her hair.
When she was done, she plopped onto her bed for some phone time, and there was yet another friend request from Theo.
This time, he had left a note. “Don’t you want that painting anymore?”
Ellinor was at a loss for words.
She was fuming and couldn’t help but grip her phone tightly.
Theo knew her too well; he knew she was pissed but also that she couldn’t escape him.
For the sake of the painting, Ellinor accepted his friend request but didn’t respond.
Theo shot her another message. “Why aren’t you asleep?”
Ellinor gritted her teeth and fired back. “What do you want?”
After about a minute, Theo responded. “Nothing.”
Ellinor fell silent.
Was he out of his mind?
But for the sake of that painting, she couldn’t tell him off. She asked Theo. “Where’s the painting?”
“At home.”
“Will you sell it to me?”
“No.”
Ellinor was getting annoyed. “Then why did you friend me?”
“Just felt like it.”
Ellinor was speechless. If he didn’t have anything to say, then why bother?!
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She didn’t reply and just started watching short video clips.
Just as Ellinor was really getting into one, a video call popped up. Without thinking, she swiped to answer.
The hilarious video she was watching was replaced by Theo’s poker face.
She instinctively wanted to hang up, but Theo seemed to read her mind and beat her to it. “Don’t you dare hang up.”
Did he really think she wouldn’t hang up just because he said so?
Screw that!
Theo said coldly. “Hang up, and I will burn the painting.”
Ellinor’s hand, hovering to end the call, froze. Her fingers started to shake with anger. This infuriating man was just too much.
She took a deep breath, trying to keep her cool, then asked in an annoyed tone. “What’s the point of this video call?”
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