The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1473

Ellinor cast a sympathetic glance at Quinton and tried to defuse the tension with her sweet voice. “Alright. Quinton, why don’t you step out for a bit?”

Quinton bowed gratefully. “Yes, Ms. Mendoza.”

Balfour felt a surge of jealousy. He himself hadn’t even heard his sister speak to him so sweetly, yet this Quinton had the privilege.

Humph!

Deciding not to showcase his ill temper in front of his sister, Balfour let Quinton go. He lifted his hand, waving to the recently retrieved Adrian. “Over here, come to

Uncle.”

After being scolded by the beautiful lady, Tristan felt a bit down. He initially hesitated when he saw the man his siblings called Uncle beckoning him. However, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, which didn’t frighten him, so he obediently made his way over.

Balfour picked up his nephew, who wore a glum expression, and asked softly, “What’s wrong? Did Mommy scold you?”

nodding with a sense

on your own. Did you know she was terribly worried? You can’t do that next time,

boy. “He thinks there will be a next time? If he runs off again, I won’t bother with him. I’ll let him run wherever he wants. I won’t look

heard the beautiful lady say this. He didn’t mean to run off; he just saw his dad and

have to leave the beautiful lady and return to his dad and Sophia, and he would never see the beautiful lady

thought made him incredibly

filled his eyes, and unable to hold them back any longer, he began

his nephew in tears made Balfour’s heart ache. He reached out to wipe the boy’s tears. “Don’t cry. Mommy didn’t mean what she said. How could Mommy not

because he was afraid the beautiful lady didn’t want him, but because he knew he wasn’t

wouldn’t just leave the beautiful lady. He would never see

dad were accompanying Sophia on a business trip. Once Sophia finished her business, he and his dad would return to their home country with her, and they would never come

that he would never see the beautiful lady again. He

would return to the heavily perfumed Sophia, whom he disliked, and his dad, who

but he never felt like Sophia was his mom. He never felt

saw the beautiful lady, he couldn’t explain why, but he always wanted her to hold him. Just like how