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

gently patted the boy’s head. “Mommy scolded you because you ran off on your own. Did you know she was terribly worried? You can’t

a next time? If he runs off again, I won’t bother with him. I’ll let him run wherever he

to run off; he

that one day he would have to leave the beautiful lady and return to his dad and Sophia, and he would

made him incredibly

to hold them back any longer, he began to cry.

tears. “Don’t cry. Mommy didn’t mean what she said. How could Mommy not want you? It’s just that your

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

beautiful lady. He would

Once Sophia finished her business, he and his dad would return to their home country with her, and they would never come

again. He would never again feel

whom he disliked, and his dad, who

never felt like Sophia was his mom. He never felt the

couldn’t explain why, but he always wanted her to hold him. Just