The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1481

Ha! This was nothing short of absurd.

Three years ago, Theo snuck into the maternity ward to steal away a child from Ellinor, all for the sake of starting a family with Sophia? Had they been living this shameless charade ever since?

Balfour, his gaze as deep as the ocean, gave an order. “Quinton, guard the front door. Keep a keen eye on the peephole. If anyone comes in or out, report it to me immediately.”

“Yes, Mr. Howard.” Quinton accepted the order, promptly turning to stand by the flat’s entrance. He watched the peephole without a moment of laxity.

Balfour rubbed his temples as his gaze turned pensive.

He hardly cared if Theo was alive or dead.

What mattered to him from the very beginning was his sister.

If Theo had deliberately stolen a child from Ellinor and abandoned everything to be with Sophia…

could Ellinor face the truth?

her waiting, searching, and hoping for

be devastated.

if he were dead. At least in

confirmed, a glimmer of hope would still reside in Ellinor’s heart. Perhaps after a few years, she

flat across

auction house, asking her to verify her identity. They claimed a client had questioned if she was the daughter

a doubt, Sophia knew

auction house with a few hasty words, insisting she wasn’t involved, and promptly hung

it, and more trouble was sure to follow. All thanks to

was sure to follow. Sophia felt as if she were cursed to cross paths with

anxious. She wasn’t interested in the auction. What troubled

any immediate reaction, Sophia feared it

she made up an excuse for Theo to stay a little longer so he

reality, she had no suitors. Everyone at M State knew her father was Thaddeus.