The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1616

Ellinor swiveled her head to look out the window while massaging her temples. “So, what you’re saying is, this trip… was a bust.”

“Not entirely,” replied Balfour.

Ellinor’s disheartened eyes gleamed with hope again. “What do you mean?”

Balfour locked eyes with his sister. “I heard Lady Lotus’ voice over a phone call through a friend. I wouldn’t mistake that voice. It’s our mother’s voice. I’m convinced there can’t be two voices in the world with the exact same tone, intonation, and speech patterns.”

Ellinor’s pupils quivered. “Really? It’s our mother?”

Balfour nodded. “I’m absolutely sure that it’s her.”

Ellinor’s eyes were tinged with a hint of red. “Mother… She’s still alive…”

his sister like this, Balfour reached out and

want to meet you? Does she know you were the

doesn’t know it was me. I

to know that her son is

knew it was me, she’d be even less likely to meet me.

brows, not

for her. Yet

deepened. “Could it be… could it be that she has amnesia too?”

she come

head again. “I don’t believe so. If she had lost her memory, she wouldn’t continue to use

Ellinor was silent.

was true. If her mother had amnesia, she wouldn’t be using the pseudonym Lady

amnesia, why wouldn’t she come back for Ellinor?