The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1640

Ellinor looked at Lea with a sense of intrigue. “Hmm? What are you talking about? What’s different?”

Lea’s face was a mix of surprise and admiration. “Marcus’ attitude towards you is totally different from the way he treats Sophia.”

This topic seemed to pique Ellinor’s interest. She propped her cheek on her hand and raised an eyebrow. “Oh? Really? How so? Do tell, I’m listening.”

Marcus felt like slamming his fist on the table. If only he could stand up, he’d have scooped up this little chatterbox and sent her on her way.

“Ellinor, you…”

“Shh!” Ellinor held a finger up to her lips, signaling for Marcus to hush up and be patient. She then turned her attention back to Lea. “Go on. Continue with what you were saying.”

Lea was more than happy to chat with Ellinor and obediently continued. “Marcus seems very concerned and attentive towards you, while he’s quite indifferent to Sophia. He hardly ever initiates conversation with her, and his responses to her are quite cold. I don’t know why she insists on keeping a man who clearly doesn’t love her around.”

keep a man who doesn’t love her around? Does she enjoy being the one always making

“Who knows?! It’s just

seems like

effort to hide her disdain. “Yes, Lreally can’t stand her! Every time our father loses his temper, it’s because of her. Every time our parents argue, it’s due to her instigating.

wish you were my

young, yet you see things so

Sophia all the time. Four years ago, my mom almost died in a car accident, and you saved her. Sophia caused that entire incident. She caused my mom

from Ellinor’s face, leaving

similar to those of this little girl named

which led her to run away

the luck Lea had. Unlike her, she was never found and brought back home by her father.

one way or another towards outsiders, but he was responsible when it came to his wife and daughter. Her own father, back then, didn’t even try to find her mother. He was less responsible than