The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1643

“Did you see him?”

“No.” The woman spoke softly.

Bertha frowned slightly, her voice tinged with concern. “Well, now that he found you, why won’t you see him? I know you’ve always cared about him.”

The woman’s voice grew somber. “I don’t know how to face him, nor do I want to hear anything about his family. He’s successful, and I can see him on the financial news sometimes. That’s enough for me.”

Bertha sighed. “If you were really content, you wouldn’t be losing sleep and calling me in the middle of the night to talk. Marlinie, you know, besides your son, that man from the Howard family has been looking for you too. He still cares about you, and you care about him too, right?”

The woman’s tone turned sarcastic. “He cares about me? If he did, would he marry another woman so easily? Don’t cover for him!”

“But I heard that their marriage has been in name only for a long time. A few years ago, he sent her to live alone in Howard Mountain Villa by the river, and she can’t ever return.”.

affairs have

persuasion would be futile. “Alright, I won’t push. In a few days, the situation

in agreement. “Did you help

assignments you gave her. She’s been quite cranky lately. It’s been causing me a

“Don’t worry, Lea is a good kid. She won’t disappoint you when she

touched and comforted by her

not easy being a stepmother, yet you married a

you also driven by love?”

of the phone line, the two friends sighed in

love was the greatest trial in every

and stepdaughter were nowhere in sight and

Sophia and her father returned to their table, only Marcus and Lea

where’s Tristan?” Sophia

shrugged. “Went to the