The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1697

Thaddeus pointed in disgust towards a certain room. “Hurry up! Get that little mischief out of here! He’s been here since morning and hasn’t uttered a single word. He doesn’t answer if he wants to eat or drink. He just stares at me and keeps crying for his dad. It was so annoying that I locked him up in there.”

Sophia couldn’t help but voice out her frustration. “Dad! How could you lock a child in a room all by himself?”

Unfazed, Thaddeus replied, “What else could I do? He doesn’t answer when asked if he’s hungry or thirsty; he just cries! I’m already being nice not to smack him; he’s not even my own grandson.”

Sophia, afraid that Marcus might hear her father, signaled him to lower his voice.

“Dad, do you want me to have a good relationship with Marcus or not? I could soon give you a grandson of your own. Please don’t cause any more trouble.”

Thaddeus, already overwhelmed with his own issues, waved her off. “Fine, fine! Just take the kid and leave me alone. I’ll keep my mouth shut.”

This brought some solace to Sophia. She unlocked the room where the small boy, Tristan, was crying his eyes out to the point they were swollen like peaches. He was sitting on the floor, nervously wiping away his tears.

hearing the door, the boy quickly stood up and ran out like

stop him but could not even touch him.

he wouldn’t let Tristán

her father goodbye. “Dad, rest well. Marcus and I will take the kid

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stern, Thaddeus replied, “Off

a bad mood, she didn’t have the energy to comfort him. Now, she had to get back to Marcus and Tristan and explain why Tristan had been crying, or else Marcus’s resentment

she saw that Marcus

disappointed, she followed them

crying at my dad’s place because he was asking for us.

that your father took time out of his

Marcus’ tone, but she didn’t know what to say