The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1701

The little girl finished speaking with a huff and dove, teary-eyed, into her mother’s embrace.

Ellinor held her daughter and glanced sternly at her son. “Adrian, is that any way to speak to your sister?”

Adrian, with a dismissive twitch of his lips, replied, “Mom, you always side with her.”

Baber, the older one, patted his brother’s shoulder. “Adrian, we are her brothers. We should be looking out for her.”

Adrian huffed in contempt. “You’re the older brother! Layla and I were born on the same day, so we’re the same age. Why should I have to let her have her way?”

Layla, turning her head from her mom’s chest, pointed angrily at Adrian. “Adrian, I am done being your sister!”

Adrian, equally stubborn, also denounced her. “Fine by me! I don’t want a bratty sister like you anyway!”

make it official. We’re not

him. I

weary, and the thought of having to mediate this feud was giving her

to intervene and calm the two down, Veronica suddenly stepped in, pulling the two youngsters

Layla, what do you mean by ‘the brother before he came back’? And Adrian, what do you mean ‘when you stayed with Dad’?

and Adrian were both at a loss for

start and were unsure whether they should even disclose anything. They knew their mom wouldn’t approve, but their argument had already let the cat out of the bag.

questioned them again. “You two are hiding something from your aunt, aren’t you?”

“Now, don’t you have a date to get to? What’s the

pushed back the time. Ellinor, didn’t you find their conversation odd?” Ellinor had indeed noticed and understood their argument because she was aware of the whole situation.

“I’ll handle their dispute. You should go upstairs and get ready. Don’t you want to look

she hurriedly decided to get ready. As for the children’s strange