The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1707

However, he still missed the time when he was an only child.

Back then, his dad was still at home, and his mom would only fuss over him.

It was blissful.

That was when he first experienced the warmth of a family. But not long after, his mother left him because she was pregnant and had to give birth to his siblings.

Even though he didn’t fully understand why his mom had to leave, he clearly felt that he was less important to her than the child in her womb.

Indeed, how could he compete with the children in his mother’s belly?

How could an adopted child compare to a biological child?

He was simply overestimating himself. He thought too much of himself by thinking that he held the same status as his siblings.

Today, he realized that whenever the snacks were limited, he was the one who wouldn’t get any.

eat that bag of snacks, but he still felt

and insecure. He longed for attention, yet

comic books his dad had bought him. He couldn’t focus on the books

returned to his room, still in his depressed

a nursery that his dad had prepared for him a long time ago. When his mom

understood his place, he thought it would be better to sleep alone here in the future, so as not to take up space and compete for

still cherished this home because he had nowhere else

even know who his biological parents were or what their names were.

on the bed,

Ellinor drove back home. She called the housekeeper to unload the stuff from her car while she went upstairs with two bags of snacks for Baber.

Baber seemed upset when he couldn’t have any snacks, so she bought

for dinner.

found that Baber was not there. Ellinor turned around and asked the housekeeper

Baber going back to his

as Ellinor was about to take the snacks and check her own room, she thought better of it, knowing that

He would probably let his siblings have most of it. So, she left the

As soon as she entered, she saw her daughter and son wrestling over