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.

didn’t necessarily need to eat that bag of snacks, but he still felt disappointed.

yet he

in disarray as he sat at his dad’s desk and flipped through the comic books his dad had

and returned to his

had prepared for him a long time ago. When his mom returned, he started to sleep with his siblings in his mom’s

he 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 his

valued, he still cherished this home because

didn’t even know who his biological parents were or what their names were.

bed, crying himself to sleep.

back home. She called the housekeeper to unload the stuff from her car

upset when he couldn’t have any snacks, so she bought him two bags and

for dinner.

not there. Ellinor turned around and asked the housekeeper if they had seen Baber.

housekeepers had been busy cleaning and hadn’t noticed Baber going back to his room. They all shook their heads, saying they didn’t

and check her own room, she thought better of it, knowing that her other two children would want to

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

as she entered, she saw her daughter and son wrestling