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.

need to eat that bag of snacks, but

heavy, conflicted, and insecure. He longed for attention, yet he felt that he didn’t deserve to hope for it.

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

returned to his room, still in his

mom returned, he started to

would be better to sleep alone here in the future, so as not to take up space and compete for his mother’s love with his siblings.

he still cherished

parents were

alone on the bed, crying himself to

Ellinor drove back home. She called the housekeeper to unload the stuff from

shopping. Earlier, Baber seemed upset when he couldn’t have any snacks, so she bought him two bags and also bought some ingredients

for dinner.

room and found that Baber was not there. Ellinor

hadn’t noticed Baber going back to his room. They all shook their heads,

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

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

wished she hadn’t. As soon as she entered, she saw her daughter and son wrestling