The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1726

“Keep a tight leash on your sister, Patricia.” Ida warned Byran. “Ellinor’s got enough on her plate right now.”

Byran’s face hardened a bit. “I know. She’s been stressed ever since Theo left. I won’t let anyone else bother her.”

Ida perched her gold-rimmed glasses on her nose, giving Byran a pointed look. “I hope you can discern right from wrong instead of blindly protecting your sister this time.”

Byran used to believe that Patricia was the kindest, most gentle person in the world. But he soon realized that their mother had shaped her into a selfish and manipulative individual who would use anyone to achieve her own goals without any remorse.

“Don’t worry.” He reassured Ida. “Even though they’re both my sisters, I know who’s right and who’s wrong.”

Ida gave him a hard look before sighing and dropping the subject.

Later that evening, Veronica returned home and told Ellinor about running into Patricia.

news but quickly regained her composure.

taken aback by Ellinor’s calm response. “Are you not worried? Patricia tried to hurt

“If she could harm me, she would have done it a long time ago. I can’t control her actions. If she wants to cause trouble, there’s

frowned as her mind filled

when Ellinor and Theo had reunited, Patricia had shown

troubled face. “What’s wrong? You used to

bad ones. Ellinor, it’s been so many years. Why are you still holding a grudge against m’? We’re on good

chucked. “Alright, stop pouting. You should be relishing your recent date. Go

and turned to leave. As she did, she

something seemed off. “Ellinor, why are only Adrian and Layla here? Where’s Baber?”

the reasons she was still awake was the

he wanted to be more independent and

he suddenly want to