The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1758

As soon as she entered the house, Veronica rushed over. “Ellinor, why did you guys get back so late?! I was worried sick!”

After voicing her frustrations, she bent down and gave tender kisses to the three little ones. “Auntie was so worried about you! You three little rascals, did you persuade your mom to take you out to play again? Your mom works so hard all day, so you should consider her tiredness.”

“Auntie, no! Mom was the one who wanted to take us to the amusement park today.” Layla clarified.

“That’s right. Auntie, today it was mom who wanted to reward us.” Adrian chimed in.

Layla gave Adrian a disdainful look. “Mom wanted to reward Baber. We just tagged along!”

Adrian glared back at her. “I know that! You don’t need to rub it in!”

Layla huffed and ignored him.

Veronica was used to the siblings’ quarrels and didn’t take it to heart. She turned her curious gaze to Baber and rubbed his adorable, round face. “Baber, you were rewarded today? Tell Auntie what happened. Did you come first in something at kindergarten?”

blushed, finding it hard to speak. Even though his mom told him he did nothing wrong, after calming down, he

to speak, Layla and Adrian both rushed to tell Veronica instead.

I know! Today, Baber

was so cool. He left the bully with a bloody nose and a swollen face!” Adrian could barely hide his admiration for his older brother

quickly examined Baber. “You got

his head. “No I didn’t get

rolled up his

enough. There’s no need to check. Baber isn’t injured; I’ve

Baber fight with? You should have informed me about something so serious. I’d have gone to the kindergarten to

Veronica’s protective stance. “If you went, you’d end up in a fight with the kid’s parents, which would

displeased. “What? Are the kid’s parents arrogant? Did they

shook her head lightly as she coaxed the children to go

tell me! Were the kid and his parents unbearable? Did they

Don’t you know that I don’t let

was indeed not someone who would let