The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1874

Patricia laughed scornfully while walking downhill. “Why? Because you’re my adopted child! You’re mine, no matter how bad you are. I won’t let anyone take what’s mine!”

Baber’s eyes were filled with helplessness and despair. “But…you don’t even like kids…or me. Why can’t I stay with Mommy and Daddy?”

Upon realizing that the ‘mommy’ Baber was referring to was not her, Patricia’s temper flared. She roughly threw the little boy onto the ground.

“What did you say? Who were you calling ‘mommy’?”

The rocky path was full of thorns. Baber’s tender skin was pierced by sharp plant stems as he hit the ground, causing him to grunt in pain and furrow his

brow.

Patricia cruelly kicked him. “Who were you calling ‘mommy,’ you little

tears,

leave him be, so she mercilessly stepped on his stomach. “You’re a traitor too! If I hadn’t adopted you from abroad, you’d still be in that poor orphanage, barely surviving on bread and water! You probably would

What is she to you? Did she give birth to you or adopt you?! Huh?!”

feeling as though he was about to die, used the last of his strength to answer. “She…she’s kind to

to you? Why would she be? It’s all an act! Ellinor is a manipulative woman. She’d do anything to secure her position. Do you really think she sees you as a son? She doesn’t need you; she has her own children. Why would she care for

his true mother. “She is kind…even if she doesn’t consider me her

if they were his last words.

her foot with all her might. “Fine! You think she’s better, do you? Well, let me show you just how

she spoke, she continued to brutally kick the five-year-old child at her feet.

eternity, the child beneath her foot finally stopped moying. Patricia

of your act! Get up!” She