The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 427

“I reckon, now that you’re married into the Blanchet family, you should just enjoy your life and not dig up the past! I made a promise to your mom not to let your enemies find you

Ellinor blinked, surprised at this ‘father, who shared neither blood nor affection with her. His words, however, seemed like a kind warning, maybe a reflection of his complicated feelings for his first love

Ellinor smiled. “Thanks for the heads up I will live well and protect myself. Mr. Arnold, goodbye”

With that she sauntered out of the study

Arnold frowned deeply and let out a long sigh. He had managed to keep Ellinor safe till she turned twenty, which fulfilled his promise to his first love. Now that she was all grown up and ready to fly the nest, he couldn’t interfere anymore.

Downstairs in the Mendoza house

A few burly men were moving the gifts that the Blanchet family had sent for the engagement

to barge into my house and move stuff around? Put

voice echoed around the

in our house! If you don’t put the stuff down and leave my house

“I asked them to move the stuff.”

red with rage, “Ellinor, who gave you the right

“Because those are all my husband’s gifts, you got a problem

my man, now you want to steal my dowry:

Tracy managed to hold back her daughter. “Sheila,

noise? Can’t we

also heard the noise downstairs and went down to

the men, “Dad, look! Your precious little daughter has people robbing our house!”

He got anxious, “Ellinor, didn’t you say that if I told you about everything. you wouldn’t take the Blanchet family’s engagement gifts? You can’t just go back on