The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 712

Upstairs in the Howard family’s mansion, there were two special rooms. One was where Balfour’s biological mother used to live with his father, and the other belonged to his full-blooded sister, Pearl.

Fifteen years had passed, and nothing in these two rooms had changed It had become a no-go zone for the Howard family.

The Howards’ servants had to get the green light from Balfour before they could go in to do their daily cleaning

Balfour shut the door and plopped down on a chair in front of the dressing table.

The chair was a bit snug for the nearly two-meter-tall guy, but for Balfour, this place was packed full of childhood memories.

There was a ten-year age gap between him and his sister, Pearl. As a kid, he spent more time taking care of Pearl than their parents did

Every night he would sit here, reading fairy tales to Pearl and helping her drift off to sleep.

then, their home was still a

was exposed, and he had a child from that relationship.

that she couldn’t pull herself together, causing their parents to start arguing and giving each other the

and read her stories, trying to divert her attention away from their parents’ fights so she

rumors floating around that Pearl wasn’t a Howard, but a child

wasn’t home because of

father to take Pearl for a

mother saw this as an insult to her dignity and a blow to Pearl’s psyche, so she

The trust was gone, and after a heated argument, his mother took Pearl and left

father married a woman with

daughter, Patricia, was now his most beloved

minor with no say in many family

his stepmother not moving into his mother’s room and Patricia not moving

and moved to another