The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 991

That time, on the way to the countryside.

Bawling her eyes out, Patricia reproached her mother, “Mom, look at the mess you’ve made! Now we’re being shipped off to the boondocks!”

Xenia was already feeling low, and her daughter’s reproach only made it worse.

“Patri, I can take it from others, but how could you say that to me? Who am I doing all this for, if not you?”

Patricia, at this point, had no patience to understand her mother and retorted, “I know you did it for me, but you didn’t help at all. You just made things worse! Mom, we would’ve been better off admitting our mistakes in front of Grandpa and Grandma; maybe they would have given us another chance instead of sending us off to the countryside!”

in time? And how could we have admitted it? Once admitted, it becomes something that can’t be changed.

outcome would be better than being banished to the boonies! She didn’t

he didn’t specify for how long. Would they ever be

servants accompanying them on this trip, obviously assigned by Grandpa to keep an eye on them. Once they reached the countryside, they probably wouldn’t

was not the life she

the more unwilling Patricia

Xenia, despite her annoyance at Patricia’s reproach and misunderstanding, still felt a twinge of pity for her. After all, she was relying on Patricia for her future!

for us to be at each other’s throats! If we let differences come between us, wouldn’t that just make Ellinor happy, giving her a good

mother mention Ellinor would laugh at them, Patricia tried hard to stop

“What can we do now? I’ve lost my brother’s trust and affection, lost the love of my grandparents, the sympathy of my father, and even the opportunity

others were dozing off. Then, she