The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1039

Baber was knocked down by the force of the door swinging open, landing flat on the floor and bursting into tears.

“What are you up to, you little rascal? Snooping around, are you?” Xenia accused him loudly.

Baber, frightened and looking wronged, stammered, “I wasn’t peeping…”

He hadn’t been. He just didn’t know what was going on and was too scared to step outside, so he peeked through a small crack in the door.

Xenia was in a foul mood. She already found this unprofitable kid annoying, and now that she had no outlet for her simmering anger, she decided to take it out on Baber.

She gave Baber a vicious kick, then snapped at him, “You’re nothing but trouble! Ever since we adopted you, everything’s been going wrong. We should’ve never taken you in. You’re a disaster!”

Baber doubled over in pain, clutching his stomach.

in a bad mood, she’d take it out on him. In the past, she was

cautious and started hitting him

from her son, Xenia treated him with

he could finally breathe without any fear of

grandmother started abusing

house was terrifying. Everyone in

orphanage in his own country, where he was always hungry and cold. It would still be

became even angrier. She picked him up and slapped him hard, “Stop crying! You are nothing but trouble! Do you know that you got your mom arrested by the police?

until he was on the verge of passing out, with no intention of

police, there was no way she could marry into the Blanchet family after getting out of

doorbell rang. Xenia finally let go of Baber, closed the bedroom door, and

son was there. Xenia threw herself into his arms as tears began streaming

here! Did you know? Your sister was arrested because of