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.

kind of abuse almost daily. Whenever Xenia was in a bad mood, she’d take it out on him. In the past, she was careless

more cautious and started hitting him in places hidden by clothes to

concern from her son, Xenia treated him

thought he could finally breathe without any fear of a

then his grandmother started abusing

Everyone

leave and go back to the orphanage in his own country, where he was always hungry and

are nothing but trouble! Do you know that you got your mom arrested by the police? If you cry again, I’ll

child, beating him until he was on the verge of

daughter was arrested by the police, there was no way she could marry into the Blanchet family after getting out of jail. And with this kid around, no good

Baber, closed the bedroom door, and went

her son was there. Xenia threw

know? Your sister was arrested because of that Ellinor. You must find a