The Kiss that Sparked it All

st then, there was a knock at her door.

nor snapped back to reality, shook her head, trying to forget her embarrassment, and went to open the door.

an was standing at the door and looking at her. He found her face a bit odd. “Ellinor, good morning. Why is your face so red? Did you have a good dream?”

nor was already very fed up, so she punched him on the head. “Shut up, kid. If you talk nonsense again, I’ll kill you!”

an clutched his aching head, grumbling, “I am not a kid!”

pushed him aside, and strode

downst

med around and followed Elinor calling out to her loudly. “Hey, Ellinor, when did you find out that you’re my long-lost sister?”

own the stairs, Ellinor casually replied. Tm not your sister

reached out to support her “Yes, you are! I heard it yesterday, you’re Pearl

giving the crafty young man a sidelong glance. “Even

you are! We have the

bottom of the stairs, Ellinor brushed off Bryan’s hand

Bryan, she couldn’t forget that he was the son of the woman who had hurt her mother. She couldn’t sincerely treat him like a little brother. Bryan chuckled sarcastically. He followed her and was about to say something when he saw a tall figure emerging from the kitchen, holding a plate of

their chef, nor

was gobsmacked. “Balfour,

instead spoke gently to Ellinor. “Ellinor,

formalities,

a miracle, whipped out his phone and snapped several photos of Balfour in an

frowned and looked at Bryan

stood tall. “Nothing! I’ve just never seen you this industrious before, so I took a

the breakfast he’d prepared in

hearty breakfast of fried

up her fork and knife, Ellinor glanced at the clock. “Mr. Howard, aren’t you going to work

seem slightly disappointed, but he replied gently. “There’s nothing important going on lately; it’s no problem if I head to he office a bit

replied offhandedly, not really